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In the garden: capacities that contribute to community groups establishing community gardens

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
Based on case studies in Dublin, Ireland, this paper examines the motives for individuals to establish community gardens therein. The paper also outlines the capacities required for community groups to successfully establish and sustain community gardens in Ireland.
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Developing Urban Community Garden Projects

open access: yesEDIS, 2013
Community gardens are pieces of land where groups of people grow and maintain vegetable and flower plants. They exist in all types of areas, including neighborhoods, at schools, or on other public or private lands.
Austen Moore, Amy Harder, Norma Samuel
doaj   +5 more sources

Beyond Inclusion: Cultivating a Critical Sense of Belonging through Community-Engaged Research

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2022
A broad body of literature outlines the interventions to support underrepresented and minoritized students’ inclusion and sense of belonging into university contexts.
Linnea K. Beckett   +2 more
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Community Gardens: A Catalyst for Community Change

open access: yesHealth Promotion Practice, 2023
Community gardens are increasing in popularity and are associated with extensive physical and mental health benefits, increased access to fresh produce, and increased social connections. However, evidence is primarily from research in urban and school settings, and little is known about the role of community gardens in rural settings as part of policy,
Alison C. Berg   +14 more
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Growing a Garden Community: A Film Review

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
First paragraphs: “It’s not about the vegetables. It’s about community.” Are you looking for some inspiration for a local food group, garden club, or association meeting?
Brian Raison
doaj   +1 more source

Designing a Community Garden

open access: yesidea journal, 2018
Politecnico di Milano Coltivando is a convivial garden where people meet, experiment, cultivate crops and share their skills and ideas. Coltivando uses innovative service and spatial design knowledge and community consultation processes. Coltivando is a design research project that is documented throughout its entire process.
FASSI, DAVIDE   +2 more
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"Don't Just Come for Yourself": Understanding Leadership Approaches and Volunteer Engagement in Community Gardens

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
Community gardening initiatives are popular inter­ventions for health promotion and the develop­ment of socially inclusive local agricultural models. The leadership of such gardens is critical for their long-term success and sustainability.
Jeffrey Gilbert   +3 more
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Productivity and Efficiency of Community Gardens: Case Studies from the UK

open access: yesLand, 2023
The extensive and burgeoning literature on the productivity of urban farms and gardens is largely focused on measures of crop yield and resource use, with little offered to date on their contribution to social productivity and sustainability.
Silvio Caputo   +2 more
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“Connecting With Good People and Good Plants”: Community Gardener Experiences in New York State During the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Community gardens are collective projects in which participants collaborate to maintain a garden. They provide many biophysical and cultural ecosystem services, contributing to individual and community resilience and wellbeing. These benefits may be even
Tomasz B. Falkowski   +6 more
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Becoming Garden

open access: yesJournal of Childhood Studies, 2018
This paper is composed of a series of moments that evolved from an inquiry with our community garden plot. This inquiry involved children’s, educators’, and families’ experimentations and processes of “coming to know” the garden.
Kelsey Wapenaar, Aideen DeSchutter
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