How Community Gardens Work investigates the fascinating concept of gardens that a whole community enjoys and works together to maintain. It explores what a community garden is and what is grown there, where some of the world's most inventive community gardens are and why community gardens are on the rise in urban places all over the world.

Explore the world's most revolutionary and exciting ecological developments in Eco Works. This series for 9+ readers examines how green technology is finding inventive solutions to some of the most pressing problems facing us today. From sourcing sustainable energy and reducing our carbon footprints through to creating recycling processes and community gardens that provide our growing urban populations with green space and food, find out exactly how and why 'eco works'.

This book is part of a book series called Eco Works .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Louise Spilsbury, has written many books for children on a wide range of subjects.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What are community gardens?
• 1: Food for the people
• 1: Rest and recreation
• 1: Gardens for learning
• 1: Sensory gardens
• 1: Laying out gardens
• 1: Garden soil
• 1: Composting
• 1: Pest control
• 1: Watering the plants
• 1: Growing spaces
• 1: Sharing benefits and responsibilities
• 1: Community gardens in the future
• 1: Glossary
• 1: For more information
• 1: Index