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Is gardening becoming a relic leisure activity?

gardener gardening leisureThis article from the Rocky Mountain News suggests that gardening as a leisure activity could be in the decline. The demands of a quickening pace of life plus the limited size of garden plots is keeping people away from gardening as a leisure activity.

It's not as though people don't want gardens, they just don't want to do it themselves. They want all the outdoor entertaining which includes a low-maintenance garden and are more prepared for contractors to do it for them.

Will gardens still be around in the year 2050?



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Posted by Stuart on April 29, 2006 8:28 AM | | Check to Subscribe to this Comment:


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I think that part of the problem is that people fear gardening. I think these days, in the whole world of "keeping up with the Jones", people feel that unless they have a perfect garden it is not worth doing. And of course a perfect garden requires a full time gardener and small team of garden specalists.

I think we have already seen a huge decline in home gardens in the past few decades. I think that is why so many schools have integrated gardens into the curriculum.

Will home gardens be around in 2050? Yes, of course. There are always those of us who just want a really good heirloom tomato. ;)

Posted by: Hanna - Cleveland, Ohio Gardener | April 30, 2006 10:52 PM

Interesting post and article, Stu. Sadly, it looks like people are going down this path, even in Victoria (used to be called The Garden State).

Posted by: Val | May 1, 2006 12:51 PM

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