US packaged lawn and garden consumables demand will rise 3.3 percent yearly to $8.8 billion in 2016. Pesticides and fertilizers will remain the top segments, with fertilizers, seeds and growing media the fastest growing. Organic formulations will outpace conventional types, but from a much smaller base.

This study analyzes the $7.5 billion US lawn and garden consumables industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2001, 2006 and 2011, with forecasts for 2016 and 2021 by product (e.g., pesticides, fertilizer, seeds, growing media, mulch), formulation, market (e.g., residential, golf courses), application (e.g., lawn and turf care, gardens and borders), end user (consumer/DIY, professional) and US region.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market shares and profiles 39 industry players, including Scotts Miracle-Gro, Central Garden & Pet and Spectrum Brands.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							       x

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Outlook						       5
		Demographic Trends						       8
		Consumer Income & Spending Patterns				      12
		Housing Outlook							      15
		Nonresidential Building Trends					      20
		Lawn & Garden Market Overview					      24
		Home Gardening Activity Outlook					      27
		Landscaping & Lawn Care Industry Outlook			      31
		Golf Course Outlook						      33
		Agrochemical Market Overview					      35
		Organic Gardening Outlook					      38
		Regulatory & Environmental Issues				      41
		   Pesticides							      42
		   Other Lawn & Garden Consumables				      45
		Raw Materials							      47
		Pricing Issues							      48
		Historical Market Trends					      51
		International Activity & Foreign Trade				      54

	III.	PRODUCTS							      56
		General								      56
		Pesticides							      59
		   Herbicides							      63
		   Insecticides							      66
		   Other Pesticides						      70
		   Organic							      73
		Fertilizer							      75
		   Media, Formulations, & Type					      78
		   Organic							      81
		   Applications & Markets					      84
		Seeds								      86
		   Grass & Turf Seed						      89
		   Other Seeds							      92
		Growing Media							      94
		   Packaged Soil						      97
		   Soil Amendments						     100
		      Compost							     102
		      Peat							     104
		      Other Soil Amendments					     105
		Mulch								     106
		Other								     112

	IV.	MARKETS, APPLICATIONS, & END USERS				     114
		Markets								     114
		   Residential							     116
		   Golf Courses							     120
		   Government & Institutional					     124
		   Commercial & Industrial					     126
		   Other Markets						     128
		Applications							     131
		   Lawn & Turf Care						     132
		   Gardens & Borders						     137
		   Other Applications						     139
		End Users							     141
		   Consumer/DIY							     142
		   Professional							     144
		      Lawn Care & Landscaping Service Firms			     146
		      Other Professional End Users				     148

	V.	REGIONAL MARKETS						     150
		General								     150
		Regional Demographic & Economic Trends				     151
		   Regional Population Patterns					     151
		   Regional Economic Trends					     153
		   Regional Housing Trends					     156
		Regional Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand			     158
		   Northeast							     160
		   Midwest							     162
		   South							     164
		   West								     166

	VI.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     170
		Industry Composition						     170
		Market Share							     172
		   Consumer Products						     174
		   Professional Products					     178
		Industry Restructuring						     181
		Competitive Strategies						     183
		   Brand Name Recognition					     184
		   Marketing							     186
		      Conventional Advertising					     187
		      Strategic Media Partnerships				     188
		      Internet							     189
		      Other							     189
		   Packaging							     190
		   Product Line Expansion					     190
		   Product Focus						     192
		   Cooperative Agreements					     193
		Manufacturing							     195
		Distribution Channels						     197
		   Retail Distribution						     197
		      Home Centers						     198
		      Mass Merchandisers					     199
		      Garden Centers						     200
		      Mail Order/Internet					     201
		      Other							     202
		   Professional Market Distribution				     204
		      Direct Sales						     204
		      Professional Service Firms				     205
		      Agricultural Chemical Distributors			     205
		      Other							     206
		Company Profiles						     206
		   Ace Hardware Corporation					     207
		   AE McKenzie, see Jiffy International
		   Agrium Incorporated						     208
		   AMBRANDS, see Central Garden & Pet
		   Andersons Incorporated					     213
		   APEX Nursery Fertilizer, see Simplot (JR)
		   BASF SE							     216
		   Bayer AG							     221
		   BEST Turf Fertilizer, see Simplot (JR)
		   Bonide Products Incorporated					     227
		   Burpee (W. Atlee) & Company					     230
		   Central Garden & Pet Company					     231
		   Conrad Fafard, see Syngenta
		   Crop Production Services, see Agrium
		   Darling International Incorporated				     238
		   Deere & Company						     239
		   Dow Chemical Company						     241
		   DuPont (EI) de Nemours					     243
		   Espoma Company						     245
		   Ferry-Morse Seed, see Jiffy International
		   FMC Corporation						     247
		   Gardens Alive! Incorporated					     251
		   Grant Laboratories, see Central Garden & Pet
		   Green Light, see Sumitomo Chemical
		   Griffin Industries, see Darling International
		   Haifa Chemicals Limited					     253
		   Home Depot Incorporated					     254
		   International Mineral Technologies, see Agrium
		   Jacklin Seed, see Simplot (JR)
		   Jiffy International AS					     255
		   John Deere Landscapes, see Deere
		   Kmart Holding, see Sears Holdings
		   Land O’ Lakes Incorporated					     257
		   Lebanon Seaboard Corporation					     259
		   Lilly Miller Brands, see Central Garden & Pet
		   Liquid Fence Company						     263
		   Loveland Products, see Agrium
		   Lowe’s Companies Incorporated				     265
		   McLaughlin Gormley King Company				     266
		   Monsanto Company						     267
		   Not Tonight Deer!						     270
		   Pennington Seed, see Central Garden & Pet
		   Premier Tech Limited						     271
		   Royal Barenbrug Group					     274
		   Scotts Miracle-Gro Company					     276
		   Sears Holdings Corporation					     285
		   Seminis Vegetable Seeds, see Monsanto
		   Senoret Chemical, see Woodstream
		   ServiceMaster Company					     286
		   Simplot (JR) Company						     287
		   Spectrum Brands Holdings Incorporated			     291
		   Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited				     294
		   Sun Gro Horticulture Incorporated				     300
		   Syngenta AG							     303
		   Tech Pac, see Central Garden & Pet
		   TETRA Micronutrients, see Agrium
		   TurfCare Supply Corporation					     308
		   Valent BioSciences, see Sumitomo Chemical
		   Valent USA, see Sumitomo Chemical
		   Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated					     309
		   Winfield Solutions, see Land O’ Lakes
		   Woodstream Corporation					     311
		   Zep Incorporated						     314
		Other Companies Mentioned in the Study				     317


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population & Households						      12
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      15
	4	New Housing Indicators						      20
	5	Nonresidential Building Stock & Building Space			      24
	6	Lawn & Garden Sales & Services Revenues				      27
	7	Consumer Lawn & Garden Retail Expenditures			      31
	8	Landscaping & Lawn Care Indicators				      33
	9	Golf Courses & Acreage						      35
	10	Agrochemical Demand						      38
	11	Organic Gardening Product Sales					      41
	12	Lawn & Garden Chemical Raw Materials Demand			      48
	13	Lawn & Garden Consumables Prices				      51
	14	Lawn & Garden Consumables Market, 2001-2011			      53

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Type & Formulation		      58
	2	Pesticide Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications			      62
	3	Herbicide Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications			      66
	4	Insecticide Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications			      70
	5	Other Pesticide Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications		      73
	6	Pesticide Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications 
		   by Formulation						      75
	7	Fertilizer Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications			      78
	8	Fertilizer Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications by Media
		   & Type							      81
	9	Fertilizer Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications by Formulation	      84
	10	Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Sales by Application & Market		      86
	11	Seed Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications			      89
	12	Growing Media Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications		      97
	13	Packaged Soil Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications
		   by Type & Formulation					     100
	14	Packaged Soil Amendment Sales in Lawn & Garden
		   Applications by Type						     102
	15	Mulch Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications			     111
	16	Other Consumables Sales in Lawn & Garden Applications		     113

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS, APPLICATIONS, & END USERS
	1	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Market			     115
	2	Residential Market for Lawn & Garden Consumables		     120
	3	Golf Course Market for Lawn & Garden Consumables		     123
	4	Government & Institutional Market for Lawn & Garden 
		   Consumables							     126
	5	Commercial & Industrial Market for Lawn & Garden
		   Consumables							     128
	6	Other Markets for Lawn & Garden Consumables			     130
	7	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Application			     132
	8	Lawn & Turf Care Applications for Lawn & Garden
		   Consumables							     136
	9	Garden & Border Applications for Lawn & Garden
		   Consumables							     139
	10	Other Applications for Lawn & Garden Consumables		     141
	11	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by End User			     142
	12	Consumer/DIY Market for Lawn & Garden Consumables		     144
	13	Professional Market for Lawn & Garden Consumables		     146
	14	Lawn Care & Landscaping Service Firm Market for Lawn 
		   & Garden Consumables						     148
	15	Other Professional Markets for Lawn & Garden
		   Consumables							     149

		SECTION V -- REGIONAL MARKETS
	1	Population by Region						     153
	2	Gross Domestic Product by Region				     155
	3	Regional Housing Indicators					     158
	4	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Region			     160
	5	Northeast Demand for Lawn & Garden Consumables			     162
	6	Midwest Demand for Lawn & Garden Consumables			     164
	7	South Demand for Lawn & Garden Consumables			     166
	8	West Demand for Lawn & Garden Consumables			     169

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Company, 2011		     171
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     182
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     195


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Lawn & Garden Consumables Market, 2001-2011			      54

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Type, 2011			      59

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS, APPLICATIONS, & END USERS
	1	Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Market, 2011			     116

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Lawn & Garden Consumables Market Share, 2011			     174
	2	Consumer Lawn & Garden Consumables Market Share, 2011		     175
	3	Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables Market Share, 2011	     179