Growing Heritage Survey

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This survey is a joint project by the RHS, Kew Gardens, Plant Heritage, Horticultural Trades Association, Cottage Garden Society and the Hardy Plant Society. We are trying to find out about the use of the internet by gardeners, for plant related information, and whether their requirements are being met by the available websites.

The survey is being distributed through a variety of websites, magazines and other media. Although we will be very grateful for your participation, please do not complete the survey more than once.

1. Please enter your full post code (this is used for classification purposes only)
2. Are you?	Male Female
3. Age	15-25 25-45 45-65 65-75 75+
4. Are you?	Novice gardener Experienced gardener Professional gardener Professional grower Press/journalist Horticultural student Educator Other employed in horticulture
5. Are you a member of (please tick all that apply)	RHS HPS National Trust English Heritage Plant Heritage Friend of Kew AGS PGG IOH IPPS HTA GCA IDS Plantnetwork BGEN Local Wildlife Trust BGCI Other(s)
6. Do you use the internet to find information on plants?	Daily Weekly Monthly Less than monthly Never
7. Which sites do you use? (please tick all that apply)	BBC Gardening IPNI SBI BGCI Gardeners World RHS Garden Organic NGS Kew Plant Heritage Nursery websites Google National Trust Wikipedia IOH Other (please state)
8. When you are searching for information about specific plants how often do you use the following sources of information:	Very Often Quite Often Sometimes Not very often Never Websites Gardening Books Supplier Catalogues Advisory services Magazines Other (please state)
9. Thinking specifically of using websites to find information on specific plants; how often do you use them to find the following information?	Very Often Quite Often Sometimes Not very often Never Pictures Written Descriptions Propogation Techniques Cultural Techniques Pests and Deseases Where to buy a plant Where to see a plant Import and Export Information History Correct Name
10. How frequently do you find the information you need?	Always Most of the time Sometimes Rarely Never
11. Can you list a particular piece of information you were unable to find?
12. How much do you agree with the following statement?	I trust the information I find on the internet about plants. Always Most of the time Sometimes Rarely Never

Thank you for completing this survey.
      

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