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Demographics of Our Magazine

Carolina Gardener readers are some of your best customers. They are gardening enthusiasts who use the magazine as a resource for plant information, ideas and most importantly, purchases.


Our readers are the right audience:

  • Average household income:
    • $105,110
  • Attended College:
    • 88%
  • Homeowner:
    • 98%
  • Average time per week spent in the garden:
    • 11.7 hours
  • Consider themselves to be intermediate or expert gardeners:
    • 92%

    Our readers spend money:

    94% of our readers use our magazine for product or services information.

    They spent an average of $4,954 on gardening last year.

    They visit garden centers an average of 4.4 times/month during the growing season and 1.5 times/month during the off-season.

    77% are willing to travel at least 30-60 miles to visit a garden center/nursery they have never been to before.


    Percentage of our readers planning to purchase in the next 12 months:

    • 90% Amendments, Mulches or Soil
    • 89% Flowers, Trees or Shrubs
    • 78% Seeds or Bulbs
    • 77% Chemicals, Fertilizers or Pesticides
    • 72% Vegetables, Herbs or Fruit
    • 60% Wildlife Items
    • 49% Tools or Equipment
    • 47% Statuary, Ornaments or other Garden Art

    Source: 2009 State-by-State Gardening Reader Survey


    To place an ad or request a media kit, call (888) 265-3600, or contact:
    Kathy Hogrefe at kathyh@carolinagardener.com.

    Garden Tips

    • Sidedress eggplants, peppers and tomatoes with a nitrogen fertilizer after they have set their first fruit.

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