Grow 73 Community Garden

Your community garden needs you!

Hello,

The purpose of this short questionnaire is to measure the level of local support for a community garden in Rutherglen.

Grow 73, a local community group, want to establish a community garden in Overtoun Park: a place where all generations can work and learn together to grow fruit, vegetables and plants. A place to meet new friends, learn new skills and to help create a fantastic space for everyone in our community.

We need your input to make this happen! This questionnaire aims to identify what kind of activities and facilities you would like to access in a community garden and what benefits you think you may experience from using it.

The questionnaire is for individuals of all ages, as well as groups and organisations who are located in the Rutherglen & Cambuslang area and the more responses we receive the better - so please take a little time (about 5 minutes) to fill in the questionnaire and let us know what you think. If you are an organisation, please answer on behalf of your user group.

All information will be treated confidentially. The results of the questionnaire will be used in Grow 73's discussions with South Lanarkshire Council, in our funding applications and to help develop the community garden project.

If you would like further information on Grow 73 we are on...

Web www.grow73.org

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Twitter @Grow_73

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Thanks for your support. Let's get started!!

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* 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself. Are you:

an individual

an individual with a child/children under the age of 16 years

a local organisiation or service provider

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your age?

Under 12

Under 18

18 - 29

30 - 44

45 - 59

60+

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* 3. A community garden is a piece of land gardened by a group of people in a friendly and social environment. Would you agree that Rutherglen would benefit from such a garden?

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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* 4. For growing plants in the community garden, which of the following options would you be MOST interested in?

your own plot or raised bed

a shared raised bed and communal gardening

both of the above

neither of the above

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please choose the FIVE activities you would MOST like to have access to:

Learning how to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs

Green Gym exercise class (gardening to keep fit)

Social events e.g. The Big Lunch, Festive Singalong

Children's Gardening Club - preschool (2 to 4 years)

Children's Gardening Club - primary school age (5 to 12 years)

Children's Gardening Club - secondary school age (12 to 16 year)

Creative workshops eg. Christmas wreath making, art in the park

Cooking & foraging classes

Developing & supporting local biodiversity e.g. planting wildflowers, making bug hotels, bird cakes etc

Composting (e.g. creating a wormery)

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* 6. Which THREE of the following facilities would you MOST like to see in the community garden in addition to raised beds/plots for growing?

Community orchard

Composting facilities

Toilets

Cafe with covered social/picnic area

Children's area

Secure shed/storage area

Polytunnel for year round growing

Therapeutic/healing garden e.g. herbs

Pond

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* 7. Please rank the following outcomes of taking part in a community garden in the order you think would provide you with the most benefit (ranking 1 the most benefit to 6 the least benefit).

Experiencing improved health through physical exercise

Relaxation and de-stressing

Socialising and making new friends

Learning a new skill e.g. how to grow your own food & plants

Eating more healthily by growing & eating your own locally grown produce.

Tackling climate change by growing & eating your own locally grown produce.

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* 8. Which THREE of the following products would you MOST like to see available to buy at the community garden?

Fresh fruit

Fresh veg

Freshly squeezed apple juice

Jams & chutneys

Seeds & seedlings

Compost

Herbs

Potted trees e.g. Christmas Trees

Potted plants & bulbs

Hot soup & drinks

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* 9. Community Gardens can play a part in us learning to live more sustainably. Please rank the following activities in the order of most interest to you (1 being the most interesting, and 6 being the least interesting)

Reducing food miles by learning how to grow your own fruit & vegetables

Reducing food waste through cookery classes

Developing biodiversity in the Rutherglen area to support pollinators

Tackling pollution through increasing green space and plant growing

Learning about recycling and upcycling

Learning about composting

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* 10. How often do you think you would use a community garden in Rutherglen? Tick as many as apply...

Daily basis

Once or twice per week

Evenings

Weekends

During the growing season (March to October) only

Winter season (November to Feb) (Social activities, some growing, tidy & planning sessions)

All year round

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* 11. Where do you live?

Rutherglen

Cambuslang

Other (please specify)