Have you ever wondered where "gardening" has fitted into the psyche of societies fabric? Is it an important part of our life? And, if it is,how does it compare with other things that also seem important?

Where am I going with this? Imagine you pick up the latest copy of New Idea and on the front cover is a picture of a celebrity gardener (I don't know...let's say it's Kerri). Or on the front cover of Ralph is Trey standing in front of his nursery holding a couple of new release annuals.

Mmmh...

It doesn't seem to be that gardening, although many people enjoy it, has a high profile in the media. But then I ran some queries at BlogPulse to see where gardening actually stands. Take a look at this;

Blogpulse tracks all blogs and their posts and this graph shows what people have been posting about for the past 6 months. Gardening, while not written about as much as President Bush (#4 on their Key People list), is actually as popular as Paris Hilton. That's right...Paris Hilton...the little spoilt upstart who everyone talks about gets just as much attention as gardening does.

So there you have it fellow gardeners...our hobby is important (that's only if you were ever in doubt!!!)