GARDEN DESIGN SURVEY-STUDENT NEEDS HELP!

Hi Folks
I'm a Horticulture student researching the subject of ecologically friendly garden design. With this in mind, I wonder if any of you would mind taking part in a survey I am carrying out. The questions in full are set out below, but if you would like me to email you a copy, please contact me at [email protected]. Responses can be forwarded to the same address. By TUES 10 JANUARY, please. Please feel free to omit any questions or to expand your answers. Many Thanks, Bayleaf

Self Directed Project
Feasibility Study for Autochthonous Garden
Survey

I am carrying out a study into the feasibility of designing an environmentally friendly, locally sourced garden, with a view to examining the challenges involved, particularly with regards to costs, and sourcing materials (plants & hard landscaping), labour & time. This study is based on the build of a real garden.

This survey is being used to find out your opinions on ââ?¬Å?Environmentally Aware Garden Designââ?¬Â For the terms of this survey, it would mean using as far as possible, locally sourced plants and materials, in modern forms where applicable. Production methods would aim to have as little impact on the environment as possible.

Please return your responses by 10 January 2006 to [email protected] . Your help in completing this questionnaire is much appreciated.

�¹autochthonous adj.
indigenous.
(From The Concise Oxford English Dictionary)

Please tick all that apply, or if replying by email you can use the format e.g 1 b 2 c 3 d etc, and expand your answers where you can. All questionnaires are dealt with in the strictest of confidence, the information will not be shared with any other agency.
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Section 1

1 How long have you been interested
in gardening?
a) less than a year
b) 5-10 years
c) Over 20 Years
d) 1-4 years
e) 11-20 Years


2 How much time do you spend working in your garden a week?
a) Upto 2 hours
b) 6-10 hours
c) 3-5 hours
d) Over 10 hours


3 How much time is spent in your garden
as leisure?
a) Upto 2 hours
b) 6-10 hours
c) 3-5 hours
d) Over 10 hours


4 Would you prefer to spend more time working in your garden or at leisure?
a) More time working
b) More time at leisure
c) Happy with how time is spent


5 How much money do you spend on your
garden annually?
a) Upto �£100
b) �£301-500
c) �£750-1000
d) �£101-300
e) �£501-750
f) Over�£1000


6 How big is your garden (include front
& back)
to calculate this multiply the length by the width e.g 30 ft x 30ft = 900sq ft
(approx 9 metres x 9 metres = 81m�²)
a) Upto 1000 sq ft (approx 100m�²)
b) 1001-2000 sq ft (approx 101-186m�²)
c) 2001-4000 sq ft (187-371m�²)
d) 4001-10,000 sq ft (372-931m�²)
e) Over 10,000 sq ft (over approx 932m�²)

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Section 2

7 What does the term "Organic Gardening" mean to you?



8 Do you currently garden organically?
a) Yes -Please go to question 10
b) No -Please go to question 9
c) In part - Please go to question 10


9 If you don�t, why not?
a) Cost
b) I won�t make a difference
c) Don�t know/Don�t wish to say
d) Time
e) Lack of knowledge
f) Other (please explain)


10 If you do, why do you do it?
a) Cost
b) Wildlife
c)Don�t know / Don�t wish to say
d) The Envrionment
e) Health of self &/or family
f) Other (please explain)


11 Is there anything that would make you more
likely to garden organically?
a) More information/advice
b) More money
c) Other (please explain)
d) More time
e) ââ?¬Å?Designed inââ?¬Â Eco-features
f)No


12 Have you ever used any of the
following services in your garden?
a) Landscaping contractor
b) Builder
c) Specialist(e.g Tree surgeon)
d) Garden Design Service
e) Maintenance service
f) Other (please specify)


13 Would you consider using a
Garden Design Service?
a) Yes - please go to question 14
b) No - Please go to question 15
c) Unsure/Don�t know - Please go to question 16


14 If you WOULD, Please give reasons why


15 If you WOULD NOT, Please give
reasons why


16 What factors would make you MORE likely to use a Garden Design Service?
a) If it was cost effective
b) To get fresh ideas
c) To find an environmentally friendly solution
d) Professional skills
e) To save time
f) To make house/garden moresaleable
g) Quality
h) Other (please explain)


17 What factors would make You LESS likely to use a Garden Design Service?
a) Cost
b) Quality
c) Not a ââ?¬Å?Green enoughââ?¬Â solution
d) Other (please explain)
e) Confidence in own skills
f) Won�t be listened to
g) Bad experience (please explain, if you feel able to)


18 What does the phrase "Environmentally
Aware Garden Design" mean to you?


19 Would you be more or less likely to use
an Environmentally Friendly Garden
Design Service?
a) More likely
b) Neither
c) Less likely
d) Unsure/Don�t know


20 If MORE likely Please state why


21 If LESS likely Please state why


22 How do you think Environmentally Aware Garden Design compares with other Garden Design Services in terms of cost?
a) Cheaper
b) More expensive
c) Unsure/Don�t know

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Section 3
23 How old are you?
a) Under18
b) 18-24
c) 25-34
d) 35-44
e) 45-54
f) 55-64
g) 65-74
h) Over 75


24 Are you a) Female
b) Male


25 What is your main occupation?
Job title_____________________ Full-time_______Part-time_______

a)Student h)Retired
b)Homeworker/Carer i)Administrative
c)Service Industry j)Social services
d)Professional k)Manual
e)Creative l)Self-employed
f)Unemployed/incapacitated m)Retail
g)Healthcare n)Other
(please state)


26 What area do you live in?
a)North & North West f)Midlands & East Anglia
b)Greater London g)South East
c)South West & Wales h)Scotland
d)Northern Ireland i)Eire
e)Other(Please state)


27 What is your income bracket?

a) Upto �£10,000
b) �£10,001-15,000
c) �£15,001-20,000
d) 20,001-30,000
e) �£30,001-�£45,000
f) Over �£45,000

Thank you very much for taking part in this Survey. Happy New Year to you all!

[ 02. January 2006, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Bayleaf ]

 

All replies gratefully received - if you would like to know the results of the survey, I can make those available.
Cheers!

 

Cos its you Bayleaf :D

Section 1

1 How long have you been interested
in gardening?

c) Over 20 Years

2 How much time do you spend working in your garden a week?

b) 6-10 hours


3 How much time is spent in your garden
as leisure?

b) 6-10 hours


4 Would you prefer to spend more time working in your garden or at leisure?

c) Happy with how time is spent


5 How much money do you spend on your
garden annually?

e) �£501-750


6 How big is your garden (include front
& back)
to calculate this multiply the length by the width e.g 30 ft x 30ft = 900sq ft
(approx 9 metres x 9 metres = 81m�²)

c) 2001-4000 sq ft (187-371m�²)


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Section 2

7 What does the term "Organic Gardening" mean to you?

Gardening without chemicals

8 Do you currently garden organically?

c) In part - Please go to question 10


9 If you don�t, why not?


10 If you do, why do you do it?

d) The Envrionment


11 Is there anything that would make you more
likely to garden organically?

c) Other (please explain)- organic means of addressing problems that organic can't now.


12 Have you ever used any of the
following services in your garden?

d) Garden Design Service

13 Would you consider using a
Garden Design Service?
a) Yes - please go to question 14


14 If you WOULD, Please give reasons why

Another perspective and ideas

15 If you WOULD NOT, Please give
reasons why


16 What factors would make you MORE likely to use a Garden Design Service?

b) To get fresh ideas
c) To find an environmentally friendly solution
d) Professional skills


17 What factors would make You LESS likely to use a Garden Design Service?
a) Cost
b) Quality


18 What does the phrase "Environmentally
Aware Garden Design" mean to you?

Aware of wildlife and plant needs - and impact on local environment.

19 Would you be more or less likely to use
an Environmentally Friendly Garden
Design Service?

a) More likely


20 If MORE likely Please state why

It fits with my value systems - I want to enhance, not destroy.

21 If LESS likely Please state why


22 How do you think Environmentally Aware Garden Design compares with other Garden Design Services in terms of cost?

c) Unsure/Don�t know

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Section 3
23 How old are you?
f) 55-64


24 Are you a) Female


25 What is your main occupation?

Newly retired health care professional


26 What area do you live in?

Bedfordshire


27 What is your income bracket?

 

Thanks to those who have replied so far, Please keep it up folks - the more the merrier!
Cheers
Bayleaf

 

Hi there, Bayleaf,
I hope this is of some use to you, as I am such a rank amateur! :rolleyes:
Anyway, here are my answers,
1.a
2.a
3.a
4.a + b
5. f at present, but hope to reduce this drastically once garden design/ landscaping complete.
6. c
7. Enviromentally friendly, not using chemicals
8. Yes
10. f-other, havn't really done anything to garden, except have top layer scraped off.I would like to be "green" for enviroment/health reasons.
11. a
12. f labouring team
13. yes
14. Inexperienced/ need someone who can make my vision/design reality.
16. a/d/e
17. a/b
18. Garden designed to make it easy to be ecologically & enviromentally sound.
19. a
20. This is the way I would like to garden.
22. a
23. a
24. a
25. F/T Occupation Live-in house slave and guiding light to the next generation!! :D
P/T Occupations - Illustrator/Community
Artist/ Face Painter
26. h
27. Not enough!!! :(

Hope this is helpfull,
Linda

 

Hi Bayleaf, Here's my answers to your quiz:
Section !
1c
2d
3c
4a
5b
6c
Section 2
7 To me, organic gardening means not using any artificial [ie entirely manmade] fertilisers, pesticides, insecticides, weedkilers etc.
8c
10f I would like to tread lightly on the earth, not to go stamping around disturbing the balance of nature.
11d
12b & c
13a
14 Because I am hopeless at it.
16h To make my garden into a cohesive whole, rather than random lovely plants dotted about.
17a
18 An environmentally aware garden is one in which plants are suited to their habitat, planted to encourage wildlife, and and insects, plants and animals have an opportunity to flourish.
19a
20 Because that is the kind of garden I like.
22c
Section 3
23f
24f
25h[through disability]
26c
27a
Happy New Year to you too!

 

Section 1

1 How long have you been interested
in gardening?

e) 11-20 Years


2 How much time do you spend working in your garden a week?
a) Upto 2 hours


3 How much time is spent in your garden
as leisure?
c) 3-5 hours


4 Would you prefer to spend more time working in your garden or at leisure?

b) More time at leisure

5 How much money do you spend on your
garden annually?

d) �£101-300


6 How big is your garden
a) Upto 1000 sq ft (approx 100m�²)


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Section 2

7 What does the term "Organic Gardening" mean to you?

Not using chemicals

8 Do you currently garden organically?

b) No -Please go to question 9

9 If you don�t, why not?
e) Lack of knowledge

11 Is there anything that would make you more
likely to garden organically?
a) More information/advice

12 Have you ever used any of the
following services in your garden?
None

13 Would you consider using a
Garden Design Service?
b) No - Please go to question 15

15 If you WOULD NOT, Please give
reasons why

Don't have the money to finance it.


16 What factors would make you MORE likely to use a Garden Design Service?
a) If it was cost effective


17 What factors would make You LESS likely to use a Garden Design Service?
a) Cost


18 What does the phrase "Environmentally
Aware Garden Design" mean to you?
A garden that is designed for wildlife, plants that grow in their natural place.

19 Would you be more or less likely to use
an Environmentally Friendly Garden
Design Service?
d) Unsure/Don�t know

22 How do you think Environmentally Aware Garden Design compares with other Garden Design Services in terms of cost?

c) Unsure/Don�t know

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Section 3
23 How old are you?
d) 35-44

24 Are you a) Female

25 What is your main occupation?

n)Other
(please state)
Disabled

26 What area do you live in?
h)Scotland

27 What is your income bracket?

a) Upto �£10,000

Hope this is of some use, Bayleaf

 

1 How long have you been interested in gardening?
d) 1-4 years

2 How much time do you spend working in your garden a week?
c) 3-5 hours

3 How much time is spent in your garden as leisure?
b) 6-10 hours

4 Would you prefer to spend more time working in your garden or at leisure?
c) Happy with how time is spent

5 How much money do you spend on your garden annually?
b) �£301-500

6 How big is your garden
b) 1001-2000 sq ft (approx 101-186m�²)

7 What does the term "Organic Gardening" mean to you?
- Minimum harm to wildlife

8 Do you currently garden organically?
c) In part - Please go to question 10

10 If you do, why do you do it?
f) Other. Brought up in countryside to respect wildlife and live in harmony, wherever possible.

11 Is there anything that would make you more likely to garden organically?
a) More information/advice

12 Have you ever used any of the following services in your garden?
- None

13 Would you consider using a Garden Design Service?
b) No - Please go to question 15

15 If you WOULD NOT, Please give reasons why
- I enjoy doing it myself.

16 What factors would make you MORE likely to use a Garden Design Service?
b) To get fresh ideas

17 What factors would make You LESS likely to use a Garden Design Service?
a) Cost

18 What does the phrase "Environmentally Aware Garden Design" mean to you?
- Design sympathetic to nature

19 Would you be more or less likely to use an Environmentally Friendly Garden Design Service?
b) Neither

22 How do you think Environmentally Aware Garden Design compares with other Garden Design Services in terms of cost?
- Should be no different

23 How old are you?
f) 55-64

24 Are you
b) Male

25 What is your main occupation?
h)Retired Scientist/Accountant

26 What area do you live in?
a)North & North West

27 What is your income bracket?
- modest

 

Wow! thanks for the great response so far folks. Am extending the deadline until Sunday 15th January So keep'em coming! (and please refer anyone who you think might be interested - I can email copies if people get in touch with me via [email protected].
Cheers! :D

[ 06. January 2006, 05:00 PM: Message edited by: Bayleaf ]

 

Mine on the way - e-mail!

 

1.a
2.a
3.a
4.a
5.a
6.a
7.Grown naturally with the aid of nothing other than what nature provides.
8.a
10.d
11.a
12.No
13.c
16.c
17.a.
18.Consideration to the wildlife and enviroment.
19.a
20.Growing now,Ive been made more aware of the impact we are making on the planet so Im happy to help in any little ways I can.
22.c
23.d
24.b
25.Animal Welfare. Full time
26.b
27.b

Hope that helps and good luck!

 

Bayleaf

I Tried to open the form you sent me by E-mail but system kept crashing it....

Here goes anyway..

Section 1
1-C, 2-B, 3-B, 4-C, 5-B, 6-D,

Section 2
7- growing with out manmade additives (chemicals)
8-C, 9-XX
10-A, B, D, E & F - Thats how I was taught.
11-A, 12-No, 13-B, 14-XX,
15-Cost dont think its necessary
16-B & F, 17-A & E,
18- Non detrimental to wildlife, waterways etc.
19-B, 20-XX, 21- XX, 22-C,

Section 3
23-D, 24-A, 25-Civil Servant - Admin / Full time
26-G, 27-E.

Thanks for the opprotunity to take part.

Nic S

 

Sending mine by email Bayleaf. Probably this afternoon.

 

1=b
2=b
3=a
4=a
5=b
6=b
7 organic means using no synthetic sprays or fertilizers
8=c
10=b
11=a
12=no
13=b
15= if i cant physically do anything then i let my husband help me.
16=a
17=e
18=less chemicals, increased wildlife, more plants that need little or no watering, using plants to suit locality.
19=b
22=c
23=c
24=a
25=g lifestyle consultant full time
26a
27b