<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>As the garden visiting is rapidly taking place in the character and role of the leisure in the UK there is the need to gain more knowledge on motivation of garden opening and to complete the previous researches aimed mostly at visitors. Although the significance of charity openings, in many cases with personal and local interests, is undoubtedly a manifestation of the success of the National Garden Scheme (NGS), there are many other reasons why the owners decided to share their gardens with the public. The study has captured the owners’ motivation and divided it into six categories revealing different motivations why people took part in The National Garden Scheme. Such an approach uncovers connections between the garden and the owner and the garden opening can be therefore understood in a variety of ways and plays a different role for each owner.</p></abstract>

As the garden visiting is rapidly taking place in the character and role of the leisure in the UK there is the need to gain more knowledge on motivation of garden opening and to complete the previous researches aimed mostly at visitors. Although the significance of charity openings, in many cases with personal and local interests, is undoubtedly a manifestation of the success of the National Garden Scheme (NGS), there are many other reasons why the owners decided to share their gardens with the public. The study has captured the owners’ motivation and divided it into six categories revealing different motivations why people took part in The National Garden Scheme. Such an approach uncovers connections between the garden and the owner and the garden opening can be therefore understood in a variety of ways and plays a different role for each owner.

Sustainable Garden Tourism in the United Kingdom or What’s Behind the Fence?

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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As the garden visiting is rapidly taking place in the character and role of the leisure in the UK there is the need to gain more knowledge on motivation of...

Sustainable Garden Tourism in the United Kingdom or What’s Behind the Fence?

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 49 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ahr-2017-0011

Keywords
private gardens, the National Garden Scheme, qualitative research, garden visiting

© 2017 Barbora Čakovská, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sustainable Garden Tourism in the United Kingdom or What’s Behind the Fence?

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 49 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ahr-2017-0011

Keywordsprivate gardens, the National Garden Scheme, qualitative research, garden visiting

© 2017 Barbora Čakovská, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
private gardens, the National Garden Scheme, qualitative research, garden visiting