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An Exploratory Research Study Of Collection Management Tools For The Knoxville Botanical Gardens And Arboreta’S Living Plant Collection, Kathryn Terese Steinhoff
An Exploratory Research Study Of Collection Management Tools For The Knoxville Botanical Gardens And Arboreta’S Living Plant Collection, Kathryn Terese Steinhoff
Masters Theses
The Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboreta was formed in 2001 to purchase the C.B. Howell and Joe N. Howell Nurseries with the intent of forming botanical gardens and an arboretum in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. The two nurseries combined have a long history in the nursery industry and a collection of trees and shrubs worth preserving for the future gardens. The board of directors instantly recognized that the nurseries had several unusual, specimen size plants, but they did not know exactly what they had or where it was located. The board felt that it was important to identify all the …
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Children’S Gardening Program: It’S Meaning And Impact On Adult Alumni, Jayme Tims
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Children’S Gardening Program: It’S Meaning And Impact On Adult Alumni, Jayme Tims
Masters Theses
This study documented how six alumni participants of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Gardening Program (BBG’S CGP) described and made meaning of their experience as child participants in the program. Phenomenological interviewing was used to collect data from the six participants. Half of the participants were interviewed in person while the others were telephone interviewed. All interviews were transcribed and names and places have been changed to protect the anonymity of participants. Data analysis was conducted using the Inductive Data Analysis and the Typological Analysis described by Hatch (2002). Three major themes emerged from this analysis: (1) childhood development and learning …
Future Housing In The United States: Senior’S Housing Demand, Sandeep Singh
Future Housing In The United States: Senior’S Housing Demand, Sandeep Singh
Masters Theses
In the United States, persons born between 1942 and 1964 are within 10 to 15 years of traditional retirement age and are identified as baby boomers. The data shows that the number of persons aged 65 years and older have grown from 10 percent of the population in 1970 to nearly 13 percent in 1996. Furthermore, the population that is 65 years old or older is projected to be 20 percent of the population in 2030. As a result, the demographic change nurtures a demand for senior’s housing.
On the other hand, the concern is for the elderly living in …