Benchmarking Studies

Start Today! Garden Data | Compensation & Benefits | Conservation & Biodiversity

Contribute to the public horticulture sector's understanding of itself, improve the Association's advocacy of the industry, and gain insight into how your garden performs relative to your peers.

SIMPLE TO ENTER DATA, SERIOUSLY POWERFUL TO USE

SHARE - enter your garden's data. Share as much as you'd like (your data is confidential and only shown in aggregate form with five or more gardens).
COMPARE - use the filtering tools to generate reports that compare your garden with peers in your region and across the country.
BE AWARE - keep up to date with industry trends based on the data provided by you and 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 FY2019-20 data tells us about the "Median Public Garden" here.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Start Today! Garden Data | Compensation & Benefits | Conservation & Biodiversity

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

If you have further questions about access, contact us at info@publicgardens.org.