Growing Community Gardens and Building Value

Bio: Director, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation GreenThumb Program, 2001-present Director of Community Outreach,New York City Department of Parks and Recreation GreenThumb Program, 1998-2001 Outreach Coordinator,Open Space Greening Program, GrowNYC, 1991-1992 Director, Corporate Environmental Data Clearinghouse, 1990-1991

Education: Barnard College, Columbia University, BA Comparative Religion 1987 University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, 1989-1991

Key Publications: Cities and the Environment (CATE), Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012 - Editors: Nancy Falxa-Raymond, Carolin Mees, Zoned out: The Potential of Urban Agriculture Planning to turn against Sustainable food planning: evolving theory and practice, edited by: André Viljoen and Johannes S.C. Wiskerke, 2012 Food, homes and gardens: public community gardens potential for contributing to a more sustainable city Authors: Edie Stone, Carolin Mees The benefits of community-managed open space: community gardening in New York City, Stone, Edie, 2009 In Campbell, Lindsay; Wiesen, Anne, eds. Restorative commons: creating health and well-being through urban landscapes. Gen. Tech Rep. NRS-P-39. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 122-137.

Other Publications: Du Pont : a report on the company's environmental policies and practices by Edie Stone Tshering, 1991 American Cyanamid : a report on the company's environmental policies and practices by Edie Stone Tshering,1991 Sandoz : a report on the company's environmental policies and practices by Edie Stone Tshering,1991 Dow : a report on the company's environmental policies and practices by Edie Stone Tshering,1991

Bio: Founder/President of The Peterson Garden Project. A community food education program in Chicago IL

Past Assignments: Frequent speaker on the topic of WW2 Victory Gardens including Library of Congress and numerous conferences.

Bio: current: Project and Design Coordinator at GreenThumb, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation; Architect, mees architecture; past: Research Associate, Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture, University Hohenheim, Germany; Assistant Professor, Insitute for Architecture and Landscape, Graz Technical University, Austria; Journalist at Bauwelt and BauNetz;

Education: PhD Candidate, Institute for History and Theory of Design, Berlin University of Arts, Germany; Master in Architecture (Dipl. Ing.), Berlin University of Arts, Germany; Bachelor in Architecture (Vordiplom), University of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany;

Key Publications: Zwischen Hobby und Stadtplanung: Urbane Landwirtschaft Bauwelt 39.12: Urbane Landwirtschaft - Author: Carolin Mees; Community Gardening Works! ACGA 2011 Conference Cities and the Environment (CATE), Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012 - Editors: Nancy Falxa-Raymond, Carolin Mees; Zoned out: The Potential of Urban Agriculture Planning to turn against its roots. Cities and the Environment online Journal (CATE), peer reviewed, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012 - Authors: Edie Stone, Carolin Mees; Food, homes and gardens: public community gardens potential for contributing to a more sustainable city Sustainable food planning: evolving theory and practice, 2012 - Authors: Edie Stone, Carolin Mees; Guerilla Gardening und andere politische Gartenbewegungen. Eine globale Perspektive. Urban Gardening: Über die Rückkehr der Gärten in die Stadt, 2011, Ed. Christa Müller - Authors: Ella von der Haide, Julia Jahnke, Severin Halder, Carolin Mees; A public garden per resident? The socio-economic context of homes and gardens in the inner city ISHS Acta Horticulturae 881, 2010 - Author: Carolin Mees; Städtisches Land gemeinschaftlich genutzt. Bürgerparks und Nachbarschaftsgärten in Berlin Stadt und Grün, 2010/3 - Author: Carolin Mees; Module urbaner Landwirtschaft Stadt und Grün, 2010/9 - Author: Carolin Mees; Urban Agriculture. Nahrungsmittelproduktion und Stadt Arch+ 196/197: Post-Oil City, 2010 - Author: Carolin Mees; Community Gardens in New York City: Privat-gemeinschaftlich genutzte öffentliche Gärten für innerstädtischen Wohnraum im Freien, KUNST - GARTEN - KULTUR. Ed. Gröning, Gert; Hennecke, Stefanie Hennecke. Berlin, 2010 - Author: Carolin Mees; Guerilla Gardening und andere politische Gartenbewegungen. Eine globale Perspektive. Urban Gardening: Über die Rückkehr der Gärten in die Stadt, 2011, Ed. Christa Müller - Authors: Ella von der Haide, Julia Jahnke, Severin Halder, Carolin Mees; Orchids in Politics and the Public Garden: The Untermyer Park in Yonkers, NY Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, peer reviewed, Volume No. 29.3, 2009 - Author: Carolin Mees; Urban Gardens and Poverty: An Analysis on the example of the Community Gardens in the South Bronx of New York City, ISHS Acta Horticulturae, 762, 2008 - Author: Carolin Mees;

Other Publications: Shigeru Ban in West Chelsea Bauwelt 03.12: Zusammen und getrennt, 2012 - Author: Carolin Mees; Architekturfakultät der Cornell-Universität in Ithaca: Architekturlehre im Schaufenster. Bauwelt 39-40.11: Gebaute Landschaft, 2011 - Author: Carolin Mees; Stadterneuerung in Shibam, Shibam / Jemen Bauwelt, 01.10.07 - Author: Carolin Mees; Haus auf Tinos, Pantelis Nicolacopoulos - Aus dem Material der Insel Bauwelt, 07.09.07 - Author: Carolin Mees; Hotel Russland Bauwelt, 31.08.07 - Author: Carolin Mees; Kita in Berlin-Oberschöneweide Bauwelt, 17.08.07 - Author: Carolin Mees; BauNetzWoche#55 - Das Querformat für Architekten Baunetz, 16.11.07 - Author: Carolin Mees;

Past Assignments: Urban Agriculture Summit, Ryerson University, Toronto, CA, presentation with Edie Stone (Design your Common Space), August 2012; Annual Conference of the American Community Gardening Association, San Francisco, CA, presentation with Lenny Librizzi and Edie Stone(One Size Does Not Fit All: A Critical Look at Urban Agriculture and Community Garden Planning in US cities), August 2012; Invited presentation at Department of Parks and Recreation, Karlsruhe (New York Open Spaces: Green Strategies in Manhattan), July 2012; Annual Meetings & Conference of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), & Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN), New York University and The New School, New York City,(Public gardens for New York City: A discussion of urban community gardening in the context of gendered human rights and the right to adequate food), June 2012; Eschborner Fachtage 2012, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Community Gardening in New York City), June 2012; Agriculture in an urbanizing society, Conference, Wageningen, with Prof. Dr. Anne C. Bellows (Urban Agriculture and Public Health), April 2012; Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Symposium „Growing in the City“, presentation with Edie Stone, New York City (Collectively managed public gardens with common areas for a socially sustainable urban development of New York City), February 2012; Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department of Gender and Nutrition, University Hohenheim,(The right to garden: Community Gardens in New York City), November 2011; Conference “Grün/ Macht/ Geld”, Department for City Planning and Environment, Hamburg (Central Park – A park in constant movement), August 2011; Ecocities, Conference, Montreal with Edie Stone (Community Gardens in New York City: a successful but threatened model of inclusive community development in a government program), August 2011; Annual Conference of the American Community Gardening Association, New York City, NY, with Edie Stone (Community Gardening Works! – 30 years GreenThumb, what is next? Or: Why urban agriculture eats its children?), August 2011; Symposium “Agriculture and Gardening in the City - Civic Parks and Neighborhood Gardens / Urban Gardens in New York, London and Berlin”, Grössenwahn, Berlin, November 2010; Association of European Schools of Planning, 2nd European Food Planning Conference, Brighton, UK (Food, Homes and Gardens: Public Gardens for a Sustainable City), October 2010; Annual Conference of the American Community Gardening Association, Atlanta, Georgia (Organization of a garden to sustain economy: Community Gardens in New York City), August 2010; Network Conference, Stiftung Interkultur, Berlin(Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens in New York City – Current trends and news), June 2010; Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Symposium „Urban Agriculture“, presentation with Edie Stone, Washington, D.C.(Urban public gardens for New York City: The context of housing, food production and commonly managed open spaces for a city’s development), April 2010; Podium discussion with community gardeners and Berlin’s District Mayors, at the of the allotment gardeners association of Berlin, International Green Week Fair, Berlin (Permanent preservations = Future security now and for the next generation), January 2010; Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department of Gender and Nutrition, University Hohenheim, (Public Gardens for Urban Sustainability: The development of community gardens in the South Bronx, New York City, from the 1970s until the 21st century), November 2009; Institute of History and Theory of Design, University of Arts, Berlin (On the PhD thesis), November 2009; Panel Discussion „Uncommon Ground“, The Arsenal, Park Department, Central Park, NYC (Community Gardens, Intercultural Gardens, Kleingartens: Which strategy determines the development of commonly managed public landscapes?), September 2009; Conference “Kunst-Garten-Kultur”, University of Arts, Berlin (Community Gardens in New York City: Privat-gemeinschaftlich genutzte öffentliche Gärten für innerstädtischen Wohnraum im Freien), July 2009; International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture, Bologna, Italy (A public garden per resident? The socio-economic context of homes and gardens in the inner city), July 2009; Institute of History and Theory of Design,University of Arts, Berlin, with Edie Stone (Preservation of Public Landscapes), May 2009; X-Larch III, Landscape- Great Idea!, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, with Edie Stone (Preserving community gardens in NYC: Strategy in public space development?), April 2009; Institute of History and Theory of Design, University of Arts, Berlin (On PhD thesis), February 2009; Network Conference, Stiftung Interkultur, Berlin (Affordable Space in the City), June 2007; International Horticulture Congress, Seoul, South Korea (Urban gardens and Poverty), August 2006; RAW Temple, Berlin (Community Gardens in the South Bronx), June 2006; Annual Conference of the American Gardening Association Conference in Minneapolis, MN(Afford to live and to garden in the City), August 2005;

Bio: Justin G. Moore is a Senior Urban Designer for the NYC Department of City Planning. He is responsible for conducting and managing complex and important research investigations, urban design plans, and studies or examinations of the physical design and the efficient utilization of sites including infrastructure, public spaces, land use patterns and neighborhood character. His projects at DCP include the Greenpoint & Williamsburg Waterfront Plan, the Hunter’s Point South Master Plan, the Coney Island Comprehensive Plan, the Brooklyn BAM Cultural District, and various sustainability initiatives and open space projects. He is a recipient of the Department of City Planning’s Barney Rabinow Service Award, Special Projects Award, and the Michael Weil Urban Design Award. He received degrees in both architecture and urban design from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation where he was awarded advanced placement, an Honor Award for Excellence in Design, and the Lowenfish Prize. He continues to work in academic and research fields as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University in the graduate Urban Design and Urban Planning programs. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a LEED Accredited Professional, and a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design. He is also the founder of the Urban Patch, which focuses on neighborhood development and urban design in American inner cities, and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Community Gardening Association.

Education: M. Architecture & M.S. Architecture and Urban Design Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation ‒ New York, NY. B. Design in Architecture, Highest Honors University of Florida College of Design, Construction & Planning ‒ Gainesville, FL.

Key Publications: 2012. “Past Forward” in Cities and the Environment (CATE) Journal, ed. Carolin Mees, Loyola Marymount University. 2012. “Building a Common Ground: Integrating Community, Gardens and the Built Environment” in Community Greening Review, ed. Marti Ross Bjornson, American Community Gardening Association. 2009. New Model Cities 01: South East Queensland Emerging Urban Futures in Land Water Infrastructure, ed. Mojdeh Baratloo and Kathi Holt-Damant, Columbia University & Queensland University of Technology. 2006. New York Times. ‘Visions of Manhattan: For the City, 100-Year Makeovers’, (URGe entry for History Channel Competition).

Other Publications: 2001-2004. Vacuum, student publication of the Columbia GSAPP, coeditor. 2001-2004. Abstract 01.02, 02.03, 03.04, catalog of studio work, Columbia University GSAPPP. 2004. Genetic Architectures, ed. Dennis Dollens, SITES Publishing. 2003. Archiversiade 2003, International Festival of Architectural Design exhibition catalog, Korean Institute of Architects.

Past Assignments: August 2012. ‘Urban Patch Project’ - American Community Gardening Association Conference, San Francisco, CA. May 2012. ‘Farmer in the City’ Planners’ Matinee, NYC Department of City Planning, New York, NY. March 2012. ‘Parks for the People’ Symposium, Van Alen Institute, Pratt Institute EDI, RAA, New York, NY. August 2011. ‘Past Forward’ - American Community Gardening Association Conference, New York, NY. March 2011. ‘Past Forward’ - The Lean Years Conference, University of Michigan Taubman College, Ann Arbor, MI. September 2010. ‘Re·fuse Ref·use: New York’s Waste Stream’ (Moderator) - Columbia GSAPP, New York, NY. June 2010. ‘Architecture Mixtape’ - SUPERFRONT (with Mitch McEwen), Brooklyn, NY. June 2010. ‘Positions in Urban Design’ Symposium - Columbia GSAPP, New York, NY. April 2010. GSAPP Alumni Open House Presentation - Columbia GSAPP, New York, NY. November 2006. History Channel ‘City of the Future’ - Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY. May 2006. ‘Depicting Design’ - BAC Gallery DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. June 2005. ‘Urban Interlace’ - Baltimore Ecosystem Study Urban Design Conference, Baltimore, MD.