From MGABC (Master Gardeners Association of BC [British Columbia]), 1001 Weird Facts for Canadian Gardeners

Mexico's first botanical garden

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Three out of four people in Europe garden, half of whom spend more than two hours a week planting, harvesting, mowing or weeding. These are the findings of a representative survey conducted by market researchers Yougov on behalf of online retailer Galaxus in the DACH region as well as in France and Italy. Austrians have the greenest thumbs: as many as eight out of ten people here garden.

In four out of ten cases, the garden is right on the doorstep, while one in ten respondents have turned their balcony or terrace into a green oasis. Allotment gardens are more or less popular depending on the country: while 12 per cent of the population in Germany and Austria each lease a plot, the figure is only 3 per cent in France and Italy.

The Germans and especially the Austrians are also the ones who spend the most time in the garden: In the season from March to October, more than a third garden for at least three hours a week. In Switzerland, around 18 per cent of respondents spend this much time on their green spaces. There are hardly any differences between the sexes, but there are differences between the age groups: The older someone is, the more likely he or she is to have time for and a desire to garden.description