Dorset Country Gardener September 2018

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WIN one of five NIWAKI SECATEURS in our 2018 readership survey draw

ask readers to let us know their views on the Every four or five years at Country Gardener we cing the best magazine possible magazine. It is part of our efforts to go on produ you to topics you would like us to cover, how easy it is for We want to learn more about your interests, what find the magazine and any other views you have. ki GR Lightweight secateurs – Japanese made, worth As an incentive, we have five sets of high quality Niwa £60, which set the standard for quality and value.

into a prize draw, from which five Every readership survey form we receive will go of secateurs. lucky reader’s names will be drawn to win a pair

Firstly a few questions about you: 1. Which age group are you? £ 18-25 £ 26-35 £ 36-45 £ 46-55 £ 55-65 £ 66-75 £ Over 75 2. Do you have any children under the age of 16? £ Yes £ No Now a few questions about your own garden and gardening: 3. What size of garden do you have? £ Small -1-2,000 sq ft £ Medium- 2-4,000 sq ft £ Large-10,000 sq ft £ More than half an acre 4. Do you grow your own fruit or vegetables? £ Yes £ No 5. Which of the following would you expect to buy in the next 12 months? £ Garden Plants £ Garden Accessories £ Garden tools (power) £ Garden tools (hand) £ Vegetable seeds £ Compost £ Bird feed/ wildlife product £ Shed/greenhouse/other garden building etc 6. Do you have or plan to have a pond or water feature in your garden? £ Yes £ No 7. Which services may be of interest to you in 2019? £ Tool or plant hire £ Landscaping £ Garden design £ Fencing £ Tree surgery £ General gardening help- lawn mowing, garden tidying 8. How often do you use garden centre cafes/restaurants? £ Every visit £ Most visits £ Some visits £ Never 9. How important is it to you to know about gardening services/ products which are available locally to you? £ Very important £ Quite important £ Not important A few questions about getting hold of a copy of Country Gardener and reading it: 10. How often do you see Country Gardener? £ Every issue £ Quite often-once every two or three issues £ Very occasionally 11. Typically how many people read your copy of the magazine beside you? £ No one else £ 1 to 3 people £ More than three 12. Has reading Country Gardener resulted in you: £ Visiting a garden featured in the magazine £ Buying a product advertised in the magazine £ Telling someone about a product advertised in Country Gardener £ Contacting an advertiser £ Buying a particular plant £ Keeping an advert or article for future reference for a long term project 13. Do you read any other gardening magazines regularly? £ No, mainly just Country Gardener £ Occasionally £ Frequently 14. Listed below are some of the regular features in Country Gardener. Tick the features which most appeal to you: £ Jobs for the Month £ Classified advertising £ Local gardening news £ Plant profiles £ Readers stories £ Garden Visits £ Time Off information on local events Some questions about the internet and our online information: 15. Do you use the internet? £ Yes £ No

16. Do you use the internet to search for: Garden products: £ Never £ Occasionally £ Frequently Local services: £ Never £ Occasionally £ Frequently Places to visit: £ Never £ Occasionally £ Frequently 17. Do you use: Facebook £ Yes £ No

Twitter £ Yes £ No

18. How often do you visit our website www.countrygardener.co.uk? £ Never £ Occasionally £ Frequently 19. How often do you use the internet as a result of reading something in Country Gardener Magazine? £ Never £ Occasionally £ Frequently Finally some last questions about getting out and about: 20. How often do you visit an open garden during the year? £ Very occasionally £ Three or four times £ Four to eight times £ Above eight times 21. Do you travel far to visit a garden? £ Only visit local gardens £ Travel out of the county £ Travel longer distances 22. How often do you visit a garden centre or nursery? £ Once a week £ Once a month £ Less frequently £ Never 23. Which of the following are you a member of: £ RHS £ National Trust £ RSPB £ Wildlife Trust £ English Heritage £ Soil Association £ Local gardening club £ Others ___________________ 24. Which of the following would you like to hear about: £ RHS Chelsea Flower Show £ Hampton Court Show £ County show £ Gardening holidays £ Garden lectures £ Malvern Show £ Toby Buckland Garden Festivals £ Others ___________________ 25. Are there any issues, topics, or themes that you’d like to see in upcoming issues of Country Gardener? ................................................................. .................................................................

Thank you for taking time to fill in this questionnaire. If you wish to enter the Country Gardener Reader Survey prize draw then fill in the coupon and return to: Mount House, Halse, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 3AD. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................... ..................................................... Postcode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prize draw only available for UK residents

Return your completed survey by Friday 28th September.

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