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Robbins, Jessica C., and Kimberly Seibel. "ADAPTIVE GARDENING PRACTICES AMONG OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS IN DETROIT." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1901.
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Abstract It is well established that gardening can promote physical, social, and emotional wellbeing for many older adults in varied circumstances (Milligan, Gatrell, and Bingley 2004; Nicklett, Anderson, and Yen 2016; Wang and MacMillan 2013). In post-industrial cities formed by historical and ongoing processes of structural inequality such as Detroit, Michigan, gardening is beneficial for residents in terms of health, economic activity, community-building, and city beautification (Lawson 2005; Pitt 2014; Pothukuchi 2015; White 2011). However, research has less frequently investigated how gardening can promote wellbeing for older adults living in contexts of urban structural inequality. This poster addresses this gap by exploring how older African American gardeners in Detroit adapt their gardening practices to changing physical abilities and capacities. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted during one gardening season (March-October 2017) with older African Americans in Detroit (n= 27), we employ a selective-optimization-with-compensation framework (Baltes and Baltes 1990) to understand the modifications that older Detroiters make in their gardening practices as they age. Findings demonstrate that older African Americans in Detroit engage in gardening in flexible, creative ways that accommodate new physical limitations, while also connecting to changes occurring in the city of Detroit. This study thus has implications for further understanding how gardening can benefit older adults, and how older adults can contribute vitality to contexts of structural inequality.
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Thomas, McKenzie, Kimberly Jensen, Margarita Velandia, Christopher Clark, Burton English, Dayton Lambert, and Forbes Walker. "Outdoor Home Gardener Preferences for Environmental Attributes in Gardening Supplies and Use of Ecofriendly Gardening Practices." HortTechnology 30, no. 5 (October 2020): 552–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech04672-20.
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Home gardeners’ concerns for the environment are expressed both in the ecofriendly gardening practices they use and in environmental attributes they prefer in the gardening products they purchase. This study uses data from a 2018 survey of 601 Tennessee outdoor home gardeners and a multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) model to illustrate how outdoor home gardener demographics, expenditures, information use, and attitudes influence use of ecofriendly gardening practices and preferences for environmental attributes in home gardening supplies. Practices considered include planting pollinator plants, using rainwater collectors, composting, recycling gardening supplies packaging, using organic gardening methods, and use of soil testing. Gardening supply product attributes include decreased need for fertilizer, pesticides, and water; native plant species; organically produced products; and recyclable packaging. The most widely used practice is recycling gardening supplies packaging, and the least used is soil testing. Gardeners with a greater propensity to use the six gardening practices include male, college graduates, who spend relatively more of their income on gardening supplies, and consider themselves as being knowledgeable about environmental issues. The gardening supply product attribute most widely considered as important is decreased need for pesticides, and least widely considered as important are native species and organically produced. Gardeners more likely to prefer the six gardening supply product attributes include older gardeners, who seek other gardeners for information, and who perceived themselves as being knowledgeable about the environment. This same group likes to grow their own food and feels responsibility for protecting the environment for future generations.
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May, Gary L., and Darren Short. "Gardening in Cyberspace: A Metaphor to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning." Journal of Management Education 27, no. 6 (December 2003): 673–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562903257940.
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The metaphors we use can influence our behavior. This article proposes a new metaphor to help guide online instructors to more effective practices. The metaphor, gardening in cyberspace, is about creating an environment that fosters learning and personal growth. The practices of good gardening—positioning, conditioning soil, watering, and controlling weeds and pests—all serve as useful analogues to good online pedagogical practices, including addressing individual differences, motivating the student, providing feedback, and avoiding information overload. Examples of instructional design and course management techniques are included to illustrate what online instructors might do differently if they took the gardening perspective seriously. The authors also extend the metaphor to explore administration’s role as gardening store proprietors.
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Kiesling, Frances M., and Christie M. Manning. "How green is your thumb? Environmental gardening identity and ecological gardening practices." Journal of Environmental Psychology 30, no. 3 (September 2010): 315–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.02.004.
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Cattivelli, Valentina. "The Motivation of Urban Gardens in Mountain Areas. The Case of South Tyrol." Sustainability 12, no. 10 (May 25, 2020): 4304. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12104304.
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Urban gardens have attracted considerable academic attention in recent years. Several studies have, in fact, emphasized their positive contribution in terms of social integration, community health, urban regeneration, and food security, and explored individual gardeners´ motivations behind these practices. While these topics are well-documented with reference to metropolitan urban areas, few studies have been carried out in relation to other contexts such as mountain areas. This limited interest is probably due to the reduced urbanization of these areas, a preference for other forms of horticulture (essentially those practiced in people’s own homes) or the use of different solutions to mitigate the negative effects of social problems. The recent proliferation of urban gardens in South Tyrol (IT) makes this mountain province an interesting laboratory for practices and narratives associated with socially innovative urban gardening experiences. This paper presents a characterization of all urban gardening initiatives in South Tyrol through cartographical representation. It explains gardeners´ and public institutions´ motivations, as well as non-gardeners’ perceptions of urban gardening. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in the various South Tyrolean municipalities where urban gardening projects have been undertaken. The results suggest the great importance of the social and environmental aspect of urban gardens, and an interest in reconnecting with food practices even when food access is not a priority.
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Kandjee, Thierry. "Overgrown: Practices between Landscape Architecture and Gardening." Journal of Landscape Architecture 14, no. 3 (September 2, 2019): 88–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2019.1705600.
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Certomà, Chiara, and Bruno Notteboom. "Informal planning in a transactive governmentality. Re-reading planning practices through Ghent’s community gardens." Planning Theory 16, no. 1 (July 31, 2016): 51–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473095215598177.
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This article addresses a new mode of planning that involves a collaboration between State, private and community actors in the context of growing urban gardening movements. It questions the view of urban gardening as a manifestation of citizens’ dissensus towards administration’s institutional planning, and the expression of urban ‘counterplanning’ whose aim is to resist the consequences of a neoliberal governmentality. Although this interpretation of urban gardening is to a certain extent true, it does not completely explain some current developments in socio-spatial planning practices. In order to fill this gap, the article advances a theoretical analysis of the emerging governmentality generated by an intensified relationship between institutional, private and community actors. The theoretical analysis is complemented by the example of representative urban gardening projects in Ghent, a dynamic and inspiring mid-size city in Belgium, providing an ideal context for exploring the transformation of planning practices and their socio-political underpinnings. The article concludes that urban gardening practices exemplify an emerging informal mode of planning supported by a new transactive governmentality, which may lead to a co-creative transformation of public urban space.
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Wen Li, Wendy, Darrin Hodgetts, and Elsie Ho. "Gardens, Transitions and Identity Reconstruction among Older Chinese Immigrants to New Zealand." Journal of Health Psychology 15, no. 5 (July 2010): 786–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105310368179.
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Psychologists have foregrounded the importance of links between places and daily practices in the construction of subjectivities and well-being. This article explores domestic gardening practices among older Chinese immigrants. Initial and follow-up interviews were conducted with 32 Chinese adults ranging in age from 62 to 77 years. Participants recount activities such as gardening as a means of forging a new sense of self and place in their adoptive country. Gardening provides a strategy for self-reconstruction through spatiotemporally establishing biographical continuity between participants’ old lives in China and their new lives in New Zealand.
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Strunk, Christopher, and Ursula Lang. "Gardening as More than Urban Agriculture: Perspectives from Smaller Midwestern Cities on Urban Gardening Policies and Practices." Case Studies in the Environment 3, no. 1 (December 31, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cse.2018.001545.
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For the most part, research and policymaking on urban gardening have focused on community gardens, whether in parks, vacant lots, or other public land. This emphasis, while important for many Midwestern cities, can obscure the significance of privately owned land such as front yard and back yard and their crucial connections with gardening on public land. In this case study, we examine how policies and practices related to gardening and the management of green space in two Midwestern cities exceed narrow visions of urban agriculture. The article explores the cultivation of vacant lot gardens and private yards as two modes of property in similar Midwestern contexts and argues that the management of green space is about more than urban agriculture. Instead, we show how urban gardening occurs across public/private property distinctions and involves a broader set of actors than those typically included in sustainability policies. Gardening also provides a key set of connections through which neighbors understand and practice sustainability in Midwestern cities.
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Pradittatsanee, Darin. "On a Path towards Forgiveness: Garden-Practices and Aesthetics of Engagement in Tan Twan Eng’s." MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities 25, no. 1 (June 9, 2022): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26659077-25010001.
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Abstract This paper examines the human-nature relationship in the art of Japanese gardening in Tan Twan Eng’s The Garden of Evening Mists (2012). Drawing upon the aesthetics of Japanese gardening and theories of garden art, it argues that the novel advocates the complementarity of nature and human artifice in gardening. Japanese gardening which is related to the Taoist concept of yinyang and the Buddhist notion of impermanence, together with its principle of shakkei (borrowed landscape), suggests a combination of anthropocentric and ecocentric relationships with nature. Moreover, since Japanese aesthetics is interwoven with ways of living, the paper examines how the female protagonist’s apprenticeship to a Japanese gardener in the Cameron Highlands of Malaya gradually alters her mind and opens up ways of coping with her traumatic experience, during the Occupation, in a Japanese internment camp. It argues that gardening art, what art philosopher Arnold Berleant calls the “aesthetics of engagement,” and changing gardenscape induce the protagonist to comprehend impermanence, moral ambiguity and the complementary co-existence of memory and forgetting, all of which enable her to forgive the Japanese transgressors and to make peace with the past.
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Politi Bertoncini, Alzira, Nathalie Machon, Sandrine Pavoine, and Audrey Muratet. "Local gardening practices shape urban lawn floristic communities." Landscape and Urban Planning 105, no. 1-2 (March 2012): 53–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.017.
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Bhatti, Mark. "A Taste for Gardening: Classed and Gendered Practices." Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 39, no. 1 (January 2010): 87–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094306109356659yy.
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Méndez, Rocio, Keiko Goto, Chunyan Song, Joan Giampaoli, Gauri Karnik, and Alyson Wylie. "Cultural influence on mindful eating: traditions and values as experienced by Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white parents of elementary-school children." Global Health Promotion 27, no. 4 (November 20, 2019): 6–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757975919878654.
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Objective: To examine perceptions of mindful eating and mindful food parenting among parents of elementary school children. Methods: Four focus groups were conducted with 19 Mexican-American parents and 13 non-Hispanic white parents of children from a northern California elementary school. Results: Themes emerging from this research included food traditions during mealtime, perceptions of mindful eating, mindful food parenting and portion control, mindful food parenting practices through gardening, and mindful food parenting with traditional foods. Mexican-American participants identified cooking traditional foods as an important part of their mindful eating and food parenting practices. Mexican-American participants also highlighted the importance of using their senses to appreciate food. Both Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white participants emphasized the importance of involving children in gardening and meal preparation. Mexican-American parents had different perceptions of food portion control than the non-Hispanic white participants. Conclusions: The current study indicates the importance of mindfulness in broad food-related practices such as gardening, cooking and preserving food traditions in mindful eating practices. More research is needed to further understand how culture shapes and impacts these food practices among different cultural groups.
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Robbins, Jessica C., and Kimberly A. Seibel. "Temporal aspects of wellbeing in later life: gardening among older African Americans in Detroit." Ageing and Society 40, no. 12 (July 18, 2019): 2614–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x19000813.
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AbstractGardening has well-established physical, social and emotional benefits for older adults in varied circumstances. In Detroit, Michigan (United States of America), as in many cities, policy makers, funders, researchers, community organisations and residents regard gardening as a means of transforming bodies, persons, communities, cities and broader polities. We draw on ethnographic research conducted during one gardening season with 27 older African Americans in Detroit to foreground the social dimensions of wellbeing in later life and thus develop a more robust and nuanced understanding of gardening's benefits for older adults. Based on anthropological understandings of personhood and kinship, this article expands concepts of wellbeing to include social relations across multiple scales (individual, interpersonal, community, state) and temporalities (of the activity itself, experiences of ageing, city life). Even when performed alone, gardening fosters connections with the past, as gardeners are reminded of deceased loved ones through practices and the plants themselves, and with the future, through engagement with youth and community. Elucidating intimate connections and everyday activities of older African American long-term city residents counters anti-black discourses of ‘revitalisation’. An expansive concept of wellbeing has implications for understanding the generative potential of meaningful social relations in later life and the vitality contributed by older adults living in contexts of structural inequality.
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Rehman, Bushra, Mehreen Faiza, Tabinda Qaiser, M. Azeem Khan, Akhtar Ali, and Saima Rani. "Social Attitudes towards Kitchen Gardening." Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS) 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.25255/jss.2013.2.1.27.34.
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With the increase in population and the increasing trend of urbanizations leads towards a seriousissue of food security and mal-nutrition. To cover come the mal nutrition in the household theconcept of kitchen gardning was introduced over the centuries. Now this concept is very wellknow and taking success in developed and developing countries. So this study was designed toanalyse the attitude of people towards kitchen gardning. For this purpose study was conducted onamong 30 house holds in three different colonies of Islamabad. Rawal Town, Margalla Town, andTerlai. Results depict that 90% of the people practices the activity of kitchen gardening at theirhome and use their production for home consumption.
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El Ghazi, Ibrahim, Janvier Egah, Claude Ahouangninou, Imane Berni, Aziza Menouni, Soumia Sadik, Mohammed Amane, Marie-Paule Kestemont, and Samir El Jaafari. "Evaluation of the Sustainability of Urban Market Gardens in the City of Meknes (Morocco)." European Scientific Journal ESJ 17, no. 40 (November 30, 2021): 121–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2021.v17n40p121.
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Market gardening constitutes a basis for food security of urban and peri-urban households. However, market gardening is subject to the use of chemical inputs, selected varieties, and genetically modified organisms. These practices are increasingly controversial and are likely to affect the sustainability of vegetable farms. This study assessed the sustainability of 120 randomly selected market garden farms (Meknes) using the surveys and the market garden production sustainability indicator. The results show that the majority of the farms identified are characterized by low sustainability, with the agroecological dimension being the limiting factor. The improvement of the components "Ecological diversity", "Spatial organization", and "Agricultural practices" are the ways to improve the global sustainability of vegetable production in Meknes. The socio-territorial sustainability of production is characterized by a lack of training for producers, a lack of hygiene and safety in production activities, and a low contribution to employment. The economic dimension is characterized by low viability, low economic transmissibility, and financial autonomy. To perpetuate the market gardening in the city of Meknes, it appears necessary to promote ecological intensification, integrated diversification, and promotion of local inputs to the various types of market gardening farms
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Veen, Esther J., and Marianne Dagevos. "Diversifying Economic Practices in Meal Sharing and Community Gardening." Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems 4, no. 1 (January 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/urbanag2017.10.0005.
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Crane, Melisa, and Todd Wehner. "(5) Cucumber Cultivars and Cultural Practices for Patio Gardening." HortScience 41, no. 4 (July 2006): 1015B—1015. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.41.4.1015b.
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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most popular vegetables grown in U.S. home gardens. The objectives of this study were to identify suitable cultivars and proper plant density for use with container-grown cucumber. Additional objectives were to determine the value of field trials for predicting cucumber performance in containers, and to evaluate different plant types (dwarf vs. tall, gynoecious vs. monoecious, pickling vs. slicing) for container use. Fourteen cultivars and breeding lines were tested at three densities in two seasons using a randomized complete-block design with six replications. Pickling cucumbers were M 21, M 27, NC-74, `NC-Danbury', `NC-Dixon', `Sumter', `Vlaspik', and `Picklebush'. Slicing cucumbers were `Bush Whopper II', `Spacemaster 80', `Bush Champion', `Marketmore 76', `Dasher II', and `Cherokee 7'. Plant densities were one, two, or three plants per container. For both the spring and summer container trials, there were corresponding field trials run at the same time for comparison. Best performance was obtained using three plants per container, or 4 L of soil volume per plant. There was a strong, significant correlation between patio and field trials, permitting gardeners to choose cucumber cultivars with high yield, high quality, and disease resistance using data from field trials. Pickling-type cucumbers have thinner skin than slicing-type cucumbers that were bred for shipping. Gynoecious types must be planted with monoecious cultivars to assure fruit set. Monoecious types can self-pollinate, and have the additional advantage of longer harvest period. Thus, home gardeners may want dwarf, monoecious, pickling types for best performance in containers. The best cultivar of that type was `NC-Danbury'.
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Hamilton, Susan L., and Kathleen DeMarrais. "Visits to Public Gardens: Their Meaning for Avid Gardeners." HortTechnology 11, no. 2 (January 2001): 209–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.11.2.209.
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This study examined how avid gardeners experience a public garden. Phenomenological interviewing was used to collect data from six avid gardeners who frequently visited a public garden. Data about the gardeners' beliefs and actions regarding gardening history, gardening practices, and involvement with public gardens were gathered. From inductive analysis, a model of a gardener's world composed of four conceptual themes: 1) personal history, 2) social connections, 3) human well-being, and 4) learning experiences was delineated. The conceptual themes of a gardener's world are the personal learning constructs through which gardeners experience the plant world. Each of the four conceptual themes influenced how participants in this study experienced a public garden. Participants used a public garden to socially interact with others, enhance their human well-being, strengthen their gardening background, and extend their gardening knowledge and skill. Several subthemes emerged within the four conceptual themes of an avid gardener's world to inform us how gardening plays an integral role in gardeners' lives.
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Kim, Hyung-Suk, and Kyu-Won Kim. "Sustainable Landscapes in the Traditional Korean Residential Environment: Focus on the Joseon Dynasty." Land 10, no. 7 (June 30, 2021): 690. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10070690.
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This study examines the sustainable landscapes displayed in traditional Korean houses of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) by investigating urban agricultural practices implemented in the palace, private houses, and an imaginary garden (Uiwon). Currently popular productive gardening applications, such as urban agriculture, productive landscapes, and edible landscapes, also formed the backbone of the traditional Korean housing environment in the Joseon Dynasty, which has had substantial implications for today’s landscaping practices. Landscapes that are productive rather than decorative are important for environmentally sound and sustainable development not only for South Korea but also for modern housing design worldwide. This research provides concrete discussions of the definition and range of urban agriculture, agricultural methods, and principal agents of gardening-related businesses. This information advances the cultural conversation as well as the understanding and application of gardening in the modern context. Through a comparison of traditional and modern South Korean housing environments, this study contributes to developing the research on the role of gardens in sustainable landscapes.
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Dakuyo, Roger, Kiessoun Konate, Hemayoro Sama, Abdoudramane Sanou, Kabakdé Kabore, Mamounata Diao, Crépin Ibingou Dibala, and Mamoudou Hama Dicko. "Assessment of onions contamination by pesticides residues and characterization of market gardeners’ cultural practices in the region of Boucle du Mouhoun (Burkina Faso)." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 14, no. 9 (March 25, 2021): 3097–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v14i9.10.
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This study was initiated in order to study cultural practices and assess levels of contamination in pesticide residues of onion samples produced in the region of Boucle du Mouhoun, Burkina Faso. A collection of samples was carried out at three gardening sites. A survey was also carried out to list the various pesticides used on market gardening sites and the practices for using pesticides. The QuEChERS method allowed the quantification of pesticides. The results show that 93% of the market gardeners were men, and more than 67% were between 25 and 35 years old. Nearly 55% of market gardeners are illiterate and do not have adequate means of protection when applying pesticides. A total of 16 pesticides have been accounted and most of them are Category II which are dangerous for human health and environment. 12 pesticide residues were quantified. Most of the active substances detected above the MRL (set by Codex Alimentarius and EU) were from the organochlorine family. These results reveal a fairly high level of contamination for pesticide residues. The study revealed that cultivation practices in market gardening sites as well as the consumption of onion pose numerous health risks for humans and the environment.
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Schrock, Denny. "219 CONSUMER HORTICULTURE: CHARACTERISTICS, TRENDS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION." HortScience 29, no. 5 (May 1994): 461a—461. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.29.5.461a.
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Consumer horticulture surveys conducted 7 years apart examined the scope and trends in home horticulture in Olmsted County, MN. Master Gardener volunteers were trained to conduct the telephone surveys. Landscape horticulture was important in terms of numbers of people involved and reasons for gardening. Fewer people viewed vegetable gardening as important. Young people were less likely to garden than older ones. Lack of space was the biggest barrier to gardening. It was concluded extension should expand newspaper and newsletter media efforts. Development of cooperative programs with garden centers and other agencies was suggested. Opportunities exist for training consumers in pesticide safety and best management practices for horticulture.
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Adeosun, K. P., A. P. Nnaji, and C. M. Onyekigwe. "Socio-economic determinants of home gardening practices among households in University Of Nigeria community: Heckman double stage selection approach." Agro-Science 19, no. 3 (July 22, 2020): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/as.v19i3.4.
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The study identified different food crops, fruits and vegetables found around homes, constraints of home garden practice, and also socio-economic factors influencing home garden contribution to household’s food consumption. Primary data were collected for the study. Two-stage random sampling procedure was used to select80 respondents for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentages, means and Heckman sample selection model. The result shows that different food crops, fruits and vegetables that are majorly planted by most respondents include maize (82.5%), mango (50.0%) and fluted pumpkin leaf (81.2%) which are used for different purposes such as food, medicine and ornaments. The result from the Heckman two-stage analysis shows that in the first stage marital status (-1.7912) and female household size (0.3748) are statistically significant at 1% probability level, while income (4.6e-06) was statistically significant at 5% probability level on the home gardening practice. In the second stage, experience in home gardening (1.1089) was statistically significant at 1% probability level on contributions of home gardening to household’s food consumption. The study revealed that home garden practices was constrained by factors such as high cost of inputs, inadequate access to water, pest and diseases etc. The government and concerned agencies such as NGOs should provide and subsidize these promptly to households as incentives to increase their home garden practices. The study recommends there should be institutionalization of those socioeconomic factors that promote home gardening practice.
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van de Vlasakker, Paulien C. H., and Esther J. Veen. "Effects of High-Tech Urban Agriculture on Cooking and Eating in Dutch Nursing Homes." Sustainability 12, no. 13 (July 3, 2020): 5379. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12135379.
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Questions have arisen about the sustainability of the industrialised food system. Alternatives like urban agriculture have emerged to reduce the negative social, environmental and health impacts of industrial agriculture. Such new food supply chains can change the way that people acquire and process food. This study looks at high-tech indoor gardening practices in nursing homes for elderly people, studying four nursing homes in the Dutch city of Velp. We used both qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect data, using site visits, a survey amongst employees, and semi-structured interviewees with residents and decision makers. Inspired by social practice theory, we aimed to understand the transformation of existing practices, investigating how the gardens affect cooking and eating practices, and how their constitutive elements of meaning, material and competences enable these transformations. Our work shows that the indoor gardens resulted in an integration of gardening and the resulting harvest into cooking practices, which in turn transformed residents’ eating practices. Appreciation of the taste of fresh vegetables and appearance of the meal decorated by fresh vegetables, as well as observing the growth of plants and their use, holds value for the elderly residents. Employees welcome the possibility to serve healthier meals. The integration of indoor gardens in existing cooking practices is more successful when employees have gardening and/or cooking competences, when they enjoy cooking and when they do not already cook with fresh ingredients. The gardens are more easily integrated when they are easily accessible. The materiality of the gardens does not require fully equipped kitchens.
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Alexander, Vera. "Digging for sanctuary: The garden as a contact sphere." Journal of European Studies 49, no. 3-4 (August 12, 2019): 470–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047244119859153.
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The European ideal of connectivity across national borders is haunted by a dissolving of boundaries and categories. Public crises are carried into private spaces, generating an almost omnipresent anxiety exacerbated by various media. Almost omnipresent? Yes: for one space, the garden, tenaciously resists the maelstrom of late modernity, or appears to do so in reassuring ways. This article analyses how the multiple European crises are addressed in and by recent mediatisations of gardening. Drawing on selected Anglophone gardening programmes, I argue that the mediascape of gardening represents a relational ‘contact sphere’ where Otherness is negotiated. Focusing on regaining a sense of control and autarky, infotainment programmes on gardening have grown into interactive platforms which disseminate images and practices which contribute to a sustainable vision of Europe, while addressing seemingly uncontrollable problems of change, identity and emotion, threats to human health, and non-transparent food production.
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Borysiak, Janina, and Małgorzata Stępniewska. "Perception of the Vegetation Cover Pattern Promoting Biodiversity in Urban Parks by Future Greenery Managers." Land 11, no. 3 (February 25, 2022): 341. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11030341.
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Urban greening should consider solutions that meet the needs of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, such as enhancing biodiversity. Urban parks can realize these needs. They often have a large area for designing greenery compositions with elements at the population, biocenosis, and landscape biodiversity levels. The research was carried out on plant diversity in parks with different gardening styles. The results were published. The analyses have shown which elements of greenery composition play the role in the conservation of plant biodiversity and which gardening practices they depend on. These results were used to develop a vegetation cover pattern to be applied by the managers of park greenery. The concept of this pattern has been characterized in detail. Its main principle is the coexistence of spontaneously occurring vascular flora and its patches with complexes of ornamental plants. The structure of the pattern is to be controlled by gardening practices varied in terms of the method and intensity of maintenance. A relatively high level of biodiversity should be provided by autogenous (tall tree-cluster, thicket, tall herb fringe community) and anthropogenic seminatural (flower meadow) elements. It was assumed that the applicability of the proposed pattern may depend on its perception by both green infrastructure managers and park users. To investigate this, a questionnaire study was conducted. The respondents were university students, i.e., future managers of greenery. They were also users of parks. The aims of this questionnaire were to investigate: (1) perception of greenery composition in relation to utility functions of urban parks; (2) perception of the proposed vegetation cover pattern; (3) perception of gardening practices to maintain the proposed vegetation cover pattern; and (4) applicability prognosis of the proposed vegetation cover pattern based on the results of research on perception. Most of the respondents accepted the proposed pattern and the gardening measures needed to maintain it. This was concluded as a chance to implement the pattern in parks, and at the same time to meet the needs of the EU Strategy 2030.
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Robbins, Jessica. "Toward a Comparative Study of Collective Memory and Citizenship Among Older Adults With Dementia." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1069.
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Abstract This poster explores new directions for understanding possibilities for citizenship among older adults with dementia, who often experience loss of citizenship and diminishment of personhood due to their diagnosis. Drawing on data from two distinct ethnographic studies—one on memory and personhood in a day center for people with Alzheimer’s disease in Poland, and the other on gardening and wellbeing among older African Americans without cognitive impairment in Detroit—this poster asks how the collective past may shape experiences of dementia and possibilities for citizenship in the present. In Poland, practices of remembering involving collective memory can sustain personhood and foster ties of relatedness among people with dementia. This apparent paradox between people with dementia’s loss of memory and their capacity to build social relations based on remembering can be resolved through expanding understandings of personhood to include practices of remembering involving collective pasts (e.g., shared national frameworks, embodied practices of sociality). In Detroit, gardening fosters connections with the past, as older African Americans are reminded of deceased loved ones through practices and the plants themselves. These intimate connections and everyday activities are situated in racialized histories of migration, disinvestment, and “revitalization,” even as they provide the means to cultivate life in the present. This poster concludes that the potential for collective pasts to generate life in the present can become evident through ethnographic research among people with dementia, and in particular, through studying gardening among people with dementia.
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Agustina, Imas, and Ruth Beilin. "Investigating Migrants Adaptation Process through Gardening Practices in Community Gardens." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 3, no. 6 (January 2, 2018): 121–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i6.242.
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Investigation approach to migrants adaptation process in host countries has always been placed specific, in order to understand the whole connections to all aspect of life. In Melbourne, community gardens have been a place where immigrants start their interaction with others. The literature argues that the gardens can foster social inclusion, while at the same time providing space to preserve their cultural identity. This paper will investigate the adaptation of migrants within the garden setting, by considering the extent to which cultural practices in gardening affect their ability to adapt to the host country (Australia). The findings confirm a complex relationship between historical garden practices/culture and the reality of practices in the community gardens.
Keywords: self-built housing, donated housing, lifestyle, social interaction, adjustments
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Al-Mayahi, Ahmed, Said Al-Ismaily, Tarig Gibreel, Anvar Kacimov, and Ali Al-Maktoumi. "Home gardening in Muscat, Oman: Gardeners’ practices, perceptions and motivations." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 38 (February 2019): 286–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.01.011.
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Nielsen, May-Brith Ohman. "Syntheticising Scandinavia: The Introduction of Synthetic Pesticides to Scandinavian Gardens, 1945-1952." HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology 14, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 113–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/host-2020-0006.
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AbstractThis study examines the introduction of prescriptive pesticide technologies into Scandinavian family gardens. It analyses pesticide propaganda and plant protection experts’ advice and instructions on the use of pesticides directed at amateur, home gardeners in Norway, Sweden and Denmark in the years between 1945 and 1952, the period when the new generation of synthetic pesticides was introduced in Scandinavia, and eagerly advocated by the leading experts of plant protection science. The sources investigated are gardening magazines and their special issues on garden instruction and the use of chemicals through the seasons, edited, published and distributed to a wide readership by national gardening associations. The study shows how the gardening associations in Scandinavia and their popular gardening magazines were major pushers of extensive pesticide spraying practices, with supporting epistemic logic, onto the numerous family gardeners of Scandinavia. Through these gardening associations both the state plant protection authorities and their scientific expertise and also the pesticide companies reached wide groups of citizens, across diverse professions, occupations and ways of life. This served to normalise the use of powerful poisons in small gardens and small-scale food production.
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Hamilton, Susan Wilson. "Visits to Public Gardens: Its Meaning for Avid Gardeners." HortScience 32, no. 4 (July 1997): 591A—591. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.32.4.591a.
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This study examined how avid gardeners experience a public garden. Phenomenological interviewing was the qualitative research method used to collect data from six avid gardeners who frequently visited a public garden. Data about the gardener's beliefs and actions regarding their gardening history, gardening practices, and involvement with public gardens were gathered. From an inductive analysis, a conceptual model of a gardener's world was delineated. This study found that a gardener's world is composed of four dimensions that include: 1) personal history, 2) social connections, 3) human well-being, and 4) learning experiences. The dimensions of a gardener's world are the personal learning constructs through which gardeners experience their plant world. It is through these dimensions that the avid gardeners in this study experienced a public garden. Each of the four dimensions of an avid gardener's composition influenced how participants experienced a public garden. Participants used a public garden to socially interact with others, enhance their human well-being, strengthen their gardening background, and extend their gardening knowledge and skill. Several categories of activities and events emerged within the four dimensions of an avid gardener's world to inform us how gardening plays an integral role in gardeners' lives.
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Chbika, Sami, and El Mahjoub Aouane. "The adoption of sustainable development indicators in agricultural practices in the Gharb region (Morocco)." E3S Web of Conferences 234 (2021): 00098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123400098.
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Many studies were carried out in Morocco to show that the dynamics of the market gardening is characterized by frequent use and often uncontrolled use of chemical inputs to the detriment of the preservation of natural resources, the health of consumers and the producers themselves. This reality, calls for appropriate structural actions, based on the levels of sustainability of the sector. The IDEA method (Farm Sustainability Indicators) is one way of giving practical expression to the concept of sustainable farms. Based on 40 sustainability indicators covering the three dimensions of sustainability: agro-ecological, socio- territorial, and economic. Using the IDEA method, we conducted this research with a view to analyze the sustainability of market gardening exploitations in three rural communities: Mnasra, Sidi Mohamed Benmansour, and Benmansour. We conducted questionnaire interviews with 180 producers. The results obtained have generally shown that the market gardening farms in this region have low sustainability scores. The sustainability of farms is lowest on the socio-territorial scale due to the absence of product quality approaches, poor human development, and poor employment conditions and services. On the economic scale, the low viability stands out. The agro-ecological scale shows higher values due to the good organization of space and diversified systems.
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Brown, Blakely, Laura Dybdal, Curtis Noonan, Maja G. Pedersen, Martin Parker, and Mary Corcoran. "Group Gardening in a Native American Community: A Collaborative Approach." Health Promotion Practice 21, no. 4 (February 20, 2019): 611–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839919830930.
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Background. There is increasing awareness of the potential health benefits derived from gardening activities. Gardening practices are gaining momentum in Native American (NA) communities, yet no efforts have applied a community-based participatory research approach within a social-ecological model to understand opportunities and barriers for group gardening on an American Indian reservation. Objectives. The primary objective of this study was to identify influences across social-ecological levels that promote or hinder the implementation of community gardens and use of locally grown foods on the reservation; a secondary objective was to assess the feasibility of implementing a group gardening program for NA adults and potential of collecting health outcome measures. Method. Community members and academicians collaborated to develop and implement this study. The study (1) conducted interviews with key stakeholders to identify influences across social-ecological levels that promote or hinder the implementation of community gardens and using locally produced food and (2) assessed the physical and psychological well-being of NA adults participating in a group gardening feasibility study. Results. Major factors influencing using locally grown food and community gardens that emerged from nine interviews included knowledge/experience, self-efficacy, Elders, traditional ways, community values, generational gaps, and local tribal policies. Twenty NA adults with prediabetes or diabetes participated in the feasibility study. The Profile of Mood States Inventory showed consistently positive change in score for participants in the group gardening program versus the comparison group. Conclusions. This study identified key influences for growing locally grown food, and approaches for implementing group gardening programs for NA adults.
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Lushnikov, Dmitry, Valentine Ivashova, Natalia Popova, Victoria Gladchenko, and Bella Taysaeva. "Socio-ecological practices of constructing a comfortable and safe urban environment." E3S Web of Conferences 284 (2021): 11002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128411002.
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The article presents the socio-ecological practices of constructing a comfortable and safe urban environment on the example of the southern region of Russia and current trends in the scientific discussion affecting this topic. We considered expert assessments of the quality of training graduates of gardening and landscape construction programs based on the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard. We presented the role of agrarian education in the promotion of environmentally friendly technologies in the preparation of graduates of gardening and landscape construction. Attention is paid to the modern skills of designing the urban environment based on the practice of involving the local community in this process and promoting transdisciplinary methods of researching the needs of the population. We proposed the areas of improving the process of training students under the program of garden and park and landscape construction, capable of contributing to the achievement of the strategic national goal of developing a comfortable and safe environment for the life of Russians.
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Grubb, Megan, and Christian R. Vogl. "Understanding Food Literacy in Urban Gardeners: A Case Study of the Twin Cities, Minnesota." Sustainability 11, no. 13 (July 1, 2019): 3617. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11133617.
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Substantial urbanization has allowed individuals to become increasingly spatially and psychologically distanced from the food system and agricultural practices. Food literacy (FL) has been described as a promising approach to reconnect the city with the country and furthermore address public health issues such as obesity and diet-related disease. The present study examined urban gardening through the lens of the FL approach to determine whether a relationship exists between gardening and FL. The research further investigated the relationship between FL and gardener demographics, participation in educational garden events and socialization among gardeners. Data was collected using an online questionnaire targeted to reach community gardeners (n = 181) in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The research utilized a novel exam and self-perception based measurement tool to assess gardeners’ level of FL. Results indicated a moderately positive relationship between the years of gardening experience and higher individual FL scores. Participants with higher levels of FL were older individuals and more highly educated. There was no significant difference in FL between gardeners who attended educational events and those that had not. The present research presents an initial investigation into the relationship between food literacy and gardening. This research indicates gardening may warrant consideration in holistic approaches to food literacy but further investigation would be valuable.
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Vávra, Jan, Zdeňka Smutná, and Vladan Hruška. "Why I Would Want to Live in the Village If I Was Not Interested in Cultivating the Plot? A Study of Home Gardening in Rural Czechia." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 13, 2021): 706. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020706.
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Unsustainable food practices in the global North have brought a lot of attention to the concept of alternative food networks. However, prevailing research perspectives have focused on urban areas or market-related activities and tended to overlook the widespread yet neglected food growing in home gardens, especially in rural areas. This paper uses a mixed method approach to study home gardening in two villages in Czechia, focusing on the state of the art of gardening, its sustainability context, and the perception of gardening by the local citizens. We have found that the vast majority of households grow fruit and vegetables, while livestock is also present. Home grown food, which has a supplemental character, is mostly shared within networks of relatives. An understanding of food production as a part of rural identity and tradition is an important element of the perception of gardening. Our findings contribute to the rich debates about the sustainability of food systems. The paper is innovative because it steps outside of the typical poverty or food security discourse of rural informal food production, as well it reveals information on livestock breeding, discusses home gardening in the context of rural development and food policies, and emancipates the semi-peripheral locality as a regular source of new knowledge.
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Bergan, Veronica, Inger Wallem Krempig, Tove Aagnes Utsi, and Kari Wallem Bøe. "I Want to Participate—Communities of Practice in Foraging and Gardening Projects as a Contribution to Social and Cultural Sustainability in Early Childhood Education." Sustainability 13, no. 8 (April 14, 2021): 4368. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13084368.
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Learning and development in early childhood is highly dependent on social interaction and exploration through continuous encounters with the real world. Foraging and gardening are outdoor pedagogical practices that have relevance to education for sustainability. Previous work suggests that engagement in such activities can be characterized by the concept “community of practice” (CoP). In this paper, we explore how characteristics of the CoP can be recognized in foraging and gardening projects performed in the Arctic region of Norway, and we discuss how these activities can contribute to social and cultural aspects of sustainability. Data collection included focus group interviews with kindergarten staff (teachers and assistants) and videos taken of foraging and gardening activities with the children. Our data indicate that the hallmarks of CoP, domain, community, and practice, are strongly recognized in these projects through increased interest, social interaction, and agency for learning. This mutual engagement and participation in the CoPs for foraging and gardening connect both staff and children to local food heritage and culture for a sustainable future.
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Ndjadi, Serge S., Roger K. Vumilia, Léonard E. Ahoton, Aliou Saidou, Bello D. Orou, Yannick Mugumaarhahama, Léonard M. Kazamwali, and Gustave N. Mushagalusa. "Typology and Prospects for the Improvement of Market Gardening Systems in South-Kivu, Eastern DR Congo." Journal of Agricultural Science 12, no. 6 (May 15, 2020): 136. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v12n6p136.
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Vegetables play a very important role in rural and urban communities as both food and a business opportunity. They are fast-growing species, with high nutritional values and able to generate income in a relatively short period compared to other crops. A characterization of market gardening systems was carried out with 368 producers from major market gardening sites in South-Kivu, in Easten of the RD Congo.The aim pursued was to assess existing systems and perspectives to enable steady transition to integrated, sustainable and resilient crop systems. The results showed that very few producers in the region practice plant integration. The typology carried out made it possible to identify three classes of market gardening farms based on adopted agronomic practices, production factors and possible outcomes derived from different systems. Most of the surveyed farms practice crop rotation and are market-oriented. However, they majorly differ in terms of farm size, practices of intercropping, permanent agriculture, mulching, production constraints and producer’s perception on the level of production. For instance, producers who are much more into intercropping also cultivate small areas (less than 0.25 ha). Results also showed that variables such as type of labour, cropping system, type of fertilizer used, mulching practice, adoption of permanent agriculture, producer’s perception of the level of soil fertility, and the water source used affect producer’s appreciation of the level of production obtained (p < 0.05). These variables can be mobilized for improvement of the market gardening system towards more sustainable, diversified and resilient systems.
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Thompson, Heather A., Courtney W. Mason, and Michael A. Robidoux. "Hoop House Gardening in the Wapekeka First Nation as an Extension of Land-Based Food Practices." ARCTIC 71, no. 4 (December 19, 2018): 407–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4746.
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Rural Indigenous communities in Canada’s North face many challenges getting regular access to nutritious foods, primarily because of the high cost of market food, restricted availability of nutritious foods, and lack of government support for nutritious food programs. The consequences of food insecurity in this context are expressed in high rates of diabetes, heart disease, and childhood obesity. Many Indigenous communities are responding to issues related to healthy food access by attempting to rebuild local food capacity in their specific regions. Important first steps have been taken in developing local food initiatives, yet whether these initiatives are improving northern food security remains to be seen. We explore this question by working with the Oji-Cree First Nation in the community of Wapekeka, northern Ontario, to construct a hoop house and develop a school-based community gardening program. Using a community-based participatory approach, we determined that hoop house and gardening initiatives in rural, northern settings have the potential to build up local food production, develop the skills and knowledge of community members, engage youth in growing local food, and align with land-based food teachings. We show that despite widespread and multidimensional community hardships, there was considerable community buy-in and support for the project, which gives hope for future development and provides important insight for those seeking to initiate similar gardening, hoop house, or greenhouse initiatives in northern Indigenous communities.
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Nikolaidou, Sofia, Tanja Klöti, Simone Tappert, and Matthias Drilling. "Urban Gardening and Green Space Governance: Towards New Collaborative Planning Practices." Urban Planning 1, no. 1 (February 29, 2016): 5–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v1i1.520.
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In the context of urban densification and central urban areas’ lack of open spaces, new forms of small-scale urban gardening practices have emerged. These gardening practices respond to urban pressures and open new modes of green space governance, presenting alternative and multifunctional ways to manage and revitalise cities. Focusing on the case of Geneva, the article unfolds two levels of discussion. On the one hand—and with reference to the theorist Habermas—it examines how multiple actors with different interests interplay and cooperate with each other in order to negotiate over open space, while discussing implications for local politics and planning. On the other hand, it describes how these negotiations result in new, innovative, and hybrid forms of public green space. The main findings indicate emerging forms of collaboration, partnerships, and governance patterns that involve public and private sectors and increase participation by civil society actors. Cooperation amongst several interested groups and the collective re-invention of public urban spaces increase these spaces’ accessibility for multiple users and actors, as well as present possibilities for alternative and diversified uses and activities. This might underline the hypothesis that future cities will be governed in less formalised ways, and that urban forms will be created through spontaneous, temporary, mobile, and adaptive negotiation processes.
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King, Pita, Darrin Hodgetts, Mohi Rua, and Tiniwai Te Whetu. "Older Men Gardening on the Marae: Everyday practices for being Māori." AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 11, no. 1 (March 2015): 14–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/117718011501100102.
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Adams, David, and Michael Hardman. "Observing Guerrillas in the Wild: Reinterpreting Practices of Urban Guerrilla Gardening." Urban Studies 51, no. 6 (July 29, 2013): 1103–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098013497410.
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Aminah, Nur, Fina Rahma Fauziah, Sri Garcinia Lathifah, Oom Sitti Homdijah, and Jihan Fatin. "Green Inclusive: Efforts to Create an Inclusive Environment Through Gardening Activities with Children with Special Needs." JASSI ANAKKU 21, no. 1 (May 6, 2021): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/jassi.v22i1.38904.
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Activity partners selected in this service activity were selected using a purposive sample system (subjective sample intended based on the researcher's assessment). Based on observations and informal interviews with partners and the community in Kawali Village, Ciamis, Indonesia, the empowerment of children with special needs and the community through gardening activities in the village is very necessary for land use, increasing productivity, and efforts to create an inclusive community environment. The techniques are counseling, webinars, questions and answers, the direct object method of gardening with special needs children, child gardening at home, learning active methods, descriptive interviews, and practices related to gardening activities. The results of the study are: (1) an increase in public knowledge regarding the child with special needs, (2) creating a friendly environment for crew members, (3) publication of activities published in popular media, and (4) design of sustainable targets for further activities. This community service activity has a good impact and a positive value because the series of activities carried out can be a means of improving a friendly environment for children with special needs, and providing useful knowledge to the Kawali, Ciamis, Indonesia.
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Poniży, Lidia, Monika J. Latkowska, Jürgen Breuste, Andrew Hursthouse, Sophie Joimel, Mart Külvik, Teresa E. Leitão, et al. "The Rich Diversity of Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe: Contemporary Trends in the Context of Historical, Socio-Economic and Legal Conditions." Sustainability 13, no. 19 (October 7, 2021): 11076. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131911076.
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Urban allotment gardens (AGs) provide a unique combination of productive and recreational spaces for the inhabitants of European cities. Although the reasons behind the decision to have a plot, as well as the mode of use and gardening practices, are well recognised in the literature, these issues are mainly considered in relation to particular case studies within a single country. The regional diversity of European allotment gardens is still poorly understood, however. This knowledge gap became an incentive for us to carry out the present study. The research was conducted in seven countries: Austria, Estonia, Germany, France, Portugal, Poland and the UK. Surveys were used to assess the motivations of users regarding plot uses and gardening practices. Information was also collected during desk research and study visits, making use of available statistical data. Allotment gardens in Europe are currently very diverse, and vary depending on the historical, legal, economic and social conditions of a given country, and also as determined by geographical location. Three main types of plots were distinguished, for: cultivation, recreation–cultivation, and cultivation–recreation. The recreational use of AGs has replaced their use for food production in countries with a long history of urban gardening. The only exception is the UK. In some countries, the production of food on an AG plot is still its main function; however, the motivations for this are related to better quality and taste (the UK), as well as the economic benefits of self-grown fruits and vegetables (Portugal, Estonia). Among the wide range of motivations for urban gardening in Europe, there is increasing emphasis on active recreation, contact with nature and quality food supply.
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O'CONNOR, B. A., J. CARMAN, K. ECKERT, G. TUCKER, R. GIVNEY, and S. CAMERON. "Does using potting mix make you sick? Results from a Legionella longbeachae case-control study in South Australia." Epidemiology and Infection 135, no. 1 (June 19, 2006): 34–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095026880600656x.
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A case-control study was performed in South Australia to determine if L. longbeachae infection was associated with recent handling of commercial potting mix and to examine possible modes of transmission. Twenty-five laboratory-confirmed cases and 75 matched controls were enrolled between April 1997 and March 1999. Information on underlying illness, smoking, gardening exposures and behaviours was obtained by telephone interviews. Recent use of potting mix was associated with illness (OR 4·74, 95% CI 1·65–13·55, P=0·004) in bivariate analysis only. Better predictors of illness in multivariate analysis included poor hand-washing practices after gardening, long-term smoking and being near dripping hanging flower pots. Awareness of a possible health risk with potting mix protected against illness. Results are consistent with inhalation and ingestion as possible modes of transmission. Exposure to aerosolized organisms and poor gardening hygiene may be important predisposing factors to L. longbeachae infection.
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Kpadenou, Claude Codjo, Clarisse Tama, Baké Dado Tossou, and Jacob Afouda Yabi. "Déterminants socio-économiques de l’adoption des pratiques agro-écologiques en production maraîchère dans la vallée du Niger au Bénin." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 13, no. 7 (February 12, 2020): 3103–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v13i7.11.
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Cette étude tente d'identifier les facteurs qui favorisent ou limitent l'adoption des pratiques agro-écologiques dans le secteur maraîcher dans la vallée du Niger au Bénin. Pour atteindre cet objectif, des entretiens individuels sur la base d’un questionnaire semi-structuré ont été conduits auprès de 280 maraîchers, chefs de ménages, choisis de manière aléatoire dans sept villages de ladite vallée. Des données relatives aux caractéristiques socioéconomiques des maraîchers et aux pratiques agro-écologiques utilisées dans la production maraîchère ont été collectées. Le modèle de régression Logit a été utilisé. Les résultats révèlent que le sexe du maraîcher, le nombre d’actifs agricoles et le niveau d’instruction et le contact ont une influence positive sur l’adoption des pratiques biologique, mécanique et recours à d’autres alternatives aux pesticides ; par contre, l’expérience dans le maraîchage et la superficie emblavée en maraîchage influencent négativement cette pratique. Quant à l’adoption des semences améliorées, l’expérience dans le maraîchage, la superficie et le nombre d’actifs agricoles l’influence positivement. La pratique d’agroforesterie quant à elle est déterminée positivement par le nombre d’actifs agricoles et le mode d’accès à la terre, mais négativement déterminée par l’expérience. Pour les pratiques de conservation des sols et de l’eau, l’expérience et la superficie influencent négativement leur adoption tandis que le nombre d’actifs agricoles, le niveau d’instruction et le statut foncier déterminent positivement l’adoption de ces pratiques. La pratique traditionnelle qu’est la rotation et l’association de cultures appropriées est déterminée positivement par l’expérience et négativement par le nombre d’actifs agricoles. Enfin, le nombre d’actifs agricoles et le sexe influencent négativement l’adoption de la pratique de l’association des cultures et l’élevage contrairement au nombre d’années d’expérience dans le maraîchage. Au vu de ces résultats, la promotion des pratiques agro-écologiques en vue d’augmenter leur niveau d’adoption, passe indubitablement par un suivi rapproché et une formation des maraîchers.Mots clés: Maraîchage, pratiques agro-écologiques, régression logistique, vallée du Niger, Nord-Bénin. English Title: Socio-economic determinants of the adoption of agro-ecological practices in market production in the Niger valley in BeninThis study tries to identify the factors of the adoption of agro-ecological practices in the market gardening sector in the Niger valley in Benin. Thus, a survey was conducted among 280 market gardeners sampled in seven villages in the said valley at random. Based on an individual questionnaire, data on the socioeconomic characteristics of market gardeners and agro-ecological practices used in vegetable production were collected. The Logit regression model was used. The results reveal that the number of assets, the level of education and the contact with an NGO or project have a positive influence on the adoption of biological, mechanical practices and other alternatives to pesticides; on the other hand, sex, experience in market gardening and the area sown in market gardening negatively influence this practice. As for the adoption of improved seeds, the experience variables, the area, the number of agricultural workers, the level of education and membership in a group influence it positively. The agroforestry practice is positively determined by the number of agricultural workers and the mode of access to land, but negatively by the experience and membership of a group. For soil and water conservation practices; experience and area negatively influence their adoption, while the number of agricultural assets and land status positively determine the adoption of this practice. The traditional practice of rotation and the association of appropriate cultures is positively determined by experience; negatively by the number of agricultural assets and the level of education. Lastly, the number of agricultural assets and gender negatively influence the adoption of the practice of the combination of crops and livestock, contrary to the number of years of experience in market gardening. In view of these results, the promotion of agro-ecological practices in order to increase their level of adoption, undoubtedly passes by a close monitoring and training of market gardeners.Keywords: Market gardening, agro-ecological practicies, logic regression, North Benin, Niger valley
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Shahidullah, Md, Elisa Lopez-Capel, and Asif Mohammad Shahan. "Stakeholder Perception and Institutional Approach to Rooftop Gardening (RTG) of Urban Areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh." Journal of Sustainable Development 15, no. 5 (August 26, 2022): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v15n5p73.
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Dhaka is one of the world's most populated cities and lacks the open fields and greeneries required for healthy living. Whereas urban sustainability depends on the greenness of the environment and the reduction of food dependency on the rural supply, currently, the city is failing to meet both requirements. The aim of this research is to understand why rooftop gardening (RTG) has failed to find its place in the policy agenda of Bangladesh, despite having support from citizens and experts. In answering this question, the authors have analysed the current state of rooftop gardening in Bangladesh with its major challenges and opportunities, explored the perception held by the city residents and agriculture professionals toward rooftop gardening, and discussed the existing institutional structure affecting the current rooftop gardening practices. The research presented in this paper argues that even though citizens have a positive attitude about rooftop gardening and experts consider it a viable opportunity, the existing policy process has hindered it from being a part of the policy agenda. Two online surveys were conducted on city residents and agriculture professionals from government and academic institutions. Interested participants from both categories participated in online interviews for in-depth discussions. In effect, the study shows that in the case of Dhaka city, the issue-framing is still at a very early stage. Though experts understand the value of RTG, they have not managed to raise enough awareness. From this perspective, experts have not played an adequate 'instrumental' role. As these two streams are quite weak, they are unlikely to join forces and intersect with the politics stream, where no attention to Rooftop gardening (RTG) can be observed at this point. Consequently, the researchers have not seen the RTG issue achieve enough policy momentum.
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Bhuvana. S et al.,, Bhuvana S. et al ,. "Constraints Faced by Urban Dwellers in the Adoption of Terrace Gardening Practices." International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research 9, no. 3 (2019): 143–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.24247/ijasrjun201922.
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Quandt, Sara A., Joan B. Popyach, and Kathleen M. DeWalt. "Home gardening and food preservation practices of the elderly in rural Kentucky." Ecology of Food and Nutrition 31, no. 3-4 (March 1994): 183–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1994.9991360.
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Reeser, Douglas C. "“They don't garden here”: NGO constructions of Maya gardening practices in Belize." Development in Practice 23, no. 7 (September 2013): 799–810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2013.810191.
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