I know we’ve been over this territory before and argued ad nauseum as to whether the gardening industry is in decline or not. But let’s face a few facts before we bury our heads in the sand and choke on it.

The National Gardening Association (US) stated in their 2005 research findings that,

Fewer than half of all households (48%) did their own lawn care last year, and even fewer have a flower garden (36%) or a vegetable garden (22%). Those are the lowest numbers we have seen in the last five years.

The article then went on to make an observation for which I’m curious to discuss,

It seems that for most people today, if an activity doesn’t come with a remote control or a keyboard, they’re not really interested.

So where does garden blogging come into the picture? Most garden blogs I’ve read are by people that have their own gardens and are embracing technology as well to relate with other gardeners.

Is this is a good thing or are we actually accentuating the problem and will find more people are happy to read our blogs than actually participate in a garden themselves? Much like high-rating Home and Garden TV programs that show people how to garden but don’t translate into seeing them in the garden anymore than they normally would.

Is our society just becoming a pack of voyeurs and readers – spectators rather than doers?