Managing Gardens

Fox, Dorothy; Edwards, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/b978-0-7506-8545-0.50021-6

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“…Gardening is also portrayed as an activity that is enjoyed when time is perceived as flowing slowly (Zuzanek, 2006). Very similar reasons for visiting a garden have been identified including being out of doors, admiring the plants and scenery, social interaction with family or friends, the tranquillity, the opportunity to relax and the spiritual/restorative quality (Ballantyne et al 2008;Fox & Edwards, 2008).…”

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Leisure time preference: the influence of gardening on garden visitation

Fox

2017

World Leisure Journal

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Leisure preferences have been accounted for by a variety of variables, including gender, age and race; and by personality and other internal attributes. It could be hypothesised therefore that there would be a relationship between the different but associated leisure activities chosen by people. However to date, little attention has been paid in this area. This study uses a survey of residents in southern England (n = 397) to identify the preferences for visiting and revisiting a garden that is open to the public, (i.e. a visitor attraction), based on the respondent's interest in gardening. Logistic regression was used first to identify which factors best predict the likelihood that the respondents would report that they had a visited a garden in the year of the study. It was then implemented to identify whether they sometimes like to revisit a garden. Three predictor (independent) variables were assessed in each case. First, whether the respondent has access to a garden space; secondly, their level of enthusiasm for gardening as a hobby and thirdly, how enjoyable they thought a visit to a garden attraction would be. The results show that both models were statistically significant, (chi square = 43.460, p = 0.000 with df = 6 and chi square = 36.488, p = 0.000 with df = 6). In respect of visiting a garden, the respondents' enthusiasm for amateur gardening made a statistically significant contribution to the model. Respondents who quite liked gardening were slightly less likely to visit a garden than the enthusiastic gardeners. The strongest predictor of making a visit was perhaps unsurprisingly, those that thought a visit would be very enjoyable. This had an odds ratio of 2.01 indicating that these respondents were twice as likely to visit as those who thought a visit would be only quite enjoyable or quite or very unenjoyable. However, the result was not statistically significant, which suggests the presence of an omitted variable. The figure rose to six times more likely in respect of revisiting the same garden and this was statistically significant (p = 0.041). In light of these important results, further analysis was undertaken to establish the characteristics of the respondents based on the two key variables and why they might revisit. To conclude, an interest in gardening is not the most important factor in predicting garden visiting.

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“…However, in the absence of men, the women undertake all the gardening roles. In terms of garden visiting, women have been showed to be the more frequent visitors than men (Connell, 2004) and Fox & Edwards (2008) also demonstrated that men were more likely to be 'secondary participants' with women the 'prime movers' of a visit.…”

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Leisure time preference: the influence of gardening on garden visitation

Fox

2017

World Leisure Journal

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“…This research was undertaken as part of a wider study into visiting horticultural attractions in England as a consequence of the paucity of data regarding the visitors to these types of visitor attractions (some results pertaining to garden visitors are cited in Fox and Edwards, 2008). A self-completion survey by residents was chosen, as it would be inclusive of visitors and non-visitors to the various types of horticultural attractions.…”

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A Preliminary Analysis of the Market for Small, Medium, and Large Horticultural Shows in England

Fox

Edwards²

2008

Event Management

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A preliminary analysis of the market for small, medium and large horticultural shows in England AbstractUnderstanding the consumer is important in estimating the market for an event. This study analysed the socio-demographic and other characteristics of actual and potential visitors to three styles of English horticultural shows. The shows selected varied in terms of their status -national, regional, local; the number of visitors they attract and the length of time they are open to the public. The analysis of the findings of a survey of residents in southern England suggests that whilst age is a key demographic variable, a more valuable means of segmenting the population is by their level of enthusiasm for gardening. Furthermore it is proposed that demand for the largest shows, held nationally can be established not only, through these factors but also, by the potential visitors' history of attending smaller horticultural shows. The implications for the marketing of these and similar events are discussed.

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“…Where research has taken place, the direction of studies is strongly determined by attraction type. For example, past studies include research on zoos (Ryan and Savard, 2004), industrial attractions (Xie, 2006), gardens (Fox and Edwards, 2008), theme parks (Braun and Soskin, 1999), sacred sites (Andriotis, 2009) and heritage attractions (Garrod et al, 2006).…”

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Generation Y: An Agenda for Future Visitor Attraction Research

Leask

Fyall

Barron

2013

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study provides a comprehensive secondary‐based synthesis of previous studies on the profile and patterns of consumption of Generation Y, their consumption experiences and the role of information communication technologies and social media in determining their emerging patterns of behaviour at visitor attractions. The paper concludes by advancing a management‐oriented attraction research framework specific to Generation Y with a set of research propositions proposed to stimulate further research and management action on this specific and highly influential generational cohort. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Managing Gardens

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Leisure time preference: the influence of gardening on garden visitation

Leisure time preference: the influence of gardening on garden visitation

A Preliminary Analysis of the Market for Small, Medium, and Large Horticultural Shows in England

Generation Y: An Agenda for Future Visitor Attraction Research

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