Illinois' Green Industry AssociationsDid you know the Green Industry is one of the fastest growing areas of U.S. agriculture?
Floriculture and nursery crops now rank as the nation's third largest farm crop.
The Illinois Green Industry is large and growing. Broadly defined, the Green Industry includes those businesses and practices that produce, use, or sell plant materials to enhance human environments. Some examples are:
Arborists
Botanical Gardens
Florists
Greenhouses
Garden Centers
Groundcovers | Irrigation Contractors
Landscape and Interiorscape
Designers/Contractors
Nurseries
Turfgrass Producers |
Green Industry Survey Reports and Brochures
The Illinois Green Industry – 2005 Operational Practices and Concerns
2005 data – published in 2007
Focuses on changes within the industry such as native and drought and/or disease resistant plants, alternative products and practices, operational inputs and needs and challenges.
Survey Report 
Summary Brochure
The Illinois Green Industry – 2004 Market Characteristics and Patterns
2004 data – published in 2006
Focuses on product and service sales, marketing, household purchasing and contracted service expenses.
Survey Report
Summary Brochure
The Illinois Green Industry – Its 2003 Economic Impact, Growth and Characteristics
2003 data – published in 2005
Focuses on the economic impact of the product and service sectors looking at sales, payroll, workforce, green space and registration fees and taxes while also looking at perceived threats facing the industry.
Survey Report
Summary Brochure
The Illinois Green Industry – Economic Impact, Structure and Characteristics
1999 data – published in 2001
This comprehensive report highlights the economic impact, structure and characteristics; product and service sectors; and market characteristics and patterns of the Green Industry in Illinois.
Survey Report
Summary Brochure
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