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A culturally tailored community gardening approach to improving physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and psychological health among African American women: A pre-post feasibility study [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Promotion Perspectives
Background: African American (AA) women participate in low levels of physical activity (PA), under consume fruits and vegetables (FV), and experience poor psychological health. Increasing evidence suggests community gardening as an approach to positively
Imani Canton   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The meanings attributed to community gardening: A qualitative study

open access: yesHealth and Place, 2019
Whilst the geographical, sociological, and ecological roles of community gardens have been explored previously, the meanings associated with community gardening are unclear.
Alejandra Aguilar   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Digging for Dementia: Exploring the experience of community gardening from the perspectives of people with dementia

open access: yesAging and Mental Health, 2018
Objectives: The study sought to explore the lived experiences of people with dementia who participate in community-based gardening programmes. Methods: A collaborative gardening project was conducted over six weeks at a day centre for people with ...
Nicholas Jenkins
exaly   +2 more sources

Community gardens as a response to the contradictions of sustainable urban policy: Insights from the Swiss cities of Zurich and Lausanne

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
In this paper we explore how policy discourses on urban sustainability impact the governing of urban food gardening in favoring community gardens. Our main hypothesis is that community gardens better accommodate the tensions created by the discourses of ...
Ingrid Jahrl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Key Benefits and Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review

open access: yesHealth & Social Care in the Community, 2023
Vulnerable communities (including people from refugee, Indigenous, culturally and linguistically diverse, and low socioeconomic backgrounds) represent the most at-risk populations facing inequities and negative health, economic, and social outcomes.
D. Tracey   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Seeds and the city: a review of municipal home food gardening programs in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, home food gardening articles have saturated popular media outlets. Home food gardening is more popular than ever, and community gardens and community greenhouses are at capacity with long waiting lists for ...
Janet Music   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fences, seeds and bees: The more-than-human politics of community gardening in Rotterdam

open access: yesUrban studies, 2023
This paper explores the more-than-human politics of a community garden in Rotterdam, as an expression of sustainable and resilient city making. Challenging the anthropocentrism underlying most research on the politics of urban sustainability/resilience ...
Shivant Jhagroe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Who Gardens and How in Urban USA: Informing Social Equity in Urban Agriculture Action Plans

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Urban agriculture, is increasingly incorporated into food system policies to address social equity. However, assessing its effectiveness requires primary data on the demographics of agricultural gardeners and the type of gardening pursued, which are ...
Kirti Das, Anu Ramaswami
doaj   +1 more source

Community Gardens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A community garden is a great place to grow nutritious food, fresh flowers, and even a more vibrant and sharing community! This publication tells about all sorts of community gardens and shows you how you can set one up in your own neighborhood.
Bauermeister, Mark   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Growing local:

open access: yesCanadian Food Studies, 2023
Home food gardening has seen a resurgence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents the preliminary findings from the first 6 months of a 22-month home food gardening study in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Janet Music   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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