Services include landscape design, construction and installation, as well as maintenance of existing lawns and landscapes in residential, public and commercial settings. An important segment of landscape horticulture is the lawn care industry made up of professional lawn care firms focused on home lawns, parks, schools, golf courses, sports fields, industrial grounds, cemeteries and roadsides. Production and service sectors of the industry are primarily family-owned businesses with some franchise firms in lawn maintenance. The retail sector has changed in recent years with regionally and nationally organized chains of mass merchandisers, hardware and grocery stores assuming a growing percent of consumer lawn and garden sales. Indiana ranked ninth in 1999 by producing 11.7 million pounds.
Tobacco is grown in southern Indiana.
Wine Swiss vine-dressers settled in Vevay, near Madison in southeastern Indiana in 1802. In fact, Indiana was home to one of the first commercially successful vineyards in the U.S. in the early 1800s. Indiana grape production frequently amounted to 10,000 tons or more until the 1920s. It allowed wineries to sell directly to the public. Today, many of Indiana's 19 wineries offer tours and tastings .