Re: Gardening is Up

**"Doreen Howard" g*@charter.net**

Susan McCoy wrote (in part about the NGA annual survey):

> However, even though do-it-yourself spending as a whole was down 4%, the
> study reports that nine out of 16 categories in the lawn and garden
> industries were up, including:
> *        Lawn care retail sales increased 9%, from $8.887 billion to
> $9.657
> *        Flower gardening retail sales were up 10%, from $2.735 billion
> to $3.003 billion
> *        Vegetable gardening sales were up 9%, from $1.058 million in
> 2004 to $1.154 in 2005
> *        Container gardening sales increased 8%, from $1.116 million in
> 2004 to $1.295 million last year,
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How accurate are these figures?  I'm very surprised that vegetable gardening 
sales total only $1.15 million.  And, container gardening sales are a mere 
$1.2 million, given that container gardening is so hot.  Are they counting 
only ready-to-go, pre-planted containers in this category or is the total 
for all container plants and materials?

There are a couple of seed company owners and people who work for them on 
this list.  Do your sales bear out these figures?
Doreen Howard

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