I was chatting with a few colleagues this morning and the topic of gardening came up. Curious as to whether there was more interest in gardening this year as food prices are rising, a search on google trends commenced.

As the graph above reveals, google searches for “gardening” are highly seasonal, peaking in April and May each year. Also interesting is the apparent downward trend in searches for gardening since 2004. The downward trend was disrupted by COVID-19. In 2020, searches for gardening peaked in April and May at levels that hadn’t been seen in at least a decade. In 2022, we appear to be leveling off below the last two years.