No Plot is Too Small: A Community's Guide to Restoring Public Landscapes

Stewart Chisholm and Randee Holmes

• "Because cities too, are habitat." Alex Wilson, The Culture of Nature
• How to Use This Guide
• Acknowledgments

• Three Guiding Principles of Success
• Consensus Decision Making

• Preliminary Outreach -Testing the Waters
• Planning the Introductory Meeting
• Getting the Word Out: A Communication Tool Kit

• Assessing Team Members' Skills and Interests
• Defining Subcommittee Roles
• Coming Up with a Mission Statement
• Working Well with Volunteers
• Working with Experts

• Mapping Your Site
• Themes to Include on Your Base Map
• Investigate How People Use the Site
• Permits and Policies

• Setting Goals
• Setting Objectives
• Action Planning
• Developing a Maintenance Strategy
• Milestones: Celebrating a Sense of Accomplishment

• Ecological Design
• Developing Your Design
• Picture This: Models and Other Visual Representations
• Addressing Vandalism

• Sources of Cash and In-Kind Support
• Writing Funding Proposals

• Preparing for Planting Day
• The Day of the Event

• Learn from Participants' Experiences
• Project Evaluation: Revisit Your Goals and Objectives
• How Does Your Garden Grow? Sustaining the Project Long-term
• Additional Resources

Additional support provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

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