Preservation Handbook

Taking a Garden Public: Feasibility and Startup 

The Garden Conservancy's preservation handbook, Taking a Garden Public: Feasibility and Startup, provides resources for garden preservation and presents an overview of the issues and strategies involved in preserving and sustaining a garden.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Success Stories: Prviate Gardens Become Public Amenities

Click on each hightlighted chapter title to download a PDF of it.

2. Assessing the Feasibility of Preserving a Garden  

3. Moving Your Project Forward

4. Organizing a Friends Group

5. Forming a Nonprofit Organization

6. Building an Effective Organization

7. Developing an Organizational and Garden Plan

8. Creating a Garden Identity

9. Managing Your Finances

10. Recruiting and Hiring Staff

11. Case Studies

A-1 Resource

A-2 Further Reading and Bibliography

A-3 Garden Contact Information

Hard copies are also available at $25 each, plus $5 shipping and handling for each handbook. To place an order, you can order online or download the order form, fill it out, and mail or fax it to the Preservation Projects department. The handbooks are in loose-leaf format.

For more information, call 845.424.6500.