Last Autumn I became involved in a students desire to look in to the impact of garden visiting. Her research basis was what are the experiences of people post-retirement visiting gardens for leisure? I offered my support and access to those whomhad visited Driftwood, a number responded to her so she could complete the research! Ive just received a note from her research supervisor. She says: I am writing to thank you for the support and encouragement that you have given Rosie during her research project. One of the most exciting aspects of her research is that it will be shared so quickly with the very people who will be able to make use of it. We would like to ensure that your support is acknowledged in any publications we produce, so please let us know how to refer to you, in order to direct people towards finding out more about the great work that you do. Rosie’s research forms part of a developing research specialism around leisure gardening here at the University of Brighton. Each year I have research students that are interested in basing their projects around leisure gardening. Thank you again for your help, which was essential to the success of this research, I hope you are looking forward to reading the finished project as much as I am. Rosie herself said Thank you once again for making this research possible! The role you played was tremendously important in making this research what it is. Im currently finalising my write up, to submit for my MSc in 2 weeks. The next step after that will be for me to try to get the research published in academic journals. So..... the research is published in the new year, watch this space!
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 18:43:57 +0000