The Meaning of Gardening and the Effects on Perceived Well Being of a Gardening Project on Diverse Populations of Elders

Heliker, Diane; Chadwick, Audrey; O'Connell, Theresa

doi:10.1300/j016v24n03_03

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“…Similar findings have been highlighted in research into the benefits of domestic gardening (Bhatti et al, 2009;Catanzaro & Ekanem, 2004;Clayton, 2007;Dunnett & Qasim, 2000;Gross & Lane, 2007;Heliker et al, 2001;Infantino, 2005;Peace et al, 2006). These studies mainly used general population samples, most of which included older adults but did not comment specifically on findings for this population.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…This was considered important, as gardening is a very individual experience (Heliker et al, 2001;Infantino, 2005), and as such perceived benefits are likely to differ from person to person. Shoemaker et al (2000) highlight the use of interviews for exploring individual thoughts in depth when the interviewer is able to pick up on interesting insights for further exploration and identify ambiguous information for clarification.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Gardening has been suggested as a useful activity for helping people adjust to life after retirement (Dunnett & Qasim, 2000). In addition, studies have reported the importance of gardening for providing a purposeful activity (Heliker et al, 2001), and Elings (2006) suggests that working with plants provides the opportunity to make decisions and be responsible for something. Kaplan (1995) highlights the importance of a purposeful and productive life for a feeling of accomplishment and life satisfaction and suggests that the restoration of directed attention is essential to achieving this.…”

Section: Social Interaction and Community Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Doing” Gardening and “Being” at the Allotment Site: Exploring the Benefits of Allotment Gardening for Stress Reduction and Healthy Aging

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the benefits to health and well-being of allotment gardening (in Wales, UK) in a communitydwelling older adult sample, with a particular emphasis on stress recovery. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore allotment gardener participants' personal beliefs and ideas of the benefits of their allotment gardening activity. The transcribed interviews were examined using thematic analysis. It was assumed that through the discussion of positive aspects of allotment gardening it would be possible to clarify specific benefits that relate to coping with stress in order to further an understanding of the mechanisms involved. Findings indicate that allotment gardeners appreciate both ''doing'' gardening activity as well as ''being'' at the allotment landscape for affording a wide range of benefits to their health and well-being. These benefits are discussed with reference to existing theory and research, including links to stress reduction.

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Section: Social Interaction and Community Involvementmentioning

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“…The literature has shown that gardening may affect physical health and functioning, spirituality, and continuity (Heliker, Chadwick, & O'Connell, 2000;Infantino, 2004;Saldivar-Tanaka & Krasny, 2004). Although there are studies that address gardening for older adults for fruits and vegetables (Sommerfield et al, 2011), and there are studies that look at the urban environment (Wakefield et al, 2007), these findings are among the first to address older adults harvesting fruits and vegetables in an urban environment.…”

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“Being Grounded”: Benefits of Gardening for Older Adults in Low-Income Housing

Wang

Glicksman

2013

Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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This study reports the findings of a qualitative evaluation of gardening programs for low-income minority older adults living in senior housing. A total of 20 individuals from three senior housing buildings participated in focus groups to discuss the benefits of and motivations for community gardening. The nine main themes of why seniors choose to participate in gardening were mental health benefits, the end product (fruits and vegetables), continuation of a past life, something to do/responsibility, beauty and connection to growth, connecting with others, physical health, learning something new, and helping each other out. These findings are placed in the context of theoretical perspectives and past studies. Implications for policy and relevance to senior housing are offered.

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“…Advancement in such assessments will need to incorporate further engagement in diverse field environments and with the continually emerging international literature on cobenefits. Advancement will also be assisted by deeper engagement with more general literature on the individual, community, and national benefits of environmental amenity and action (Sommer et al 1994, Heliker et al 2001, Westphal 2003, Peacock et al 2007, Maller et al 2009, McClenachan et al 2015. This literature can be conceptually and empirically constrained, operating under simplistic and reified versions of nature that elide the socio-political creation of natural places (West et al 2006, Stevens 2014 as well as the coproduction of ecosystem services (Jackson and Palmer 2015).…”

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Identifying and categorizing cobenefits in state-supported Australian indigenous environmental management programs: international research implications

Barber¹,

Jackson²

2017

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ABSTRACT. Significant natural resource management investment is flowing to bioculturally diverse areas occupied by indigenous and other socioeconomically and politically marginalized groups. Such investment focuses on environmental benefit but may also generate ancillary economic, social, and other cobenefits. Increased investor interest in such cobenefits is driving the emerging research literature on cobenefit identification, categorization, and assessment. For local people undertaking community-based natural resource management, this emerging cobenefit discourse creates opportunities for more holistic program assessments that better reflect local perspectives, but it also contains risks of increased reporting burdens and institutional capture. Here, we synthesize and critically review the cobenefit literature arising from Australian indigenous cultural and natural resource management programs, a context in which there is a strong investor interest in cobenefits, particularly from government. We identify a wide suite of cobenefits in the existing literature and highlight previously unrecognized conceptual gaps and elisions in cobenefit categorization, including inconsistencies in category definition, the underanalysis of key categories, and a lack of systematic attention to beneficiaries as well as benefits. We propose a clarified and expanded conceptual framework to identify consistently the full suite of benefits, thereby enabling further assessment, valuation, and development of incentive mechanisms, standards, and guidelines. Our analysis has implications for community-based natural resource management assessment in a wide range of international contexts.

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The Meaning of Gardening and the Effects on Perceived Well Being of a Gardening Project on Diverse Populations of Elders

Cited by 43 publications

References 23 publications

“Doing” Gardening and “Being” at the Allotment Site: Exploring the Benefits of Allotment Gardening for Stress Reduction and Healthy Aging

“Doing” Gardening and “Being” at the Allotment Site: Exploring the Benefits of Allotment Gardening for Stress Reduction and Healthy Aging

“Being Grounded”: Benefits of Gardening for Older Adults in Low-Income Housing

Identifying and categorizing cobenefits in state-supported Australian indigenous environmental management programs: international research implications

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