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The meanings attributed to community gardening: A qualitative study
Michellee Ong1, Amy Baker1, Alejandra Aguilar1
1School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, 5001, SA, Australia.
Health & Place
|August 27, 2019
Summary
Community gardens offer significant meaning through shared activities and belonging. Occupational science reveals these gardens enhance well-being by supporting doing, being, belonging, and becoming.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Science
- Community Health
- Sociology
Background:
- Previous research explored geographical, sociological, and ecological aspects of community gardens.
- The specific meanings attributed to community gardening remain underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To understand the meanings associated with community gardening from an occupational science perspective.
- To explore how community gardening contributes to the dimensions of meaning: doing, being, belonging, and becoming.
Main Methods:
- A narrative inquiry approach was employed.
- Photo elicitation and narrative interviewing were conducted with eight community gardeners in metropolitan South Australia.
- Narrative analysis was used to identify key themes.
Main Results:
- Five prominent themes emerged: sense of community, chance to share, opportunity to grow, therapeutic place, and ecological contributions.
- These themes aligned with the occupational science dimensions of meaning.
- The dimensions of doing and belonging were most evident in the participants' experiences.
Conclusions:
- Community gardens provide rich opportunities for individuals to experience meaning through occupation.
- Health professionals can utilize community gardens to enhance clients' sense of doing, belonging, and identity.
- An occupational science perspective offers novel insights into the value of community gardening for well-being.
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