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Residential Lawn & Landscape Services Market and the Value of Landscaping

Homeowners spent a record $44.7 billion last year to hire lawn care and landscape maintenance services, landscape installation and construction services, tree care services, and landscape design services. Thirty percent of all households nationwide, or an estimated 34.5 million households, currently hire at least one type of lawn and landscape service. And the market for residential lawn and landscape services has increased at a compound annual growth rate of more than 10 percent a year for the past five years.

National Gardening Association is pleased to announce publication of a new consumer market research study, Residential Lawn & Landscape Services Market and the Value of Landscaping. This in-depth and comprehensive 100-page report provides detailed information about the current size and growth in the market for residential lawn and landscape services that is not available from any other source. Topics include:

2001-2006 Percentage of Households that Hire Lawn & Landscape Services
2001-2006 Average Annual $ Spent on Residential Lawn & Landscape Services
2001-2006 Total $ Spent on Residential Lawn & Landscape Services
Lawn Care and Landscape Maintenance Services Market Analysis
Landscape Installation and Construction Services Market Analysis
Landscape Design Services Market Analysis
Tree Care Services Market Analysis
Types of Lawn Care and Landscape Services Hired
Do-It-Yourself Lawn Care and Landscape Activities
How Customers Find Lawn and Landscape Services to Hire
The Most Important Factors in Hiring Lawn and Landscape Services
Customer Satisfaction with Lawn and Landscape Services Hired
The Benefits of Home Landscaping that are most important to consumers
How Much Value Well Designed and Maintained Landscaping Adds to Homes

A representative sample of 2,663 households nationwide were surveyed by Harris Interactive to obtain the data in this report, which includes complete tables for each survey question broken down by region of the country, gender, age, marital status, education, household income, household size, presence of children, and employment status.

The Residential Lawn & Landscape Services Market and the Value of Landscaping report is available in PDF format, delivered by e-mail, for $495. For questions, please contact NGA's Research Director, Bruce Butterfield, at 800-538-7476, ext. 113 or e-mail: bruceb@gardenresearch.com.

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