The retail value of gardening products in the UK was worth £5.64bn in 2003.
Manufactured goods accounted for 63% of the total expenditure.
Sales of garden buildings have increased 183% during the last 4 years and in 2003 this product group accounted for 35% of the total expenditure on Manufactured Goods.
data source: HTA Garden Industry
Monitor
Statistics New Zealands’s Household Economic Survey says spending on gardening in New Zealand has grown to a total of $465.9m for the year ending 30 June 2004.
