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Australians bought more plants than ever in 2020 with COVID-19 lockdowns fuelling sales – ABC News

If you bought more plants last year you were not alone. Australians bought more than ever before, spending $2.6 billion on more than 2 billion plants.

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Australians bought more plants than ever last year, with the country spending $2.6 billion on more than 2 billion plants.
Key points:

  • The horticulture industry employs more than 23,000 people across more than 1,600 businesses
  • Sales from production nurseries into retail garden centres grew 10 per cent last year
  • A separate trend report shows respondents intend to keep growing their own edible and indoor plants

People stuck at home in 2020 during the first wave of COVID-19 restrictions unsurprisingly…

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