Abstract

Landscape service firms are major purchasers of greenhouse and nursery products in the U.S. The 1985 U.S. Forest Service Impact Analysis for Planning (IMPLAN) input-output model for the state of Arizona was used, along with primary data, to illustrate how to make use of existing data to examine the economic linkages between the landscape services industry group and the greenhouse and nursery products industry. IMPLAN estimated that in 1986 the $247 million of sales made by Arizona landscape service firms stimulated $23.4 million in gross sales for the greenhouse and nursery production sector and $10.5 million in value added. The IMPLAN model is a useful tool for examining the link between landscape service firms and the greenhouse and nursery products industry.