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  1. <text id=93AC0438>
  2. <title>
  3. Participation in Lawn & Garden Activities:1983-91
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7. Sport                                                
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Household Participation in Lawn & Garden Activities--Summary(1): 1983 - 1991
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <tblhdr><cell>Activity<cell type=i>1983<cell type=i>1985<cell type=i>1987<cell type=i>1989<cell type=i>1990<cell type=i>1991
  17. <row><cell type=a>Percent of households engaged in-<cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i>
  18. <row><cell>Lawn care<cell>63<cell>64<cell>59<cell>57<cell>66<cell>62
  19. <row><cell>Indoor houseplants<cell>43<cell>42<cell>41<cell>37<cell>43<cell>42
  20. <row><cell>Flower gardening<cell>47<cell>41<cell>43<cell>41<cell>48<cell>41
  21. <row><cell>Vegetable gardening<cell>42<cell>37<cell>33<cell>32<cell>39<cell>35
  22. <row><cell>Shrub care<cell>35<cell>30<cell>33<cell>29<cell>38<cell>32
  23. <row><cell>Insect control<cell>32<cell>27<cell>30<cell>29<cell>37<cell>31
  24. <row><cell>Landscaping<cell>23<cell>23<cell>24<cell>22<cell>31<cell>27
  25. <row><cell>Tree care<cell>25<cell>20<cell>25<cell>23<cell>31<cell>26
  26. <row><cell>Flower bulbs<cell>25<cell>19<cell>27<cell>23<cell>31<cell>26
  27. <row><cell>Fruit tree<cell>20<cell>17<cell>18<cell>14<cell>19<cell>15
  28. <row><cell>Raising transplants(2)<cell>15<cell>11<cell>15<cell>11<cell>15<cell>13
  29. <row><cell>Growing berries<cell>12<cell>7<cell>9<cell>7<cell>15<cell>12
  30. <row><cell>Ornamental gardening<cell>7<cell>7<cell>8<cell>5<cell>9<cell>9
  31. <row><cell>Herb gardening<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>7<cell>7<cell>9<cell>7
  32. <row><cell>Container gardening<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>12<cell>11<cell>7<cell>7
  33. <row><cell>Total retail sales(mil$)<cell>11,925<cell>12,026<cell>17,491<cell>16,285<cell>20,802<cell>22,134
  34. </table>
  35. <list style=hang>
  36. <item>NA=Not available.
  37. <item>1. Based on national sample survey conducted by the Gallup Organization. For the 1989 survey, 2,053 households were personally interviewed at home. Subject to sampling variability.
  38. <item>2. Starting plants in advance of planting in ground.
  39. </list>
  40. <p>Source: The National Gardening Association, Burlington, VT.
  41. </p>
  42. </body>
  43. </article>
  44. </text>
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