Therapeutic Community Gardening as a Green Social Prescription for Mental Ill-Health: Impact, Barriers, and Facilitators from the Perspective of Multiple Stakeholders. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 The UK government has invested £5.77 million in green social prescribing to prevent and tackle mental ill-health. Therapeutic community gardening, one type of green social prescription, provides a range of health outcomes.
Wood CJ, Polley M, Barton JL, Wicks CL.
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Physically apart but socially connected: Lessons in social resilience from community gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Landsc Urban Plan, 2022 Graphical ...
Joshi N, Wende W.
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Participation in Community Gardening: Sowing the Seeds of Well-Being: Participation au jardinage communautaire : pour semer les graines du bien-être. [PDF]
Can J Occup Ther, 2021 Background. Sustaining well-being challenges people with serious mental health issues. Community gardening is an occupation used to promote clients’ well-being, yet there is limited evidence to support this intervention. Purpose.
Suto MJ, Smith S, Damiano N, Channe S.
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Are Community Gardening and Horticultural Interventions Beneficial for Psychosocial Well-Being? A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Recent literature has revealed the positive effect of gardening on human health; however, empirical evidence on the effects of gardening-based programs on psychosocial well-being is scant.
Spano G +7 more
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Health and Place, 2022 Community gardening is increasingly framed and promoted as a way to foster healthful behaviours, as a wellbeing practice, and as a public health tool. This paper draws on semi-structured interviews with community gardening organisers (n = 9) in the North
, Steph Morris, Laura Mcguire
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A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Gardening has long been a popular pastime. There is a growing evidence base for the health and well-being benefits of gardening. Community gardening brings a social aspect to gardening, thereby increasing the potential benefits to include addressing ...
Tracey D +5 more
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A Systematic Review Protocol Investigating Community Gardening Impact Measures. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Existing community gardening research has tended to be exploratory and descriptive, utilising qualitative or mixed methodologies to explore and understand community garden participation.
Kingsley J +9 more
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Community Gardening as a Way to Build Cross-Cultural Community Resilience in Intersectionally Diverse Gardeners: Community-Based Participatory Research and Campus-Community-Partnered Proposal. [PDF]
JMIR Res Protoc, 2020 Background Community-based agriculture has been found to decrease food insecurity and alleviate health inequities. Furthermore, it provides a sense of ownership, resources to help integrate new communities, and a space to nurture existing cultural ...
Mejia A +3 more
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Safe Community Gardening Practices: Focus Groups with Garden Leaders in Atlanta, Georgia. [PDF]
Local Environ, 2020 Although best management practices have been recommended by government agencies and non-profit organisations to reduce community gardeners’ potential exposure to soil contaminants such as lead, some gardeners do not perform these practices. Understanding
Hunter CM +5 more
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Understanding the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations Associated with Community Gardening to Improve Environmental Public Health Prevention and Intervention. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Considering that community members continue to garden in and near environments impacted by pollutants known to negatively impact human health, this paper seeks to characterize the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of a gardener and elucidate their ...
Ramirez-Andreotta MD +4 more
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