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Average gardeners spending

Found this line in a recent Guardian article http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/apr/23/shopping-plants-seeds-best

 "The average British household spends £47 a year on garden plants, according to research from the ". I guess there aren't many average people here then image.

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  • Aster2Aster2 Posts: 629

    I'm clearly subsidising at least ten other households!

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Don't let my OH see this.

    I tell her that I am very restrained compared with other gardeners, but I spend at least that on seeds alone.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Aster2Aster2 Posts: 629

    It would be nice to see the average spend of a household that actually does any gardening. Or at least the median spending of all households.

  • I suppose a lot of people live in flats and don't have gardens but it does seem very low!

    BTW I think your link is missing the end, steephill? This should work.

    http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/apr/23/shopping-plants-seeds-best-deals 

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    I've never been normal in my life and I'm not starting now.

  • BookertooBookertoo Posts: 1,306

    £47??   My OH would give a hollow laugh, no way - that cannot include gardeners surely.

  • £47 a year???? to quote Victoria Wood "Hollow flipping laughter"

    But then I'm not sure my siblings even know where their gardens are so maybe between the 3 of us it'd average out nicely image 

     

  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,697

    Don't add it up. It will only upset you to know how much you are all spending on your plots.

  • Lets just say I've been known to get that back in loyalty points from the garden centre........

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Compost is my biggest outlay, don't spend on plants though, maybe just the odd bargain from Morrisons.

    Someone can spend ??94.00 now and still keep the average up;)
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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