Growing pathways to well-being through community gardens and greenspace

Urban Farm DB summary

A book chapter frames community gardens as part of "health care as a community collective," exploring active and passive spaces that support health and well-being through practical, healthy place-making. It develops case studies from Birmingham and the West Midlands, UK: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, which has extended its health care model beyond its buildings to the surrounding landscape, and Jasmine Road Community Garden in Dudley, where local residents have collectively developed a site supporting community and individual well-being, drawing practical and theoretical insight into how gardens can facilitate individual and collective journeys toward health and recovery.