Chalmin-Pui and colleagues evaluated the implications of gardening in a front yard. Their work “explores why people garden in front gardens, how social cohesion may emerge from front gardening activities, and the health benefits of the presence of front gardens for residents and passersby. Front gardens played a key role in supporting participants’ personal identity and self-expression. Maintaining a front garden was seen as making a positive and satisfying contribution to their local area and to others’ pleasure. Social cohesion in the street or neighborhood occurred through informal verbal communication and knowledge-sharing.”
Lauriane Chalmin-Pui, Alistair Griffiths, Jenny Roe, and Ross Cameron. 2023. “Gardens with Kerb Appeal – A Framework to Understand the Relationship Between Britain in Bloom Gardeners and Their Front Gardens.” Leisure Studies, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 787-807, https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2021.1897715