Offers practical tips and techniques for urban gardening and includes an overview of the how and why of the movement.

"Edited by Linda Pruessen"--T.p. verso.

Part 1. Hungry cities -- City living -- Food miles -- Pass the potato -- Life on the fringes -- Inner-city deserts -- Food oases in unexpected places -- Security alert -- Part 2. Plant a seed -- Changing the urban landscape -- Ye olde victory garden -- Every available inch -- Digging in -- Small but mighty -- The community garden -- Good eats -- Get growing -- Part 3. Green your city -- Beyond kale in kiddie pools -- Turn down the heat -- Chilly cities -- City chicks -- Does it takes like chicken? -- Swimming uptown -- Not going to waste -- Water harvesting -- Part 4. Your green thumb -- Thinking big -- Be part of a community -- Green transformation -- From Motown to growtown -- Suburban blitz -- The teaching garden -- Garden smarts.