Gardening in Canada

PROSPECTS

Urbanisation contributes to growth as consumers get creative and lawned areas fall out of favour

Urbanisation represents both a threat to and an opportunity for the gardening category in Canada. Large numbers of immigrants are moving to the cities, increasing the urban population.

Indoor plants see increased popularity, grow-your-own gains traction

Urbanisation may also have a positive impact on indoor plants – an already growing and fashionable product type. With people spending more time in the home, investing in indoor garden products makes a home feel comfortable and healthy.

Government to phase out neonic pesticides

Pesticides in Canada are regulated by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency and, under a complicated process, the government recently announced plans to phase out neonics over three to five years. Consumers are increasingly aware of this, and the prediction is for slowing to negative growth for pesticides.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Scott’s Miracle-Grow Co maintains lead, hydroponics for cannabis growth set to contribute to company’s performance

The Scott’s Miracle-Grow Co remained the leader of the gardening category in Canada in 2019. Scotts has recently promoted indoor gardening supplies and providing how-tos and info on indoor gardens.

Walk power and riding lawn mowers predominate, players invest in promotion for robotic mowers

When it comes to lawn maintenance, Canadians predominantly use either walk power lawn mowers or riding lawn mowers. However, players are aggressively trying to shift the consumer preference towards robotic lawn mowers.

Health Canada reaffirms safe nature of products such as Roundup, if used in line with instructions

In a win for the Roundup brand, Health Canada scientists say there is no reason to believe that the scientific evidence they used to approve the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers was tainted. In early January 2019 they again rejected arguments that the ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto's Roundup causes cancer, as long as the substances are used in the approved manner.

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