Evaluation of Community Gardens
(A program of the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension)Report produced by
Jill Florence Lackey & Associates
February 1998
Principal investigator
Jill Florence Lackey, Ph.D.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jill Florence Lackey and Associates would like to acknowledge thecontributions of the following research assistants in this project:Statistical analysis, TIM Welnetz; interviewing, Matthew Balistrieri,Randall Brown, Mary Kerry, AhMad Muhammad, Carlos Rodriguez,Carolyn Taylor, and Kate Terskan; data entry, Elena Schafer.The author wishes to express her thanks to the following individuals forassisting in the development of evaluation instruments, facilitatinginterviews and/or reviewing this document: Stan Binnie, HorticultureAgent for Waukesha County UW-Extension; Margaret Ernst, HorticultureEducator for Waukesha County UW-Extension; Thomas Kalb,Horticulture Agent for Kenosha County UW-Extension; DennisLukaszewski, Urban Agriculture Coordinator for Milwaukee County UW-Extension; Greg Matysik, Professor of Youth Development, UW-Extension; and Sharon Morrisey, Horticulture Agent for MilwaukeeCounty UW-Extension.The author also wishes to thank the UW Extension for supplying many ofthe photographs that appear in this report Faculty and other personnelfrom the Kenosha County office received permission from clients (andparents of youth clients) to reproduce these photographs in reports.The evaluation was funded through the UW-Extension Urban initiative,UW-Extension Building Supportive Communities for Families & YouthIssues Team, and UW-Extension county offices in Kenosha, Milwaukeeand Waukesha.
Cover photograph:
A school group sowing seeds together in the Fieldof Dreams food pantry garden.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: introduction to Community Gardens
The Community Gardens programGardens selected for evaluation
Chapter Two: Evaluation design and methods
Overview of evaluation designEvaluation staff and timelines
Chapter Three: overview of evaluation findings
Program importance ratingsPreview of most significant outcome findings
Chapter Four. The material deliverables of gardening
Health benefits of gardeningThe money clients saved on food
Chapter Five: Gardening and meanings
Gardening as a strategy to transmit cultural heritageGardening as an enjoyable practiceGardening to convene with the natural environment
Chapter Six: Social and psychosociall benefits
Gardening as a strategy in building communitiesGardening to promote social justiceGardening to build personal character
Chapter Seven: Future challenges
Retaining land sites for gardeningDeveloping collective management for the gardens
Chapter Eight: Summary and Recommendation
Summary of evaluationRecommendations
BibliographyAppendix A: Program Process and Management TablesAppendix B: Original Findings on Exercise Activities
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