Australian native gardens: Is there scope for a community shift?

Shaw, Amy; Miller, Kelly K.; Wescott, Geoffrey

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.07.009

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“…We know that programs in support of gardening for biodiversity are viewed as essential for enhancing voluntary stewardship and improving urban habitat quality (Dewaelheyns et al 2016). The literature also shows evidence that homeowners are receptive to environmentally friendly alternatives to gardening approaches heavily dependent on exogenous inputs (Peterson et al 2012, Lindemann-Matthies and Marty 2013, Shaw et al 2017. Van Heezik et al 2012 In this study, we add to the nascent literature on the nexus spanning learning, biodiversity and private gardens, and respond to the calls in the broader learning and environmental governance literature for precision in terminology, more case diversity, and empirical and conceptual insights into the links between learning and management (Gerlak et al 2017, Suškevičs et al 2017.…”

Section: Learning In Environmental Governancementioning

confidence: 89%

Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

Diduck

Raymond

Rodela

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Nature-based solutions directed at improving biodiversity, on both public and private land, can provide multiple benefits, but many of these benefits are not being fully realized. One reason is the normative and cognitive disconnect between people and nature, highlighting the need for new learning programs to foster better nature connections. More is known about learning in the context of community gardens than in relation to private gardens. Using semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, this study explores learning among residents engaged in home gardening for biodiversity in Winnipeg, Canada. We uncovered diverse and interconnected learning processes/activities founded on formative childhood experiences. The processes/activities were non-formal and informal, and included individual, social and blended experiences. Learning outcomes were also mutually influencing and multi-levelled, comprising normative, cognitive/behavioural and relational changes. The results support an analytical framework suggesting how learning-focused initiatives can enhance biodiversity on private property and aid in delivery of nature-based solutions.

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Section: Learning In Environmental Governancementioning

confidence: 89%

Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

Diduck

Raymond

Rodela

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…In addition to the fashion trends that mainly use alien plants, there is also an increasing interest in gardening with native species (e.g. Kruckeberg, ; Shaw, Miller & Wescott, ). This is likely due to awareness of biological invasions but also because people want to have gardens that promote diversity and wildlife, and are less labour intensive.…”

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The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

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The number of alien plants escaping from cultivation into native ecosystems is increasing steadily. We provide an overview of the historical, contemporary and potential future roles of ornamental horticulture in plant invasions. We show that currently at least 75% and 93% of the global naturalised alien flora is grown in domestic and botanical gardens, respectively. Species grown in gardens also have a larger naturalised range than those that are not. After the Middle Ages, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, a global trade network in plants emerged. Since then, cultivated alien species also started to appear in the wild more frequently than non-cultivated aliens globally, particularly during the 19th century. Horticulture still plays a prominent role in current plant introduction, and the monetary value of live-plant imports in different parts of the world is steadily increasing. Historically, botanical gardens - an important component of horticulture - played a major role in displaying, cultivating and distributing new plant discoveries. While the role of botanical gardens in the horticultural supply chain has declined, they are still a significant link, with one-third of institutions involved in retail-plant sales and horticultural research. However, botanical gardens have also become more dependent on commercial nurseries as plant sources, particularly in North America. Plants selected for ornamental purposes are not a random selection of the global flora, and some of the plant characteristics promoted through horticulture, such as fast growth, also promote invasion. Efforts to breed non-invasive plant cultivars are still rare. Socio-economical, technological, and environmental changes will lead to novel patterns of plant introductions and invasion opportunities for the species that are already cultivated. We describe the role that horticulture could play in mediating these changes. We identify current research challenges, and call for more research efforts on the past and current role of horticulture in plant invasions. This is required to develop science-based regulatory frameworks to prevent further plant invasions.

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“…com/) program, primarily supported by local communities, aims to encourage planting home gardens to benefit wildlife. Momentum in this area is something the Victorian Government could capitalize on (Shaw, Miller, & Wescott, 2017), as wildlife gardening generates direct benefits for biodiversity (Belaire, Whelan, & Minor, 2014;Goddard et al, 2010) and strengthens community engagement and connection to nature (Mumaw & Bekessy, 2017). Given that two of the Victorian Government's key policy targets in Protecting Victoria's Environment-Biodiversity 2037 are to increase connection to nature and the number of people acting for nature, it may make sense to prioritize behaviors that can accomplish both (e.g., wildlife gardening and citizen science).…”

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Identifying and prioritizing human behaviors that benefit biodiversity

Selinske

Garrard

Gregg

et al. 2020

Conservat Sci and Prac

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The conservation profession is increasingly seeking effective ways to reduce societal impact on biodiversity, including through targeted behavior change interventions. Multiple conservation behavior change programs exist, but there is also great uncertainty regarding which behaviors are most strategic to target. Behavioral prioritization is a tool that has been used effectively to support behavior change decision‐making in other environmental disciplines and more recently for a small sub‐set of biodiversity behavior change challenges. Here, we use behavioral prioritization to identify individual behaviors that could be modified to achieve biodiversity benefits in the state of Victoria, Australia. We use an adapted nominal group technique method to identify potential biodiversity behaviors and, for each behavior, estimate the corresponding plasticity (or capacity for change) and positive impact on biodiversity outcomes. We elicited 27 behaviors that individuals could undertake to benefit or reduce their negative impact on biodiversity. This list was then used to prioritize 10 behaviors as determined by their likely effect(s) on biodiversity, plasticity, and current prevalence in Victoria. We take a first step in outlining a list of behaviors that can direct Victorian decision‐makers toward increasing positive and reducing negative impacts of society on biodiversity, guide motivated individuals to reduce their own biodiversity footprint, and more broadly, develop a behavior change research agenda for behaviors most likely to benefit biodiversity.

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Australian native gardens: Is there scope for a community shift?

Cited by 28 publications

References 39 publications

Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

Identifying and prioritizing human behaviors that benefit biodiversity

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