This market synopsis examines the trends and developments affecting the gardening and garden services sector within the UK. It provides information targeted specifically at new, existing or aspiring small business owners who are aiming to trade, or develop their interests, within this sector.
The Horticultural Trade Association (HTA) represents organisations in the UK's gardening sector, including retailers, growers, landscapers, manufacturers and distributors of equipment, and service providers. The UK gardening sector is part of the environmental and land-based services industry, which is worth an estimated £8.9 billion annually, according to Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for the sector. This report makes reference to statistics from the Garden Industry Monitor (GIM), the HTA's market research programme. According to the GIM for 2008, retail spend on gardening products exceeds £5 billion annually.
The UK gardening sector incorporates garden centres and retailers, manufacturers of gardening tools, equipment, furniture and accessories, gardeners and tree surgeons, landscape gardeners and garden designers, fencing contractors and plant and herb nurseries. The majority of businesses are small, family-run enterprises.
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