ABSTRACT This study aimed to gain an insight into the ways in which community and allotment gardening may enhance wellbeing for people and place, within urban Melbourne, Australia. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 participants representing six community/allotment gardens. The findings suggest that community and allotment gardening enhance people’s wellbeing on a personal level mentally and physically, through social connectedness and community, and finally through connecting with the natural environment through the gardens themselves. These findings contribute to existing literature exploring community and allotment gardening predominantly based in North America and Europe by offering an exploration of an Australian context. Theoretically, these findings provide support for conceptualisations which acknowledge the interconnectedness and reciprocity of the wellbeing of people and place. Practically, these findings support the call for local government to ensure continuing access to land for facilitating community and allotment gardening.

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花园中的联系：健康的机会

摘要 本研究旨在深入了解澳大利亚墨尔本市区内社区和分配园艺可以提高人们和地方的幸福感的方式。对代表六个社区/分配花园的 23 名参与者进行了定性、半结构化访谈。研究结果表明，社区和分配园艺通过社会联系和社区，以及最终通过花园本身与自然环境的联系，在个人心理和身体层面提高了人们的幸福感。这些发现通过提供对澳大利亚环境的探索，有助于现有文献探索主要位于北美和欧洲的社区和分配园艺。理论上，这些发现为承认人和地方福祉的相互关联性和互惠性的概念化提供了支持。实际上，这些调查结果支持要求地方政府确保持续获得土地以促进社区和分配园艺的呼吁。