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Self-reported well-being and the importance of green spaces – A comparison of garden owners and non-garden owners in times of COVID-19

open access: yesLandscape and Urban Planning, 2021
This study focuses on the effects of the use of green spaces on the self-reported well-being measures of life satisfaction and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mira Lehberger   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Where birds felt louder: The garden as a refuge during COVID-19

open access: yesWellbeing, Space and Society, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries experienced something of a boom in interest in gardening. Gardens have long been considered as refuges into which we retreat to escape various struggles and challenges.
P. Marsh   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“It made me feel brighter in myself”- The health and well-being impacts of a residential front garden horticultural intervention

open access: yesLandscape and Urban Planning, 2020
Residential gardens make up 30% of urban space in the UK, yet unlike many other green space typologies, their role in the health and well-being agenda has largely been overlooked. A horticultural intervention introduced ornamental plants to 38 previously
L. S. Chalmin-Pui   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Psychology, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of people's lives. Lockdown measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been more stringent for those aged over 70, at highest risk for the disease.
J. Corley   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The School Garden: A Social and Emotional Place

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
School gardens are part of many schools. Especially in primary schools, but also in secondary schools, they are used as a learning space and experience space for the pupils.
Susan Pollin, Carolin Retzlaff-Fürst
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exotic garden plants partly substitute for native plants as resources for pollinators when native plants become seasonally scarce

open access: yesOecologia, 2020
Urban green spaces such as gardens often consist of native and exotic plant species, which provide pollen and nectar for flower-visiting insects. Although some exotic plants are readily visited by pollinators, it is unknown if and at which time of the ...
Michael Staab   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Botanic garden solutions to the plant extinction crisis

open access: yesPlants, People, Planet, 2020
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Murphy Westwood   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Il disegno dell’acqua nella costruzione di giardini e paesaggi

open access: yesRi-vista: Ricerche per la Progettazione del Paesaggio, 2015
In every ages, hydraulic system characterized garden and landscape design, built around water function, symbols, religious, formal and esthetical valences.
Tessa Matteini
doaj   +1 more source

A Study on Landscape Applications in Residential Gardens: The Case Study of Kemalpaşa District of Izmir Province, Turkey

open access: yesMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2021
Gardens have become important places for satisfying people's longing to increase their relationship with nature, with adding aesthetic and functional value to the residential houses.
Candan ŞAHİN, Humeyra ÇALIK
doaj   +1 more source

Un jardin dans la ville - Quelle biodiversité urbaine pour demain ? 

open access: yesTerritoire en Mouvement, 2012
Examining a garden created in 2000, from scratch in place of a former industrial site in the South of Lyon (France). Leads to reflections on Nature and Biodiversity in town. A criticism of gloom mongering and sensationalism.
Paul Arnould
doaj   +1 more source

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