Pandemic gardening: A narrative review, vignettes and implications for future research

0574340 - SOÚ 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Kingsley, J. - Donati, K. - Litt, J. - Shimpo, N. - Blythe, C. - Vávra, Jan - Caputo, S. - Milbourne, P. - Diekmann, L. O. - Rose, N. - Fox-Kӓmper, R. - van den Berg, A. - Metson, G. S. - Ossola, A. - Feng, X. - Astell-Burt, T. - Baker, A. - Lin, B. - Egerer, M. - Marsch, P. - Pettitt, P. - Scott, T. - Alaimo, K. - Neale, K. - Glover, T. - Byrne, J.
Pandemic gardening: A narrative review, vignettes and implications for future research.
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Roč. 87, September (2023), č. článku 128062. ISSN 1618-8667. E-ISSN 1610-8167
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LX22NPO5101
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : Garden * COVID-19 * Urban agriculture * Food security * Public health
OECD category: Urban studies (planning and development)
Impact factor: 6.4, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866723002339?via%3Dihub

There is a significant amount of evidence highlighting the health, wellbeing and social benefits of gardening during previous periods of crises. These benefits were also evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents a narrative review exploring gardening during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to understand the different forms of gardening that took place during this crisis and key elements of this activity. Research about gardening during the pandemic focused on food (in)security and disrupted food systems, the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening, and the social dimensions of gardening. We offer three vignettes of our own research to highlight key insights from local, national and international perspectives of gardening during the
pandemic. The paper’s conclusion outlines how researchers, policy makers and public health practitioners can harness what has been learned from gardening during the pandemic to ensure these benefits are more widely available and do not exacerbate already entrenched health inequalities in society.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344685