Gardeners will spend more time adding a splash of exotic colour or relaxing in their garden during 2009 if they manage to stick to their New Year Resolutions.
Quizzed by Mower Magic, over 1,000 visitors to the online garden machinery superstore, said they had made a gardening-related New Year’s Resolution.
The most common commitment for 2009 was to spend more time actually enjoying their outdoor space rather than working in it. Cutting down on the time taken on mundane chores, such as mowing the lawn or weeding came second, with increasing the number hours spent tending to the garden in third.
As well as time-orientated commitments, Britain’s gardeners also want to improve their outdoor environment both for wildlife and themselves. Relaying or improving the patio, removing a neglected or weathered garden feature and increasing the garden’s appeal to wildlife featured prominently in the poll as did increasing the privacy of one’s backyard.
“The survey was intended to be a bit of fun but I think it reveals quite a lot about UK gardeners,” says mowermagic.co.uk Managing Director, John Hall. “People want to spend more time enjoying the garden and less time on mundane things like mowing or weeding. They also want to make their garden more welcoming, not just for them, their friends and family but also for wildlife, such as bees and birds. With house prices falling and the property marketing slowing down, I think we’ll see more and more people deciding to improve rather than move and I think this will mean a lot of our customers actually stick to their New Year Resolutions.”
A full range of time-saving and useful garden gadgets to help gardeners stick to their resolutions can be found at mowermagic.co.uk
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Note to editors:
1,206 visitors to mowermagic.co.uk responded to the online poll, asking if a) they had made a garden related New Year’s Resolution and b) if they had done, what was it?
To survey was conduced during November and December 2008
The Top Ten answers were:
1. Spend more time in the garden relaxing
2. Spend less time doing mundane chores
3. Spend more time gardening
4. Redesign my garden
5. Relay or improve the patio
6. Remove a garden feature
7. Make it more wildlife friendly
8. Recycle more / buy a composter
9. Introduce more colourful / exotic planting
10. Increase the privacy in garden
