“…Urban gardens can increase the amount of urban greening, reduce urban heat island effects, improve the quality of outdoor and indoor air, beautify urban landscape, lower indoor temperatures, increase energy efficiency, protect building structures and reduce noise. (Hung and Peng, 2017) The experience of nature in the urban environment has been interconnected to public health, the reduction of heat island effects, the awareness for water savings solutions, and the creation of a sense of quality of life in a city (Chiesura, 2004;Wu, 2014). Mekala et al (2015) in a study of a suburb of Melbourne, Australia concluded that the economic benefits, which included avoided health costs, increased property values, recreational benefits, and ecosystem services through the reduction of heat island effect and carbon sequestration, could offset annual maintenance costs of green urban spaces.…”