The Well-Being of Allotment Gardeners: A Mixed Methodological Study

Ecopsychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-28

  Webber, Jo ^a   Hinds, Joe ^a   Camic, Paul M ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allotment gardening; Connectedness to nature; Eudaimonia; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925816598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2014.0058     Document Type: Article

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