An examination about structure of consciousness of open gardeners

Open garden started at the Britain in 1927, which are mainly administered in The National Gardens Scheme Charitable Trust now. Recently, Open Garden is spreading in Japan. In spite of its popularity, their structure of consciousness is not still obvious. So, it's important to clear the structure of consciousness and rating of open gardener, as fundamental reference data for considering the planning, improvement and administration of a vitalization of community. In this paper, the aim of this study is to examine about structure of consciousness and evaluation of open gardeners. The focus of research is quantifying consciousness, resistant, and fear of residents. An investigation method is a questionnaire to residents. An analysis method clarifies structure of consciousness and evaluation with the factor analysis and the covariance structural analysis. The analysis results showed that structure of consciousness consist of six factors, and obtain high evaluation of open gardeners.