7 pp. / Almost any indoor environment is more pleasant and attractive when living plants are a part of the setting. Real enjoyment and consistent success with indoor plants depends on selecting the right plant for a given environmental situation. This publication helps readers to select and grow indoor plants by addressing the issues of; light, temperature, humidity, soil, water, fertilizer, and other conditions .

8 pp. / The majority of maintenance requirements and plant problems result from either selecting the wrong kind of plant for a location or from planting an inferior specimen of the selected plant type. The first decision is called Plant Selection and the second one is Selecting Plants. This publication covers the factors involved in making good decisions to install the right plant in the right place.

It has become increasingly important in today’s society to know where our food comes from and that it has not been transported over a long distance due to the environmental aspects that is brings. This combined with the fact that more people tend to move to bigger cities gives an increased need for smart solutions for growing vegetables and herbs on limited spaces such as a balconies. This is the background for this master thesis in collaboration with Hammarplast Consumer AB. Hammarplast Consumer AB has a couple of product lines that includes simpler hanging baskets and window boxes. They want to get ahead in the market and start selling more innovative products. The objective with this project is to design a smart system for growing on balconies and other limited spaces by implementing the knowledge gained during the Industrial design program at Luleå University of technology.A web-based survey was done at the start of the project, in order to receive information of what different needs there are among potential customers. To get a better view of what experienced growers need, a survey was posted on two different gardening forums. An interview was made with a sales person at Granngården in Luleå to get necessary information about growing plants. The results of the interview and the two surveys, together with a benchmarking about the current day situation, formed the basis for the needs analysis that later formed the requirements specification. The requirements specification lists the demands and wishes that the system for growing has. The demands and wishes were set against each other in a matrix in order to decide which demands and wishes were more important than the others.To get started with the creative thinking a mood board was made and a brainstorming was done with the help of the mood board. The brainstorming begun with writing a list of words that represented what the growing system should stand for. Four words were a bit more important than the others and these were chosen as key words for the project. The key words were simple, stable, smart and flexible. After the brainstorming some simple sketches were made that represented the words. These sketches together with the results of a workshop that was held were the basis for the conceptual design.Among the different solutions for the system of growing, three concepts were picked with the help of different evaluation methods. These concepts were developed further and then put against each other in a matrix with the demands and wished in order to evaluate which concept to choose for the final concept. Together with the results of this evaluation and the wishes of the client company a concept was chosen.The final concept consists of a big container shaped like a quarter of a circle so it can stand in a corner. It has a trellis attached to it for clinging plants and the possibility of hanging pots on it. It is 400 millimeter in height and has a 400 millimeter radius to manage even the most demanding vegetables and plants. It has a self-watering insert so it can be left unattended for a few days. There is a possibility to put two containers together to form half a circle so that it can stand against a wall. The final concept fulfilled all the needs that were found during the process of needs analysis. / <p>Validerat; 20120807 (anonymous)</p>

The botanic garden is a space of leisure, scientific endeavour, passive recreation, education and conservation. These roles are contradictory, yet coexist 'happily' in a single space. The central aim of this thesis is to investigate the diversity of spaces and meanings in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens from the perspectives of both users and producers of this space. The fieldwork component involves interviews with staff members of the Botanical Services Team at the Gardens, and selected people at the Christchurch City Council offices who were connected with the Gardens in various ways. Additionally, I use the data gathered during my participation in tours of the Gardens. This thesis is both an historical and contemporary analysis of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. In a general history of the Western botanic garden, I show how colonialism, the Garden City movement and science shaped how botanic gardens functioned in society. This discussion contextualises the history of Christchurch's Botanic Gardens, which I compiled using archival material based on site, and the social practices that take place in this space. Using Foucault's concept of the heterotopia, I analyse the multiple and seemingly conflicting sites that exist inside the boundaries of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. I explain how these sites are able to coexist inside what Foucault terms a 'happy, universalizing' heterotopic space. I conclude that conflicts between science and leisure, and colonial spaces are not experienced inside the Gardens by visitors. In reality, for visitors to the Gardens, the paradoxical nature of the space and the resulting tension deriving from its multi-faceted role in society continue to exist in harmony. However, conflict between science and leisure is claimed by those who produce the Gardens. This is because the producers are conscious of the competing roles of the Gardens yet are involved in creating a space that caters for a diverse group of visitors.

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Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Berlin--Freie Universität, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. 291-310.

With rising concern about flooding and water pollution in the Red River and particularly in Lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg in recent years, building rain gardens in cities may become one solution with considerable potential for improving water quality. The literature illustrated the many benefits that can be provided by a rain garden system, not only aesthetically pleasing gardens with educational and biodiversity values, but they also can reduce storm water pollution and flooding in downstream water bodies. In order to address questions of public understanding and perceptions of their usefulness so as to better promote future implementation, the study examined social feedback about rain gardens through a survey at Ecole St Avila, an elementary school in Winnipeg. The findings from the survey indicated that the largest obstacles for rain garden development are funding and the lack of knowledge by the public.

With rising concern about flooding and water pollution in the Red River and particularly in Lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg in recent years, building rain gardens in cities may become one solution with considerable potential for improving water quality. The literature illustrated the many benefits that can be provided by a rain garden system, not only aesthetically pleasing gardens with educational and biodiversity values, but they also can reduce storm water pollution and flooding in downstream water bodies. In order to address questions of public understanding and perceptions of their usefulness so as to better promote future implementation, the study examined social feedback about rain gardens through a survey at Ecole St Avila, an elementary school in Winnipeg. The findings from the survey indicated that the largest obstacles for rain garden development are funding and the lack of knowledge by the public.

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