Developed landscapes in urban and peri-urban environments significantly influence the diversity, abundance, and overall health of pollinator populations such as bees, butterflies, moths, and birds. Considering growing evidence demonstrating that pollinator health can be more robust in urban habitats than rural ones, the landscape development and management practices adopted in urban and suburban areas have a significant potential impact on pollinator health. Given their influence with respect to urban and suburban landscape management in [State], it is critical to better understand the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of [State] residents regarding pollinator-friendly gardening practices such as the flowering plant installation or reduced pesticide application. To explore the most salient factors influencing residents’ adoption of pollinator gardening practices, we facilitated three elicitation focus groups with 20 residents representing three distinct regions in [State]. Data analysis generated a series of salient sub-themes across two thematic categories: ‘barriers’ and ‘solutions and strategies’. Major ‘barrier’ themes included ‘limited knowledge or information access’ about pollinator gardening, and ‘social norms/community expectations’. Major solution and strategy’ themes included ‘developing neighborhood/homeowner association buy-in,’ and ‘pre-installation research and planning’. Overall, findings demonstrate that [State] residents have strong views regarding both the most influential barriers to adopting or engaging in pollinator-friendly gardening and the most promising solutions or strategies to mitigate those barriers. These findings have tangible implications for educational practitioners interested in expanding distribution of targeted educational outreach to further promote the adoption of pollinator-friendly landscape management practices in [State]. Findings also have implications for researchers interested in further examining the socio-economic and socio-cultural factors most influential to residents’ pollinator gardening practices.

城市和城郊环境中发达的景观显着影响蜜蜂、蝴蝶、飞蛾和鸟类等传粉者种群的多样性、丰富性和整体健康状况。考虑到越来越多的证据表明城市栖息地的传粉媒介健康可能比农村栖息地更健康，城市和郊区采用的景观开发和管理实践对传粉媒介健康具有重大的潜在影响。鉴于它们对 [州] 的城市和郊区景观管理的影响，更好地了解 [州] 居民对授粉媒介友好型园艺实践（例如开花植物安装或减少农药使用）的知识、态度和看法至关重要. 为了探索影响居民采用授粉媒介园艺实践的最显着因素，我们促成了三个启发焦点小组，其中 20 名居民代表 [州] 的三个不同地区。数据分析在两个主题类别中产生了一系列突出的子主题：“障碍”和“解决方案和策略”。主要的“障碍”主题包括关于授粉媒介园艺的“有限知识或信息获取”，以及“社会规范/社区期望”。主要解决方案和策略的主题包括“发展邻里/房主协会的支持”和“安装前研究和规划”。全面的，调查结果表明，[州] 居民对采用或参与授粉媒介友好型园艺的最有影响力的障碍以及减轻这些障碍的最有希望的解决方案或策略都有强烈的看法。这些发现对有兴趣扩大有针对性的教育外展分布以进一步促进在[州]采用授粉媒介友好型景观管理实践的教育从业者具有切实的意义。调查结果还对有兴趣进一步研究对居民授粉媒介园艺实践影响最大的社会经济和社会文化因素的研究人员产生影响。这些发现对有兴趣扩大有针对性的教育外展分布以进一步促进在[州]采用授粉媒介友好型景观管理实践的教育从业者具有切实的意义。调查结果还对有兴趣进一步研究对居民授粉媒介园艺实践影响最大的社会经济和社会文化因素的研究人员产生影响。这些发现对有兴趣扩大有针对性的教育外展分布以进一步促进在[州]采用授粉媒介友好型景观管理实践的教育从业者具有切实的意义。调查结果还对有兴趣进一步研究对居民授粉媒介园艺实践影响最大的社会经济和社会文化因素的研究人员产生影响。