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Cultivating health and wellbeing: members’ perceptions of the health benefits of a Port Melbourne community garden.

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Kingsley, Jonathan ‘Yotti’, Townsend, Mardie, Henderson‐Wilson, Claire·2009·Leisure Studies

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This paper reports on a research project undertaken with members of a community garden in Port Melbourne, Australia, to investigate the ways in which such a facility contributes to the enhancement of health, wellbeing and contact with nature for urban dwellers. Ten members from an urban community garden were interviewed using qualitative semi‐structured questions exploring perceptions of health and wellbeing benefits associated with membership. The garden was felt by members to be a sanctuary where people could come together and escape daily pressures, a source of advice and social support, and a place which gave them a sense of worth and involvement. Members also identified spiritual, fitness and nutritional benefits arising from participation in the community garden. It is evident even from this small qualitative study that community gardening offers many health and wellbeing benefits to members. This study provides a basis for the benefits of community gardens in Australia to be taken into account by policy‐makers and practitioners to enhance urban community health and wellbeing.

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Authors: Kingsley, J. ‘., Townsend, M., & Henderson‐Wilson, C.
Affiliations: Deakin University (AU)
Corresponding author: Kingsley, Jonathan ‘Yotti’
ORCID: Kingsley, Jonathan ‘Yotti’
Henderson‐Wilson, Claire
Venue: Leisure Studies
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2009-04
Volume: 28
Issue: 2
Pages: 207-219
ISSN: 0261-4367 (ISSN-L)
1466-4496
DOI: 10.1080/02614360902769894
OpenAlex: W2106223467
Cited by: 285
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 8.09
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: cc-by
Locations: Leisure Studies (publishedVersion)
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Funders: University of Cambridge
Deakin University
Topics: Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Green Space and Health
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
Keywords: community gardens, health benefits, well-being, urban dwellers, nature exposure, social support, sense of belonging, spiritual benefits, fitness, nutrition, urban community health

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