Adding native plants to home landscapes: The roles of attitudes, social norms, and situational strength

Gillis, Ash; Swim, Janet K.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101519

Cited by 16 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 40 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In our research, we show a common trend of experienced, female, older participants that are gardening at home. While the age and gender distributions are typical of similar survey responses on gardening ( Gillis and Swim, 2020 ), these respondents may not be experiencing more critical issues with land access or food insecurity, and we acknowledge that few of our respondents are experiencing extreme food insecurity (Appendix 4). Thus, the presented work is limited in its ability to answer nuanced questions around food security and economic challenges in relation to gardening, but the survey tool we employed could be adapted to other regions to draw comparisons.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Egerer

Lin

Kingsley

et al. 2022

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted social life. Gardens and yards have seemingly risen as a lifeline during the pandemic. Here, we investigated the relationship between people and gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic and what factors influenced the ability of people to garden. We examined survey responses (n = 3,743) from gardeners who reported how the pandemic had affected personal motivations to garden and their use of their gardens, alongside pandemic-related challenges, such as food access during the first wave of COVID-19 (May-Aug 2020). The results show that for the respondents, gardening was overwhelmingly important for nature connection, individual stress release, outdoor physical activity and food provision. The importance of food provision and economic security were also important for those facing greater hardships from the pandemic. While the literature on gardening has long shown the multiple benefits of gardening, we report on these benefits during a global pandemic. More research is needed to capture variations in public sentiment and practice – including those who do little gardening, have less access to land, and reside in low-income communities particularly in the global south. Nevertheless, we argue that gardening can be a public health strategy, readily accessible to boost societal resilience to disturbances.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Egerer

Lin

Kingsley

et al. 2022

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Consumer perception studies on native plants have addressed the relationship between social norms, aesthetic considerations, and pro-environmental behavior and native plant preferences (Gillis and Swim 2020, Rodriguez et al 2017, Shaw et al 2017, Van Heezik et al 2020. Social norms impact acceptance of native landscapes where people assume their neighbors prefer turf grass lawns to native plantings (Peterson et al 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social norms impact acceptance of native landscapes where people assume their neighbors prefer turf grass lawns to native plantings (Peterson et al 2012). This can deter homeowners from planting natives or result in natives being planted in less prevalent locations than the front yard, such as a side yard or back yard (Gillis and Swim 2020). Part of this perception may be related to aesthetic characteristics.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Greater Appeal of Native Plants for Environmentally Conscious Consumers

Rihn

Behe

Barton

et al. 2023

Journal of Environmental Horticulture

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Native plants are increasingly of interest to growers, wholesalers, and retailers as they seek to expand sales in this important plant category. A recent online survey of 2,066 Americans showed that while many consumers were interested in, and had made a purchase of, a native plant in the past 12 months, more than half believed they were either slightly or not at all knowledgeable about native plants. People who use more environmentally conscious gardening behaviors (e.g., composting, recycling containers, rain barrels, organic practices, pollinator friendly plants, plants requiring less irrigation) are more likely to view native plants as important in their gardens and landscapes. Three segments based on perceived importance of native plants were compared and marketing implications are discussed.

show abstract

“…Social influence can be communicated in various ways. For example, people can observe others' actions (i.e., modeling, such as seeing neighbors planting wildlife-friendly native plants; Gillis & Swim, 2020), be told about others' actions indirectly by receiving social normative information about how many people are engaging in a behavior (e.g., researchers or…”

Section: The Power Of Relational Organizingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social influence can be communicated in various ways. For example, people can observe others' actions (i.e., modeling, such as seeing neighbors planting wildlife‐friendly native plants; Gillis & Swim, 2020), be told about others' actions indirectly by receiving social normative information about how many people are engaging in a behavior (e.g., researchers or managers explaining how many neighbors have planted native plants or would support others doing so), or be told about a behavior directly by peers engaging in relational organizing (e.g., a neighbor describing their own experience planting native plants; Niemiec, Jones, Lischka, & Champine, 2021).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivating relational organizing behavior for biodiversity conservation

Jones

Niemiec

2023

Conservat Sci and Prac

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate, more people worldwide are engaging in conservation behaviors to “do their part.” Yet, individual behavior change alone is insufficient for the large‐scale, rapid change needed to address these crises. Relational organizing, which involves individuals reaching out to others in their social network, can enhance the speed and scale of conservation behavior change and address the complex, collective action nature of many conservation problems. However, many people practicing conservation behaviors in their own lives do not engage in relational organizing about conservation issues. Here, we suggest this may be the result of specific social‐psychological factors inhibiting people from reaching out to others. We summarize the evidence and offer a research and practice agenda to prioritize (1) understanding the social‐psychological barriers that prevent relational organizing, and (2) addressing these barriers through targeted outreach interventions to help scale and accelerate community action for conservation.

show abstract

Adding native plants to home landscapes: The roles of attitudes, social norms, and situational strength

Cited by 16 publications

References 40 publications

Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Greater Appeal of Native Plants for Environmentally Conscious Consumers

Motivating relational organizing behavior for biodiversity conservation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About