Creating Urban Ecosystems

from Technician
August 13, 2006

Will Hooker and his family grow 25 percent of the food they eat, and they do it on a 1/5 acre residential plot within walking distance of campus.

This fruitful back yard isn’t just a gardening project, it’s a model of the lifestyle, knowledge and ideals that Hooker, a professor of horticultural science, wants to transmit to students and the campus through landscape design classes and sustainability initiatives.

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pdf (This is just the pdf from the above website. Someday I’ll excavate and scan the original print version, complete with photos…)

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