Notice -- Preamble: Heal the World -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. The palimpsest of urban gardening in Russia -- Chapter III. A new civil right won under the Soviet regime -- Chapter IV. A post-Soviet phenomenon -- Chapter V. The Russian Urban Grower: representations and practices -- Chapter VI. In favour of a new perspective -- Chapter VII. A continental rhizome: gardening policies and visions of society -- Chapter VIII. Western and Southern Europe viewed from a Russian perspective -- Chapter IX.  Universal meaning -- Annexes -- Annex 1. The capitals: Moscou, Saint-Pétersbourg, Kazan -- Annex 2. The collective gardens "War Veterans" -- Annex 3. The collective gardens "No. 7 of the Aircraft Engine Manufacturing Company/KMPO Kazan": massif Soukhaya rieka -- Annex 4. The collective gardens "Victoria Island" -- List of boxes, diagrams, documents, maps, photography's, tables -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- General Summary.