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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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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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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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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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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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Behe, Bridget K., Benjamin Campbell, Jennifer Dennis, Charles Hall, Roberto Lopez, and Chengyan Yue. "Gardening Consumer Segments Vary in Ecopractices." HortScience 45, no. 10 (October 2010): 1475–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.45.10.1475.
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Savvy marketers rely on the principles of customer segmentation and product targeting to more efficiently allocate scarce resources and effectively reach groups of consumers with similar likes, preferences, or demands. Our objective was to identify and profile consumer segments with regard to their gardening purchases to determine whether there were differences in their ecofriendly attitudes and behaviors such as recycling. Our underlying hypothesis was that different types of gardeners may exhibit more environmentally friendly behavior, predisposing them to be more receptive to product innovations specifically designed to be ecofriendly. Researchers collected plant purchases, recycling attitudes and behaviors, and preferences for ecofriendly containers from 763 consumers in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas. A cluster analysis based on plant purchases yielded three consumer segments: low use, woody plant buyers, and herbaceous plant buyers. There were some differences with regard to recycling behaviors among consumers in the three groups, including recycling aluminum drinking cans, newspapers, magazines, use of energy-saving bulbs, and composting yard waste. Generally, herbaceous plant buyers were most ecofriendly followed by woody plant buyers and low use. Given these differences, there appears to be some merit in the future to segment consumers by plant purchases versus others to target specific types of ecofriendly products to them.
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Sa'adah, Tatuk Tojibatus, Jajuk Herawati, and Ria Endah Susanti. "Pengaruh Penambahan Macam Starter Pada Proses Pengomposan Limbah Organik." Journal of Applied Plant Technology 1, no. 1 (November 24, 2022): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.30742/japt.v1i1.27.
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Composting is a method of converting organic materials into simpler materials using microbial activity. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of adding different types of starter to the composting process of vegetable waste and garden waste. This study used a factorial completely randomized design, consisting of two factors. Factor 1: Type of Starter Material (S), consists of 3 levels S0: No starter, S1: EM4 (Effective Microorganisms) 20% + Urea 200 gr ; S2: MOL (POC Water Hyacinth) 20% + Urea 200 gr. Factor II: types of organic waste, L1: organic vegetable waste, and L2: Gardening organic waste. The results of the study on the treatment of starter types and types of organic waste in the composting process can be concluded as follows: Treatment of vegetable organic waste with starter types and types of waste, the final pH of composting in this study ranged from 7.67-7.94 with temperatures ranging from 27.0 – 28.3 0C, and the occurrence of volume shrinkage ranging from 61.48% to 95 has a C/N ratio of 14.24. - 18.75
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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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Sayara, Tahseen, Ruba Hanoun, and Yamen Hamdan. "Survey on the factors and social perspectives to participate in home composting schemes in Palestine: Anabta case study." AIMS Environmental Science 9, no. 3 (2022): 216–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/environsci.2022016.
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<abstract> <p>In this study, a survey was conducted to determine the public opinion regarding the acceptance of using home composters as an alternative approach for household organic waste management. This approach is introduced as a method to replace the landfilling of organic municipal solid waste, which is the main solid waste management currently employed in Palestine, considering Anabta town as a case study. The results showed that people in the target area are welcoming of the home composting idea, and about 99% of participants are interested in owning home composters at their properties, which is regarded as a good reference for implementing the proposed home composting scheme in this area. The results showed that people are interested in the new proposed scheme for organic household waste despite their minimal knowledge and understanding about the composting process's importance and effects. The survey tested the people's expectations and thoughts about the home composting concept and found that the main motives for home composting were reducing the cost of house gardening and using the produced compost in soil nutrition, besides being part of environmental sustainability. On the other side, obstacles were due to people's inexperience of the home composting method, as almost half of participants were expecting an exhausting, long process to produce compost, with the related bad smell and insects during composting progression. Hence, the study found that it is important to spread awareness about the right procedures to apply home composting among participants, in line with environmental awareness campaigns through social media, and provide personalized follow-up with participants.</p> </abstract>
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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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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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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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Peigné, Joséphine, and Philippe Girardin. "Environmental Impacts of Farm-Scale Composting Practices." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 153, no. 1-4 (March 2004): 45–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:wate.0000019932.04020.b6.
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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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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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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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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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Jara-Samaniego, J., M. D. Pérez-Murcia, M. A. Bustamante, C. Paredes, A. Pérez-Espinosa, I. Gavilanes-Terán, M. López, F. C. Marhuenda-Egea, H. Brito, and R. Moral. "Development of organic fertilizers from food market waste and urban gardening by composting in Ecuador." PLOS ONE 12, no. 7 (July 20, 2017): e0181621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181621.
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Krou, Nitale M'Balikine, Gnon Baba, Jaime Martín-Pascual, and Montserrat Zamorano Toro. "Stabilization by co-composting dry drain sludge with fermentescible fractions of household garbage from the city of Sokodé (Togo)." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 13, no. 7 (February 13, 2020): 3234–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v13i7.21.
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The management of fecal sludge is a recurrent problem for the actors in charge of the urban environment of Sokodé. Often, the sludge emptied is poured on empty spaces or used, without treatment, on urban and suburban agricultural land and for market gardening; in fact, a survey of market gardeners in the city of Sokodé found that around 40% of them directly use untreated dried sludge to amend their production areas. Consequently, bacteria and worm eggs can adhere to vegetable products and infect consumers. In view of these potential risks, the objective of this work was then to stabilize the organic matter of dried sludge with a view to their hygienic use for the agricultural amendment. In this research it has been developed compost obtained from fermentable fractions of household waste and compost obtained from the fermentable fractions of household waste with sludge (co-composting). Results have shown that both types of compost have a high content of nutrients, which is an advantage for use in the agriculture. Therefore, the assessment of stability and maturity parameters shows that co-composted sludge produces mature compost and can improve soil fertility without biological risk.Keywords: Bacteria, worm eggs, sludge, organic materials, market gardening.
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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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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.
Key words: home-gardening, food consumption, Heckman-model
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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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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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Zakarya, Irnis Azura, Khairul Azri Jamial, and Norazlinda Mat Tanda. "Cultivating Composting Culture Activities among Citizens and Its Beneficial to Prolong the Landfill Lifespan." E3S Web of Conferences 34 (2018): 02021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183402021.
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Currently, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government manage solid waste in Malaysia, with the participation of the private sector. Food waste represents almost 60% of the total municipal solid waste disposed in the landfill. Material valorisation of food waste usually conducted by biological processes such as composting. Compost, an organic amendment, is the final product of the composting process. These processes are efficient, low cost and environmentally friendly alternative for managing food waste and are used extensively worldwide. Therefore, organic solid waste management practices program for the communities in Perlis was conducted. The main objective of this program was to instilling environment awareness especially among Perlis citizens. This study was investigated the impact of food waste or kitchen waste composting to the citizens in Perlis State and the beneficial of compost fertilizer to our environment especially in plant growth. Composting method was taught to the food premises owner, individuals, teachers, and students and their responses to the composting practices were then summarized. In future, we can prolong our landfill lifespan by practicing organic waste composting and can preserving our environment.
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Salleh, Nurul Azita, Mohd Wira Mohd Shafiei, Aviasti Anwar, Faisal Zulhumadi, and Siti Khadijah Hubadillah. "Sustaining the Environment: Critical Success Factors and Barriers of Solid Waste Management through Composting Practices by Rural Communities in Malaysia." Sustainability 14, no. 20 (October 20, 2022): 13541. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142013541.
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Generally, rural areas can contain large amounts of organic and household wastes, which on average, is rarely managed well. Meanwhile, composting is a waste management method that decomposes organic waste biologically, thus contributing toward better waste management and environmental sustainability. However, exposure to more efficient waste management methods and the knowledge of the importance of composting are still low among rural communities. These communities also do not realise that composting has the added potential benefit of increasing household income. Therefore, this exploratory study was performed guided by two objectives, first to identify the critical success factors of composting practice for improving the economy and quality of life among rural communities, and second, to identify factors that hinder this composting practice. A quantitative approach was used for this purpose, where data were obtained through non-probability sampling from respondents located in 32 rural villages in the Kubang Pasu District of Kedah, Malaysia. The results of this study revealed that villagers living outside of city limits do not practice composting as part of their waste management. Among the barriers that were identified as preventing composting practice in these rural village communities, were the lack of knowledge, awareness, and interest in composting. However, some of these respondents indicated that they were aware of composting through television, radio, social media, newspapers, and from various programmes organised by certain organisations. In conclusion, this study has provided information as a guide to stakeholders for them to act by further educating rural communities about composting, perhaps highlighting more the potential benefits of earning a side income through the adoption of composting practices by producing and selling compost fertilisers.
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Motbainor, Achenef, Zerfalem Arega, and Mulat Tirfie. "Comparing level of food insecurity between households with and without home gardening practices in Zege, Amhara region, North West Ethiopia: Community based study." PLOS ONE 17, no. 12 (December 21, 2022): e0279392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279392.
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Background Globally, close to 1 billion people suffer from hunger and food insecurity. Evidence showed that prevalence of household food insecurity in Ethiopia is ranged from 25.5%-75.8%. Home gardening is one way to alleviate food insecurity. Hence, the study aimed to determine level of food insecurity and its associated factors between home gardening and non-home gardening household in Zegie, North west Ethiopia. Methods Community-based study was conducted from February 10th-March 10th/2020. A total of 648 samples were included. First, 2142 total households who have 6–59 months of age children in the area identified and registered. Then, households categorized in to home garden practicing (1433) and non-home garden practicing (709). The calculated sample size, 324 for each group were selected using simple random sampling technique. Results The overall prevalence of food insecurity was 38.1% (95% CI: 34.29–42.11%). Food insecurity was significantly higher in non-home gardening groups than their counter parts 45.5% (95% CI: 39.80–51.20%). Having primary education and above (AO = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.25–2.86%), wealth index; 2nd quantile (AOR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.25–0.85%), 3rd quantile (AOR = 0.32, 95% CI: 0.17–0.62%) and 4th quantile (AOR = 0.27, 95% CI: 0.15–0.54%), dietary diversity (AOR = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.15–2.92%) and home garden practices (AOR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.06–2.32%) were variables significantly associated with food insecurity. Conclusion Food insecurity in non-home garden practicing households is higher than practicing households. The local agriculture sector needs to emphasis and empowered households on home gardening practices to realize food security.
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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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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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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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Ayoub Moubareck, Carole. "The effectiveness of project-based learning on Emirati undergraduate students in a microbiology course." Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives 18, no. 2 (December 8, 2022): 95–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lthe-06-2021-0047.
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PurposeA composting project was introduced into an undergraduate microbiology course, to evaluate its efficacy against traditional lecturing for teaching environmental sustainability.Design/methodology/approachThe research project was a semester-long intervention. Three groups of students participated in the study: a group of 47 female undergraduate students were involved in a composting project, a group of 43 female students were exposed to a traditional lecture and a group of 34 students were the control group. A pretest and a posttest were used, along with poster presentations for the composting project students. In addition, a questionnaire was used to examine students' attitudes toward composting and their waste management practices.FindingsThe project and lecture groups showed significant increases in average test-scores, with the post-project increase (20.9 points) being higher than the post-lecture increase (12.3 points). The questionnaire revealed that nonorganic waste recycling was practiced irregularly, while food waste was reused as livestock feed by 38% of the students. Composting was not common, but 23% of the students in the project group started household composting during the project. The students who were most satisfied with the project outcomes were willing to spend higher prices for a composting box (p = 0.036), showing a high correlation between awareness raising and environmental sustainability practices.Social implicationsThe project-based learning approach had more impact than the traditional lecture in teaching environmental sustainability to the students. The project succeeded in improving students' composting knowledge and increased their interest in continuing the composting practices at home.Originality/valueThe study is the first attempt to measure the direct impact of composting education on Emirati students' knowledge of, and interest in environmental sustainable practices, vis-à-vis composting.
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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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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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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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Rybaczewska-Błażejowska, Magdalena, Damian Mazurek, and Marcin Mazur. "Life cycle sustainability assessment of decentralised com- posting of bio-waste: A case study of the Łódź agglomeration (Poland)." Quaestiones Geographicae 41, no. 4 (December 30, 2022): 89–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2022-0041.
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The study examines the concept of decentralised composting of bio-waste as an alternative approach to current waste management practices, using the Łódź Agglomeration (Poland) as an exemplary case study. Consequently, the aim of the presented research is to compare and discuss the sustainability of the functioning biowaste management system (status quo) against an alternative solution based on decentralised composting. Combined application of process-based life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) was selected as the methodology to compare the sustainability framework for the waste management practices under analysis. The study has made it clear that decentralised composting of bio-waste offers broader environmental, economic and social benefits, albeit with the level of that benefit being very much correlated with the type of local government area (commune or in Polish gmina). Regardless of the impact category, rural and urban–rural gminas achieved the greatest savings, reaching >90%, and thus are seen to offer the greatest potential for decentralised composting to be put into effect, on the basis of household/backyard composting. In consequence, decentralised composting can constitute a fundamental form of bio-waste management in 20 out of the 28 gminas of the Łódź Agglomeration. The results obtained from the research facilitate the implementation and wider utilisation of decentralised composting, as an important element of the transition to a circular economy, where bio-waste is concerned.
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Lima Jr., Roberto Guião de Souza, and Claudio Fernando Mahler. "EVALUATION OF NEW SMALL-SCALE COMPOSTING PRACTICES WITH ENERGY RECOVERY." Detritus, no. 10 (March 5, 2020): 3–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2020.13908.
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This study involves the evaluation of new composting systems for the treatment of organic solid waste that has low environmental impact. Two composting devices were developed, with four types of management. Their behavior was analyzed regarding temperature, gas production, moisture, leachate and percolated water production, compost maturation, nutrient presence, pH and water heating, which can be seen as an energy gain in addition to the economic viability of the process. The proposed composting techniques kept the waste at thermophilic temperatures for more than 20 days, with no significant emission of CH4, under aerobic conditions by passive aeration, without leachate generation. These results can be partially attributed to the suspension of the compost on pallets, the residue composition chosen in the experiments and the boundary conditions of the compartments. The energy recovery test, through water recirculation inside the compost, presented temperatures that reached 51°C after 24 h of recirculation, and were maintained throughout the process, 20 days, demonstrating its effectiveness. The proposed models are environmentally viable, minimizing gas emissions and leachate generation compared to landfill or industrial composting plants. They can be used in industrial kitchens, residential complexes, shopping malls and other small and medium solid waste generators. In addition, the solution presented in this study avoids the transportation of waste over medium and long distances, which also brings a significant reduction in energy expenses, and in the case of landfills, it avoids occupation for long periods, thus reducing emissions of gases and leachate, whose control and treatment are expensive.
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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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Čeh, Barbara, Lucija Luskar, Aleš Hladnik, Žan Trošt, Julija Polanšek, and Boštjan Naglič. "The Quantity and Composition of Leachate from Hop Plant Biomass during Composting Process." Applied Sciences 12, no. 5 (February 24, 2022): 2375. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12052375.
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Technology that would result in a high-quality product with minimal environmental impact throughout the on-site composting process of hop biomass after harvest has not yet been developed. It is crucial to introduce composting practices that do not result in a detrimental leachate impact. Three different composting procedures that vary in terms of initial biomass particle size, additives, and pile covering were investigated. Each pile was built from 15 t of fresh hop biomass after harvest (leaves and stems), leachate was collected during the composting season (September to the end of April), and biomass was sampled and analyzed to identify good practices as well as gaps that need to be filled. Leachate quantity differed significantly in terms of the composting procedure and time stamps. There was a strong linear correlation between the amount of precipitation and leachate quantity (0.86), NH4 leached amount (0.87), and total N leached amount (0.92), but not the total P amount. The composting procedure had a significant impact on the quantity of the NH4 leached amount. The majority of the NH4 was lost in the second month of composting. The maturation phase was the most critical for NO3 loss since it had the highest amount of leached NO3 and the greatest variances among the composting protocols. Considering leachate it is recommended that a membrane is used at all times during the maturation phase as well as during any heavy precipitation expected in the thermophilic phase. Whether the cover is also needed for the entire duration of the thermophilic phase (due to emission) is a matter of further research.
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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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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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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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Lohani, Shreesti Raj. "Composting: A Better Solution for Managing Nepal’s Increasing Solid Waste." Journal of the Institute of Engineering 13, no. 1 (June 22, 2018): 215–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jie.v13i1.20369.
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In developing countries like ours, environmental factors are not given that priority while managing solid waste. Poor planning and management is continuously resulting to environmental degradation and ecological imbalance. Composting, which is a traditional yet sustainable and environment friendly way of managing solid waste is being neglected. In this article, I have first tried to put forward the existing situation of waste management and waste disposal practices in our county and then to explain about how composting is being practiced in today’s scenario. I made field study in Sawal Bahal and Teku area and also referred to published information for this paper. I have tried to highlight the fact that composting, with a little effort from government side and each individual involved, it can prove to be a very effective means of managing solid waste. This practice will definitely help to boost the economic activities of the country. The later part of the paper explains the benefits of composting for each individual level to national level. Various factors whether it be environmental upgradation to new job opportunities or for best agricultural practices, composting can prove beneficial for all.Journal of the Institute of Engineering, 2017, 13(1): 215-220