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Community Consulation Survey Greener Peebles 2026
1.
What do you feel are the benefits of the community garden, for yourself, and the wider community?
Please Tick as many as you like
Being Outdoors in Greenspace
Sense of Community
Engaging in Practical Outdoor tasks
Exercise
Learning Skills
Growing Food
Sustainable Food Choices (reduced food miles, reduced plastic waste)
Harvesting Produce to Eat
Meeting New People
Socialising
Peer Support
Sharing Knowledge and Experiences with Others
Connecting to Nature
Learning about and Enhancing Biodiversity
Environmentally Sustainable Gardening
Wellbeing
Relaxation
Open Volunteering Sessions
Volunteer Teams – Watering Rota, Maintenance & Grass Cutting
Skill Share Sessions
Community Events and Meals
‘Pick Your Own’ Events
Garden Hire
Early Years Activities – Grow Babies and Grow Kids
Family Friendly Activities
Intergenerational Activities
Mixed Ability Activities
Giving Back to a Local Cause
Contributing to Climate Action
Please comment to tell us of any other benefits you experience, or activities you enjoy in the garden which are not mentioned above
2.
Do you feel there any areas where improvement is needed within the garden?
Growing Spaces for Community Growing
Growing Spaces for Individuals to Lease (allotments, raised beds, small tunnel)
Edging of Ground Level Beds
Raised Beds
Garden Facilities, e.g. Sheds, Yurt, Toilet, Barn, Glasshouse
Tools and Equipment
Composting Facilities
Biodiversity
Signage: Growing beds labelling
Signage: General garden signage
Creative features, eg artwork
Sensory Growing Space
Seating
Accessibility
Diversity/Inclusivity
Weekend Option for Volunteer Led Gardening Session
Please comment to explain your selections, or to suggest other areas of improvement. Specific, constructive feedback helps us know what areas to target
3.
Please tell us what themes you would like to see; at gardening sessions and skill shares
Please mark as many as you are supportive for. The responses will influence which areas we will explore for future project development
Food Growing
Sharing and Demonstrating Recipes
Herbal Knowledge – Growing Plants
Herbal Knowledge – Cooking and Remedial Uses
Plant Care
Biodiversity
Permaculture
Wildlife Habitats
Bird / Bug Watches
Seed Collecting
Seed Sharing
Gardening with Sustainable Practices
Rainwater Collection
Composting
Tool Sharpening
Wellbeing activities in the garden, e.g. gentle exercise, music, mindfulness
Creative activities
Art in the garden
Crafting with natural materials
Crafting for festive decorations
Upcycling general household items
Upcycling or mending textiles
Knitting
Working with Fabrics
Climate Action Education
Annual Garden Calendar; images of our garden from the last year (available to purchase to support the community garden)
Digital skills
If you have any other ideas for themes please note them here:
4.
Do you feel your involvement in the garden is valued?
It is our ambition to welcome and value everyone who is involved in our garden.
Ways we do this include:
Thanking our volunteers, offering harvest to take home, gathering feedback, offering activities appropriate to age, ability, and interests, hosting regular gatherings and meals to socialise and celebrate together (such as Volunteers’ Week and Festive Gathering).
Please tell us if you feel valued as part of your involvement in the garden
Yes
No
I am not involved in the garden
Please comment to tell us
- If there are any other ways in which we can value and recognise the efforts of those involved in our garden
- If you would like to be involved in the garden, but are not currently involved, is there anything which would make it easier to be involved?
5.
Do you feel the support from the staff team when you take part in activities is:
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
I am not involved at the garden
Please leave a comment if you have any examples you would like to share
6.
Sharing Your Feedback
As a community garden our approach is to have our volunteers and community actively involved in decisions which matter to them.
We currently do this in the following ways:
- Ongoing Feedback: In person during sessions, anonymous suggestion box, phone and email
- Monthly Volunteer Meeting: Group discussion of garden topics and activities, opportunity to raise items for discussion
- Online Surveys; Annual Survey (every Feb), Consultation Survey with Focus Group (every 2 years, June-July)
Please tell us if you feel you have sufficient opportunities to have your say:
Yes, I am satisfied with the opportunities to give my feedback
No, I am not satisfied with the opportunities to give my feedback
I am not involved at the garden
Please comment to share
- Any other suggestions for us to gather feedback and help you have your say about the garden
- If you would like to share feedback, is there anything which would make it easier for you to do so?
7.
Would you like to be contacted to be a part of a focus group?
Thank you very much for taking part in this survey. After we have collated the responses, we would like to discuss the findings with a focus group.
Yes (please provide your email in the comments box)
No
Please share your email address if you would like to be contacted for the focus group
