Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Gardening

The Google product category ID for Gardening is 2962. It sits under Lawn & Garden and has 18 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 18 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.

Category ID: 2962
Direct subcategories: 18
Categories below it in total: 44
Depth, on a branch that runs 5: 3 / 5
Others at this level: 5
Parent category: Lawn & Garden
Taxonomy version: 2021-09-21
Sent in your feed as: google_product_category

Where this sits in the taxonomy

Measured by how much sits beneath them, Gardening is the largest of the 6 categories under Lawn & Garden, with 44 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.

GardeningComposting Compost

The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Compost (690) on level 5: Gardening › Composting › Compost. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.

Every category at the same level as Gardening, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Outdoor Living	2918	10	28	3
Gardening — this page	2962	18	44	2
Watering & Irrigation	3568	8	10	2
Outdoor Power Equipment	3798	15	19	2
Outdoor Power Equipment Accessories	4564	11	37	2
Snow Removal	5362	2	2	1

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (2962) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 18 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.

Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.

In your feed, it looks like this

Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.

products.csv3 of your columns

id	title	google_product_category
SKU-1001	Your product title	2962
SKU-1001	Your product title	Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening

This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 2962, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Gardening

18 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.

They are not the same size. Gardening Tools (3173) is the largest with 13 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Gardening sits under that one name. 6 of the 18 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 12 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.

Categories beneath each one6 with anything below

Gardening Tools13 Composting3 Gardening Accessories3 Gardening Tool Accessories3 Sands & Soils2 Landscape Fabric Accessories2

Questions about Gardening

What is the Google product category ID for Gardening?

2962. The full path, "Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.

Should I use Gardening or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Gardening has 18 directly below it, starting with Composting (4085), Disease Control (691), Fertilizers (113), and 44 in total further down. 2962 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.

Where does Gardening sit in the taxonomy?

At level 3, under Lawn & Garden (689). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Lawn & Garden → Gardening. If your product does not belong under Lawn & Garden, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Gardening is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Lawn & Garden first — there are 5 other categories at this level: Outdoor Living (2918), Outdoor Power Equipment (3798), Outdoor Power Equipment Accessories (4564), Snow Removal (5362), Watering & Irrigation (3568). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Lawn & Garden (689) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.

How much more specific can I get than Gardening?

2 levels more. The longest route down from Gardening is Gardening > Composting > Compost, ending at Compost (690) on level 5. Not every branch below Gardening runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Gardening compared with the categories next to it?

It is the largest of the 6 at its level, carrying 44 categories below it. Inside it, Gardening Tools (3173) is the biggest branch with 13 beneath it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.

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