SIMPLE TO ENTER DATA, POWERFUL TO USE
Contribute to the public horticulture industry’s understanding of itself, improve the Association’s advocacy of the industry, and gain insight into how your garden performs relative to your peers.
What We’ve learned
As part of the Association’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Benchmarking data allowed us to estimate that the public horticulture industry was losing $3M per day in our government advocacy efforts. This estimate was confirmed by survey responses that showed the real number was $3.2M.
Over 121 Million people visit public gardens every year – 1 out of 6 people within a 25 mile radius visited a reporting garden.
Over 80,000 acres in North America are covered by Association member gardens and arboreta.
Over 5 million visitors received education instruction at member gardens – including over 2 million schoolchildren in grades K-5.
Over 205,000 volunteers donated over 8.7 million hours to gardens.
Find out what our data tells us about the “Median Public Garden”
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
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POWERFUL TESTIMONIALS
Don’t just take our word it, hear first-hand what garden leaders are saying about this simple to use, seriously powerful tool.
“Aggregate data tells the powerful story about public gardens… You can establish baseline potentials: what fundraising could be; what attendance should be; what staffing levels are appropriate.”
– Kara Newport
CEO, Filoli Center
“Benchmarking shows not only what we’re best at, but also where there’s room for improvement to help the bottom line… Without Benchmarking, it’s a lot more work for a lot more people.”
– Stephanie Jutila
Executive Director, Toronto Botanical Garden
“Click one button and you can have your own slide deck tailored to your garden.”
– Brian Vogt
CEO, Denver Botanic Gardens