Re: HortTechnology article

**M* D* <m*@gmail.com>**

You can purchase the article for $10 here
http://horttech.ashspublications.org/cgi/reprint/19/1/168
Maybe Doreen will split the $10 with you ;-)
Martha Stoodley
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:42 PM, maryann whitman <maryannwhitman@comcast.net
> wrote:

> Does anyone have access to the full article of the abstract copied below,
> from Jan 1 issue of HortTechnology? I'd love to read it.
>
> Maryann
> Maryann Whitman, Journal Editor
> Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
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> www.for-wild.org
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> Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound
> practices to encourage biodiversity through the preservation, restoration
> and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a
> not-for-profit, environmental, educational, and advocacy organization.
>
>
>
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> Published online 1 January 2009
> Published in HortTechnology 19: 5-229 (2009)
> © 2009 American Society for Horticultural Science
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> Research Reports
>
> Green Industry Survey of Native Plant Marketing in the Southeastern United
> States
> Robert F. Brzuszek1 and Richard L. Harkess2,3
> 1 Department of Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, Box
> 9725, Mississippi State, MS 39762
> 2 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, 117
> Dorman, Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762
>
>
>
> Additional Index Words. market • landscape projects • education • nursery
> production
>
> Recent studies have shown that the use of native plants by landscape
> architects and contractors in the southeastern United States has increased
> as has the clientele interest level in native plants. Recommendations to
> increase the use of native species by the landscape industry in this region
> include increasing the number of nurseries carrying native plants and the
> quantities and species currently available. To understand how green
> industry
> professionals view the opportunities and constraints of the current
> southeastern United States native plant market and to synthesize the
> connections between landscape architect's demands and the supplies of the
> nursery industry in this region, a questionnaire was developed and e-mailed
> to southeastern U.S. wholesale and retail nurseries in six states. The
> survey included questions regarding nursery stock, demand, and species
> sold.
> A total of 129 responses were received, and they revealed that while there
> is a perceived increase in customer interest in native plants, market
> demand
> and enhanced public education play a key role in further development of
> this
> growing market.
>
>
>
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