Minnesota’s $2.1 BillionNursery and Landscape Industry

Creating & Caring for the Outdoor Living Environment

Minnesota’s family-owned nursery and landscape businessesplay a critical role in the protection andenhancement of your outdoor livingenvironment.• Trees provide shade and water

transpiration that can lower localtemperatures — sometimes bymany degrees in a vegetatedarea. The shading effect oftrees translates to energysavings and reduced regionalpollution.

• Trees, urban forests, raingardens, and lake shorevegetation help restore some ofthe natural balance in citywatersheds by buffering stormwaterrunoff, absorbing pollutants, andrecharging groundwater reservoirs.

• Urban green spaces, parks and flowersare critical to birds, bees and butterflies.

• Plants are efficient air pollution removersand noise pollution filters.

• Updated hardscape technologies provide for stormwater runoff controlthrough permeable interlocking pavement systems.

• Improved landscape irrigation systems and practices can dramatically lower water use while keeping plants healthy, lowering the urban heat island effect.

Annual Gross Volume of Sales$2,114,304,000

Total Annual Payroll$697,940,000

Total Number of EmployeesFull-Time 10,000Part-Time 1,700Seasonal 16,500

Annual Capital ExpendituresNursery / Greenhouse /Garden Center

$39.3 million

Landscape services$36.5 million

Figures listed are annual gross volume of sales.

Retail Sales$453 Million

LandscapeServices$1.1 Billion Horticultural

Production$347 Million

Source: MinnesotaNursery and Landscape

Industry EconomicImpact Study

Conducted by St. CloudState University Department of

Economics

© Minnesota Nursery &Landscape Association

Wholesale Hard Goods$207 Million

RETAIL SALES $453 MILLION

Retail nursery and landscape salescome in many forms: the seasonalroadside market selling a few annuals;specialized tree or flower growers;hardscape supply centers selling land-scape rock and retaining wall materi-als; and the full service garden centerselling a complete line of plants andlandscape materials.

Landscapecontracting /installation$732 million

Lawn, garden and tree

care services$230

million

Landscapedesign$29.7 million Landscape irrigation

design, installationand service$113 million

LANDSCAPE SERVICES$1.1 BILLIONRecent years have seen an explosion in thenumber of property owners hiringcompanies to design, install and maintainlandscape features. The traditionalhorticultural practice of selling a plant andletting the consumer care for it has beenaugmented by several specialized fields ofprofessional services for the outdoor livingenvironment.

WHOLESALE HARD GOODS$207 MILLIONIncludes fertilizers and other chemicals, tools, mulch,outdoor statuary, retaining wall and walkway materials,landscape lighting, and ponds.

Figures listed are annual gross volume of sales.

Minnesota’s $2.1 BillionNursery and Landscape Industry

Creating & Caring for the Outdoor Living Environment

$128 MillionAnnuals

$118MillionHard

goods$115 Million

Trees &Shrubs

$66 MillionPerennials

$17 Million Potted

floweringplants

$7.7 MillionTurfgrass

Source: MinnesotaNursery and Landscape

Industry EconomicImpact Study

Conducted by St. CloudState University Department of

Economics

© Minnesota Nursery &Landscape Association

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION$347 MILLIONNationally, horticultural production isone of the largest segments ofagriculture. The growing of trees,shrubs, perennials, annuals andpotted flowering plants isrecognized by the U.S.Department of Agriculture asspecialty crop farming.

Minnesota tree and shrub production

$254 million

Minnesota annual, perennial,groundcover, herb, and pottedflowering plant production

$93 million

Land in Minnesota used in the production of woody plants and field grown perennials

22,000 acres

Greenhouse space in Minnesota used in the production of annuals, perennials, and potted flowering plants

13 million square feet

Tree & ShrubProduction$254 million

Annuals,Perennials,PottedFloweringPlants$93 Million

Minnesota’s $2.1 BillionNursery and Landscape Industry

Creating & Caring for the Outdoor Living Environment

Figures listed are annual gross volume of sales.

Source: Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Industry Economic Impact Study

Conducted by St. Cloud State University Department of Economics

© Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

The nursery and landscapeindustry reaches into everycorner of Minnesota, asshown by the gross sales perregion on the map. In

addition, nursery and greenhousecrops that are grown in Minnesota areexported to nearly every state andinto Canada, as well as to countriesoverseas.

Minnesota’s Nursery & Landscape Exports$96 million to other states$4.7 million to Canada and

other countries

Northeastern$89 million

Western$53 million

Southern$125 million

Twin Cities$1.7 billion

Minnesota Nursery& Landscape Association651-633-4987 www.MNLA.biz

St. Cloud State UniversityDepartment of Economics

Agricultural Utilization Research Institute

University of MinnesotaDepartment of Horticulture

“The Minnesota Nursery & LandscapeIndustry Economic Impact Study –Benchmarking the Industry’s Value andGrowth Potential” was a joint effort of thecooperators listed at right. The projectwas spearheaded by the MinnesotaNursery & Landscape Association (MNLA)on behalf of the industry’s 3,000companies. Major funding was providedby AURI. The survey tool was compiledby MNLA in cooperation with Dr. LeonardPerry at the University of Vermont, theHorticultural Research Institute, theUniversity of Minnesota Department ofHorticulture and others. Industrycompanies were surveyed in the winter of2001-2002. Data compilation andanalysis was performed by researchers atthe St. Cloud State University Departmentof Economics under the direction of Dr.Nathan Hampton.

Minnesota’s $2.1 BillionNursery and Landscape Industry

Creating & Caring for the Outdoor Living Environment

© Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association, 2002