Retail Sales Household Participation Lawn Garden Activities

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Table 1241

Retail Sales and Household Participation in Lawn and Garden Activities

For calendar year (12,026 represents $12,026,000,000). Based on national household sample survey conducted by the Gallup Organization. Subject to sampling variability; see source

NOTE: SHOW LATEST YEARS ONLY PER SOURCE REQUEST http://www.garden.org

		1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Retail Sales and Household Participation in Lawn and Garden Activities¹
Container Gardening	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	(NA)⁴	12	12	11	11	15	13	9	11	12	12	10	11	11	15	18	22	23
Container Gardening	Retail Sales²	(NA)⁴	39	305	235	240	359	330	239	441	359	377	387	558	783	1,020	1,257	1,202	1,362
Flower Bulbs	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	19	24	27	24	23	31	26	23	22	28	21	21	21	21	23	28	31	29
Flower Bulbs	Retail Sales²	275	431	456	396	478	579	520	503	453	635	377	521	573	579	657	912	1,188	1,191
Flower Gardening	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	41	44	43	42	41	48	41	39	39	44	38	37	38	39	45	45	43	41
Flower Gardening	Retail Sales²	1,259	1,519	1,777	1,679	1,857	2,275	2,302	2,167	2,396	3,147	2,107	2,987	3,404	3,965	3,976	4,167	3,926	3,131
Fruit Trees	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	17	17	18	16	14	19	15	13	13	14	11	12	11	10	13	13	15	12
Fruit Trees	Retail Sales²	271	382	292	416	287	502	371	350	759	389	241	349	455	301	264	284	748	695
Growing Berries	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	7	8	9	8	7	9	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	7
Growing Berries	Retail Sales²	41	50	95	57	73	79	90	62	126	85	55	90	60	82	87	147	227	171
Herb Gardening	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	(NA)⁴	6	7	5	7	9	9	7	8	10	8	9	8	7	11	12	14	15
Herb Gardening	Retail Sales²	(NA)⁴	310	46	50	58	84	161	135	175	112	140	144	168	146	185	204	413	444
Indoor Houseplants	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	42	41	41	41	37	43	42	34	31	37	30	31	29	29	32	39	46	44
Indoor Houseplants	Retail Sales²	706	826	1,105	819	822	928	852	926	689	999	864	791	1,107	1,159	1,270	1,332	1,784	2,128
Insect Control	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	27	33	30	32	29	39	35	27	24	28	24	24	21	22	23	27	33	32
Insect Control	Retail Sales²	653	992	979	880	1,052	1,370	1,260	1,593	1,080	1,127	1,049	1,734	1,342	1,671	1,214	1,232	2,058	2,281
Landscaping	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	23	22	24	22	22	31	26	22	24	26	20	22	23	22	25	30	37	34
Landscaping	Retail Sales²	2,125	2,176	2,921	2,356	2,605	3,837	4,828	4,444	5,006	5,797	5,524	3,964	6,153	6,435	8,585	6,809	6,310	8,854
Lawn Care	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	64	58	59	58	57	66	62	54	54	56	53	47	45	47	43	50	56	55
Lawn Care	Retail Sales²	3,898	4,317	5,449	5,342	5,660	6,412	6,890	7,460	6,446	8,417	7,621	6,925	6,366	8,543	8,986	9,794	12,672	11,963
Ornamental Gardening	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	7	6	8	6	5	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	8	9	8
Ornamental Gardening	Retail Sales²	146	166	471	191	266	268	264	235	290	264	144	158	251	333	464	519	756	580
Raising Transplants³	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	11	13	15	11	11	15	12	8	10	11	8	8	7	7	12	11	12	12
Raising Transplants³	Retail Sales²	208	131	249	122	139	181	141	169	201	182	187	238	383	160	302	334	291	262
Retail Sales²	Total	12,026	14,206	17,491	15,518	16,285	20,802	22,134	22,824	22,410	25,897	22,242	22,519	26,639	30,188	33,519	33,404	37,734	39,635
Shrub Care	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	30	31	33	34	29	38	32	27	28	30	25	25	24	25	29	31	30	27
Shrub Care	Retail Sales²	699	659	840	853	844	1,099	1,030	1,437	1,274	1,133	774	1,059	1,441	1,635	1,376	1,429	1,298	1,072
Tree Care	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	20	24	25	23	23	31	27	20	21	22	17	20	18	18	20	23	25	26
Tree Care	Retail Sales²	795	845	1,253	1,140	886	1,445	1,443	1,664	2,011	1,408	1,002	1,362	1,892	1,733	1,732	1,872	2,121	2,790
Vegetable Gardening	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	37	38	33	34	32	37	31	31	26	31	28	26	23	24	29	27	25	25
Vegetable Gardening	Retail Sales²	950	1,363	1,253	982	1,026	1,384	1,652	1,440	1,063	1,476	1,359	1,341	1,914	2,006	2,595	2,169	1,535	1,270
Water Gardening	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	5	5	4	5	4	7	10	13	14
Water Gardening	Retail Sales²	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	367	421	469	572	659	806	943	1,205	1,441
Total	Percent Of households Engaged In Activity	84	78	78	76	75	80	78	75	71	74	72	64	67	65	64	72	80	79

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in millions.

² (Millions of dollars)

³ Starting plants in advance of planting in ground.

⁴ Not available.

Source

The National Gardening Association, Burlington, VT, National Gardening Survey, annual (copyright).

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