• Garden Maintenance Plan Survey

    This is a tool to help you understand what you are doing well in your garden, and where you may need extra support

  • Who is your gardener

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  • 2. How often are you working in your garden?
  • 3. How would you rank your skills and knowledge on the following?
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  • 4. What are your favorite garden maintenance tasks?
  • 5. What are your least favorite garden maintenance tasks?
  • 6. Would you work in the garden more if you were more confident with your skills?
  • 8. Do you have paid assistance?

  • What's in your garden

  • 9. What plant material is in your garden? Select all that apply
  • 11. What additional features, elements, or specific goals — the kind that shape maintenance needs and approaches — do you already have in place or want to add?

  • Pests, Diseases and Challenging Conditions

  • 12. Do you have significant pest and/or disease pressures?
  • 12a. If yes, please check all that apply
  • 13. If diseases are a factor, which types?

  • Check what diseases you may be dealing with here: UC IPM. The most common in the extended Bay Area are Downy Mildew, Fire Blight, Black Spot, Rust, and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. 

  • 14. If insects are a factor, which types?

  • Check what pests you may be dealing with here: UC IPM. The most common in the extended Bay Area are Aphids, Mealy Bugs, Spider Mites, and Thrips. 

  • 15. If vertebrate pests are a factor, which types?

  • Check what pests you may be dealing with here: UC IPM. The most common in the extended Bay Area are Pocket Gophers, Birds, and Ground Squirrels. 

  • 16a. If yes, select all that apply
  • 17. Does your garden experience any of the following external environmental factors that may contribute to plant or gardener stress?

  • Weather and Exposure

  • 18. Do you get frost?
  • 19. When is your typical first frost date?
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    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
  • 20. Is it a sustained frost?
  • 21. What is your typical last frost date?
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    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
  • 22. Do you get fog cover?
  • 23. When does your garden experience sun? Select all that apply

  • Where your garden is located

  • USDA Hardiness Zone Map

    Northern California USDA Hardiness Zone Map

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  • American Horticultural Society Heat Index Map

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  • 31. Is your garden site inland or coastal?

  • Garden expenses

  • 33. Do you have a budget in place for your garden?
  • 33a. If yes, please mark the all of following that your budget includes:
  • 34. How often do you purchase the following materials for your garden?
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