Each month, through a poll of Americans that is focused on park and recreation issues, NRPA Park Pulse will help to tell the park and recreation story. Questions span from the serious to the more lighthearted, and with this month’s poll, we asked Americans:

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement: How valuable, if at all, would it be fore children to have access to community gardens,where they can learn more about where food comes from?

Children’s Access to Community Gardens Important 

92% of Americans think it’s valuable for children to have access to community gardens where they can learn more about where food comes from.

More than 3 in 4 Americans think children’s access to community gardens is very or extremely valuable.

The strongest supporters include:  

Millennials (81 percent)
African-Americans (80 percent)
Women (80 percent)
Parents (80 percent)

The National Recreation and Park Association Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research among 1,004 nationally representative Americans adults ages 18+, between March 19th and March 23rd, 2018, using an email invitation and an online survey. Quotas have been set to ensure reliable and accurate representation of the U.S. adult population 18 and older.