Capital Growth Member Survey 2026

Help us paint a picture of community food growing in London

We want to get a better sense of what's going on in London’s food growing scene: the challenges you are facing, the successes and the people who use and benefit from your site.

This survey is also an opportunity to tell us what's working well in the support we provide, where you need additional help, and what you would like us to focus on in the future so we can better support you and other food-growing projects across London.

Your response is confidential, so we'll only share collated data, not individual information. All information will be kept private and held securely by Sustain. By submitting this information you are agreeing to the use of your data in accordance with our privacy policy and also letting us use anonymised quotes from your answers in any reports we may publish.

This survey is designed to be completed by Capital Growth’s members.

Question Title

1. You & your garden (Required.)

Name

Garden/Org Name

Borough

Question Title

2. Are you completing this form as a (Required.)

Volunteer / local resident / unpaid grower

Someone who is paid to be involved

Other (please specify)

Question Title

3. What type of garden are you involved with? (Required.)

Community garden

School garden

Allotment site

Communal plot

Farm / growing enterprise

Home garden

Orchard / forest garden

City farm

Other (please specify)

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4. How many of the following categories of people have been regularly involved in your project over the last year?
(if not sure, please estimate and if not applicable leave blank) (Required.)

Volunteers (existing)

Volunteers (new)

Paid workers

Trainees

Corporate volunteers

School pupils (as part of a school activity)

Other

Question Title

5. How would you rate your garden efforts to:
Support biodiversity
(creating habitats, pollinator-friendly planting, leaving messy bits etc) (Required.)

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

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6. Monitor biodiversity
(running Big City Bug Hunts, taking part in City Nature Challenge or RSPB Birdwatch, using monitoring apps like iNaturalist, Merlin etc) (Required.)

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Other (please specify)

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7. Follow organic gardening principles
(using natural methods to build soil fertility and manage pests and weeds without harmful chemicals) (Required.)

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

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8. Represent your local community or a target group e.g. young people
(involving a wide range of people in your garden activities and decision-making) (Required.)

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Question Title

9. Improve the health and wellbeing of your volunteers and visitors
(providing accessible spaces, leading therapeutic activities, supporting volunteers with additional needs) (Required.)

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Poor

Making progress

Excellent

N/A

Capital Growth Member Survey 2026

Help us paint a picture of community food growing in London

Question Title

* 1. You & your garden (Required.)

Question Title

* 2. Are you completing this form as a (Required.)

Question Title

* 3. What type of garden are you involved with? (Required.)

Question Title

* 4. How many of the following categories of people have been regularly involved in your project over the last year?(if not sure, please estimate and if not applicable leave blank) (Required.)

Question Title

* 5. How would you rate your garden efforts to:Support biodiversity(creating habitats, pollinator-friendly planting, leaving messy bits etc) (Required.)

Question Title

* 6. Monitor biodiversity(running Big City Bug Hunts, taking part in City Nature Challenge or RSPB Birdwatch, using monitoring apps like iNaturalist, Merlin etc) (Required.)

Question Title

* 7. Follow organic gardening principles(using natural methods to build soil fertility and manage pests and weeds without harmful chemicals) (Required.)

Question Title

* 8. Represent your local community or a target group e.g. young people(involving a wide range of people in your garden activities and decision-making) (Required.)

Question Title

* 9. Improve the health and wellbeing of your volunteers and visitors(providing accessible spaces, leading therapeutic activities, supporting volunteers with additional needs) (Required.)

1. You & your garden (Required.)

2. Are you completing this form as a (Required.)

3. What type of garden are you involved with? (Required.)

4. How many of the following categories of people have been regularly involved in your project over the last year?
(if not sure, please estimate and if not applicable leave blank) (Required.)

5. How would you rate your garden efforts to:
Support biodiversity
(creating habitats, pollinator-friendly planting, leaving messy bits etc) (Required.)

6. Monitor biodiversity
(running Big City Bug Hunts, taking part in City Nature Challenge or RSPB Birdwatch, using monitoring apps like iNaturalist, Merlin etc) (Required.)

7. Follow organic gardening principles
(using natural methods to build soil fertility and manage pests and weeds without harmful chemicals) (Required.)

8. Represent your local community or a target group e.g. young people
(involving a wide range of people in your garden activities and decision-making) (Required.)

9. Improve the health and wellbeing of your volunteers and visitors
(providing accessible spaces, leading therapeutic activities, supporting volunteers with additional needs) (Required.)