Edina goes green part I: A model for low-input lawn care community education

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 486-489

  Carpenter, Perrin J ^a   Meyer, Mary Hockenberry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community education; Demonstration sites; Lawn care; Lawn ordinances; Sustainable turfgrass; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

GOES; POACEAE;

EID: 0033010439     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.3.486     Document Type: Review

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