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To assess householder willingness to implement additional wildlife-friendly garden features and identify key barriers to engagement using the COM-B behaviour change framework.

August 20, 2026People and NatureOpen Access

Barriers and opportunities for further enhancing urban garden biodiversity: Insights from a behaviour change model for the United Kingdom

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To assess householder willingness to implement additional wildlife-friendly garden features and identify key barriers to engagement using the COM-B behaviour change framework.
Surveyed 231 householders across Great Britain using a structured questionnaire.
Evaluated the perceived feasibility and barriers to introducing 10 specific wildlife-friendly garden features.
Classified engagement barriers using the Capability (psychological/physical), Opportunity (physical/social), and Motivation (COM-B) framework.
The overall probability of householders implementing additional garden improvements was low at 37.5%, with wildflower patches being the most likely and ponds and compost heaps the least likely additions.
Physical opportunity constraints represented the primary barrier (67.9%), driven mainly by limited space, followed by psychological capability deficits (20.5%), social opportunity (6.2%), and physical capability (5.4%).
Younger householders and individuals from more socio-economically deprived areas reported significantly more barriers to garden biodiversity enhancement.

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Questionnaire survey finds low likelihood of adding new wildlife features among UK householders, highlighting physical space and knowledge barriers to enhancing urban garden biodiversity.

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Hitchcock et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b5ff8a91293e6a1cdb20 https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70412

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Questionnaire survey finds low likelihood of adding new wildlife features among UK householders, highlighting physical space and knowledge barriers to enhancing urban garden biodiversity.

Barriers and opportunities for further enhancing urban garden biodiversity: Insights from a behaviour change model for the United Kingdom

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Barriers and opportunities for further enhancing urban garden biodiversity: Insights from a behaviour change model for the United Kingdom

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