PUBLIC GARDEN MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Shares Information on Public Gardens

Gainesville, Fla.

The creation and effective management of public gardens is a necessity in a world where its population has reached seven billion and is becoming increasingly urban. It is predicted that by the end of the 21st century, practically the entire population of the world will live in what amounts to 'a completely global entity.' If this prediction is fairly correct, the currently existing gardens and parks will be woefully inadequate for expanded metropolitan areas of the future. In "The PUBLIC GARDEN MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECITVE" author Bijan Dehgan has written an exceedingly well-illustrated, highly detailed book on how to make and manage gardens that convey calmness and serenity to which people can retreat from burdens of daily disenchantments.

"PUBLIC GARDEN MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE" provides essential information about public gardens and what is involved in designing, managing, and maintaining one. The book is predominantly about the necessity and the value of public gardens in human societies. It is about learning to appreciate managed landscapes, about nature and the art and practice of gardening. In effect, it is intended to teach students and the public at large how public gardens are organized and managed and how the same principles apply to personal property.

It is essentially a science book about public gardens around the world and how to manage them. "PUBLIC GARDEN MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE" is a must have for gardening novices and public garden aficionados all over the world.

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About the Author
Bijan Dehgan graduated from University of California at Davis with a BS and MS degrees in Environmental Horticulture and a Ph.D. in botany, specializing in plant taxonomy. As an undergraduate, he worked at the U.C. Davis Arboretum and subsequently as curator of the Botany Department's Conservatory of living plant collections. In 1978 Dr. Dehgan began as an assistant professor in environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida, from which he retired as a full professor in 2006. He is currently an emeritus professor and consultant to the US Department of Agriculture. He is the author of Landscape Plants for Subtropical Climates, and books on revision and monograph of Jatropha, as well as a number of other major publications. He has taught public garden management for nearly 20 years. Among the awards and honors he has received for teaching and research is the Contribution to the Advancement of Botanical Sciences award by the Botanical Society of America.

PUBLIC GARDEN MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE* by BIJAN DEHGAN
VOLUMES I & II
Publication Date: 4/15/2014
Picture Book; $148.99; 396 pages; 978-1-4931-6178-2
Picture Book Hardcover; $151.49; 396 pages; 978-1-4931-6179-9
e-book; $79.00; 978-1-4931-6180-5

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