The influence of emotional and conditional motivations on gardeners' participation in community (allotment) gardens Academic Article

abstract

• 2019 Elsevier GmbH Despite the benefits of participating in community gardens, motivations that influence gardeners participation in gardening activities is largely unexplored. The goal of the study is to quantitatively examine, beyond the commonly known functional motivations, the individual impact of emotional and conditional motivations on gardening participation. To reach our goal, a web-based survey and on-site surveys were administered to 180 gardeners in three community gardens in Austin, Texas. Results showed that, while most functional motivations were significant, the emotional motivation of attachment towards gardening was also statistically significant, demonstrating the individual role of emotional motivations on garden participation. Additionally, a significant conditional motivation was found, including time required to garden. We discuss the implication of our findings for ensuring continual community garden participation.

authors

• Matarrita-Cascante, David

published proceedings

• URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

author list (cited authors)

• Lee, J. H., & Matarrita-Cascante, D.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• Lee, Jae Ho||Matarrita-Cascante, David

publication date

• June 2019

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• Allotment Gardens
• Conditional Motivations
• Emotional Motivations
• Garden Participation
• Plot-based Community Gardens

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ufug.2019.05.006

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174001

start page

• 21

end page

• 30

volume

• 42

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.05.006