Environmental Horticulture in New Hampshire
The following information was obtained from A summary of the Environmental Horticulture Industry's impact on the New England economy (January 2002) conducted by the University of Vermont and the University of Maine.
The value of the environmental horticulture industry in New Hampshire is estimated at $438 million.
Over 900 firms in New Hampshire are in this industry, which includes the following businesses:
- Landscape services: landscape design, installation, maintenance; lawn care; tree care (59% of firms)
- Retail sales: garden centers, florists (47%)
- Wholesale production, sales: nurseries, greenhouses, herbs, cut flowers, turfgrass (37%)
- Other sales, services (19%)
For more information, check this detailed survey of the NH Environmental Horticulture Industry by the Univ. of Vermont, Univ. of Maine and New England Nursery Assn.
