RE: [GWL]: $50 billion industry

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• Subject: RE: [GWL]: $50 billion industry
• From: Suzi McCoy buzz@impact-pr.com>
• Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:05:07 -0500
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 Yes --I know.  You add that number to that spent on lawn service and
landscaping and it comes to roughly $50 billion -- according to Bruce.

I'll get him to confirm.

Suzi

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Lauterbach [m*@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:53 PM
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
Subject: RE: [GWL]: $50 billion industry

At 02:37 PM 12/19/01 -0500, you wrote:

>Here are the latest numbers we have gotten from NGA --
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>Gardening is the most popular outdoor hobby in America.
I admire your enthusiasm, but Linda Nitchman was told by Bruce
Butterfield 
the total spent on lawn & garden in the US is $33.5 billion.  $16
billion 
here, $16 billion there, pretty soon you're talking real 
discrepancy.  Margaret Lauterbach



>According to Bruce Butterfield, head of market research for the
National 
>Garden Association, the Lawn & Garden industry is estimated to generate

>more than $50 billion in retail sales annually.  That s twice as much 
>spent on gardening than on spectator events and three times as much as
on 
>movies.
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>Garden writers drive the green economy.
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>Ya ll get ready.  Gardening is about to explode!
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>Suzi
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