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Allotment gardening and health: a comparative survey among allotment gardeners and their neighbors without an allotment [PDF]

, 2010
Background The potential contribution of allotment gardens to a healthy and active life-style is increasingly recognized, especially for elderly populations. However, few studies have empirically examined beneficial effects of allotment gardening. In the
van Dillen Sonja ME, Vries, S., de, Dillen, S.M.E., van, van den Berg Agnes E, Marijke van Winsum-Westra, Sonja ME van Dillen, van Winsum-Westra Marijke, Berg, A.E., van den, de Vries, S., de Vries Sjerp, Sjerp de Vries, van Winsum-Westra, M., Agnes E van den Berg, van den Berg, A.E., van Dillen, S.M.E., Winsum-Westra, M., van   +15 more
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Designing a Community Garden

idea 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, SACHERO, ALESSANDRO, SIMEONE, GIULIA   +2 more
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Transforming urban bioresources through community gardening in Public Housing, Kuala Lumpur [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Community gardening in public housing estates offers a community-driven strategy to transform underutilized tropical bioresources into socially, ecologically, and economically valuable systems.
Mohd Sharif Shahida, Mohamad Selamat Izyan Ayuni, Ujang Norsidah   +2 more
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What Gardens Grow

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2018
Supporting home and community gardening is a core activity of many community-based organiza­tions (CBOs) that are leading the food justice movement in the U.S.
Christine M. Porter
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Multispecies community gardening: Inquiring material-discursive anthropocentrism through a Roman gardening experience

Textes & Contextes, 2021
Positioning my investigation within feminist posthumanist studies, in this article I will focus on the incessant interactions of more-than-human life that co-construct urban spaces.
Beatrice del Monte
doaj   +1 more source

“You feel like you’re part of something bigger”: exploring motivations for community garden participation in Melbourne, Australia

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Increased global urbanisation has led to public health challenges. Community gardens are identified as a mechanism for addressing socio-ecological determinants of health.
Jonathan Kingsley, Emily Foenander, Aisling Bailey   +2 more
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During COVID-19, Californians sought food security, connection and solace in their gardens

California Agriculture, 2023
Gardening offers a range of benefits, from food production to social connection to improved mental and physical health. When COVID-19 struck, interest in gardening soared, but it was unclear whether and how gardens would deliver these benefits in the ...
Lucy Diekmann, Summer Cortez, Pauline Marsh, Jonathan Kingsley, Monika Egerer, Brenda Lin, Alessandro Ossola   +6 more
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Gardening and age-related weight gain: Results from a cross-sectional survey of Denver residents

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2017
This study examined whether gardening modifies the association between age and body mass index (BMI). We used data from the Neighborhood Environments and Health Survey, which was conducted in Denver (N=469) between 2006 and 2007.
Jill S. Litt, Jeffrey Richard Lambert, Deborah H. Glueck   +2 more
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Community Gardens: A Catalyst for Community Change

Health 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, Heather M. Padilla, Catherine E. Sanders, Christina T. Garner, Hannah G. Southall, Grace Holmes, Shanda Ashley, Luke Crosson, Barbara Twilley, Denise D. Everson, Rachel Hubbard, Courtney S. Brown, Alexa J. Lamm, Laura P. Johnson, Marsha Davis   +14 more
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Community gardening during times of crisis

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
Using ongoing reflections from our recent work as members of a community gardening initiative, we outline relevant priorities for researchers, policy­makers, and community practitioners to examine the role of community gardens in addressing the effects ...
Angie Mejia, Manami Bhattacharya, Amanda Nigon-Crowley, Kelly Kirkpatrick, Chandi Katoch   +4 more
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