Growing Methods

Abstract A methodology for plant qualitative research is at an early stage of development. While conducting a multispecies ethnography gardeners and the plants they grow food in neighborhood transition from social housing to mixed-income community Toronto, author wondered, How account their agency? What evidence vegetal politics? ethnographer doing when decentering human relation garden plants, beyond what un-done ontologically? This article situates itself turn proposes agency gardens identify politics. The builds on methodological work other scholars human-plant relations posthumanist notions relational develop three-step method: (1) recognize time, (2) participate with (3) scale up. Central methodology—and key contribution puts forward—is shift away researcher considering as individuals instead understanding communities unit analysis. scale, while recognizing time permits identification politics has allowed theorize political actors cities that support health.