Polish accession to the European Union resulted in the necessity to adapt the system of agrarian statistics by the Central Statistical Office [GUS] to the Eurostat classification. The results of the National Agricultural Census of 2010 can be used to conduct a quantitative analysis and spatial differentiation study of kitchen gardens – a form of management of arable land within agricultural holdings. It has been concluded that kitchen gardens are present in 18.6% of all agricultural holdings in Poland and occupy 44.2 thousand ha (0.40% of all arable land). On average, this form of land management spreads over the area of 10 ares, 28.1% of which are dedicated for the cultivation of potatoes; 43.5% for other vegetables; 8.0% for strawberries; and 20.3% for other crops. A pronounced spatial differentiation has been observed with reference to natural, historical and urban conditions.