Hi Hoe! It's off to work we go.

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1. Introduction.
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Hi Hoe is a gardeners' collective in East London. We are designing an affordable base for working gardeners. Our ideas include: a members' workshop, large tools share, individual storage lockers and space for seeding, growing on, composting. Maybe retail space, plus an area for socials and wellbeing, training and skills share at the back. That’s our dream! Sound good, do you want a piece?

If so, please answer the questions below. This survey takes 5-6 minutes.

Evidence of demand will help us to raise investment.

1. What do you do? Please tick all that apply.

2. Tools & Equipment. Here's a range of large tools we want to acquire to share. Please tick those you would use and add anything we missed at the end.

3. Premises/Business Services. If we group together to make it cheaper would you like any of the following? Please tick all that apply.

4. Crew! Would you like to join a pool - where Gardeners could crew up, recommend each other, bring on new Gardeners, identify training and health & safety needs then put on workshops?

(There are guilds and associations already, often just company directories, rather than Gardeners helping other Gardeners - which is what we mean.)

Yes
No

Any more ideas on what a labour pool should include? Please say below:

5. Do you have any specialisms or particular growing style?

Anything else? EG a particular plant or plant family. Please say in the box

6. Training. Are there any areas you need to learn about? Please specify in box below.

7. Cargo bikes. Would you be interested in sharing a cargo bike?

Yes
No
If Yes, please add make/model preferences or design ideas

8. Vehicles. Would you be interested in sharing

	Regularly, would book it most weeks	Occasionally, would book it now and then
Small van - estate size	Small van - estate size Regularly, would book it most weeks	Small van - estate size Occasionally, would book it now and then
Larger van - transit size	Larger van - transit size Regularly, would book it most weeks	Larger van - transit size Occasionally, would book it now and then

9. Plant waste, plant miles. We produce a lot of waste. If we set up storage and resale for unwanted plants/planters, soil, pots, pavers, etc, would you use it?

Yes
No

Anything we left out?

10. Substrate - top soil, soil conditioners, grit, sand etc. We want to address the problem of small quantities of expensive supplies sold in millions of plastic bags. Would you use a local bulk order site?

Yes
No

Any comment?

11. Do you already belong to any Professional Gardening Association, Union or Collective?

Yes
No
Informal swaps / sharing arrangment
How could belonging to a Gardeners' Collective help you?

12. How long have you been gardening professionally?

What got you into gardening?