2010 - 2011 California School Garden Survey
Also view 2013--14 California School Garden Survey
Life Lab, in collaboration with the California School Garden Network, conducted a 2011 survey of California School Gardens. The information gathered from this survey will help those that are creating and supporting school garden projects across the state and nation. Thanks to the 587 respondents of this survey and to UC Santa Cruz Senior Intern Gamai Gregory for taking on this project.
View survey summary prepared by UCSC Senior Intern Gamai Gregory.
Survey Questions Used
View a PDF version of all survey questions.
Raw Data (sort this data to find results for your region)
Download an Excel file of all questions and responses in one sheet.
Download an Excel file of a summary of all responses, each question in a separate sheet.
Download an Excel file of all respondents (45) who stated they do not have a garden.
Download an Excel file of a summary of all respondents (45) who stated they do not have a garden.
Note: question 15 lists the reasons for not having a garden.View and download graphs of survey questions.
2011 CA School Garden Survey Data Summaries - View Survey Monkey Data Dashboards
Instruction and AcademicsStudent Outcomes
Reasons for not having a garden
Other recent resources that looked at CA statewide school garden data prior to our survey.
Through a 2002 Statewide Survey with results published in the following: Use of School Gardens in Academic Instruction by Graham Heather, et al., Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Research Brief 37: 147-151. -2005