What Type Of Gardener Are You? This Quiz Will Help Find Your Gardening Persona

Do you have a green finger or are you far from houseplants, seeds and gardens? Take this quiz to see how your skills are progressing.

How excited are you to make a trip to the garden center? Do you know how zucchini grows? How confident do you feel when it comes to growing plants from seeds?

This comes after a study of 2,000 adults found that Britons contracted the garden virus at the age of 26.

Despite the “being older” cliché, young people are loving it again: 56% see it as a boon for their mental health.

Others enjoy gardening because plants can bring a home or garden to life (63%) or find it therapeutic to watch something grow.

And 66% want to grow more fruits and vegetables from seeds and plants for food.

But many feel that lack of time (39%), lack of space (37%) and lack of knowledge (35%) prevent them from being more interested in gardening.

One in four people say they don't have the right equipment to grow successfully, and 23% are too afraid of bugs and spiders to get their hands dirty.

The spokesman for the seed and plant manufacturer Mr. Fothergill, who commissioned the study, said: "Gardening and growing from seed can be very rewarding and good for your health as great people get stuck at such a young age."

“But many feel that obstacles stand in their way, including a lack of open space.

“However, this is not the case, as many things can be grown indoors with little effort.

The study also found that 47% of respondents believe there is something "special" about eating homemade food.

Carrots (27 percent), onions (22 percent) and peppers (21 percent) are among the ten most grown vegetables.

According to OnePoll.com, 64% would rather grow their own vegetables than buy them from a supermarket.

The main reasons for this were the desire to make sure it was the freshest product (67%), the benefits of tracking its condition, and knowing exactly where it came from (both 61%).

But for those who feel held back by the lack of outdoor space, 47% have tried to grow something on their windowsill.

And of those, 79% believe their efforts have been successful.

Television gardener David Domoney, who leads Mr. Fothergill's window sill campaign to encourage new people to grow vegetables at home and save money, said: "Growing plants on a window sill is a first gardening experience for many people.

“As we gain experience growing plants indoors, our window sills fill up with a variety of plants that brighten our homes and purify the air.

“There are many benefits of growing plants at home, including providing the family with fresh, healthy, and tasty produce, the excitement at the first sign of germination, and the sheer joy of watching them grow before our eyes.

“Growing and caring for plants has significant mental health benefits, and the vitamin-rich taste of freshly picked and home-grown foods is also good for physical health.”

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