Busy Lifestyles Drive Demand for Home Garden Services

After years of obsession with home decorating, many Americans now are turning the same attention to detail and design to their yards.

by Joe Taylor Jr.
Interior Design Schools Search Columnist

Mowing the lawn on a Saturday afternoon, once a relaxing way to spend a lazy weekend day, has now become a dreaded chore for many Americans. With more and more Americans working demanding jobs while keeping busy schedules, little time is left for quality lawn care.

In steps the home garden service. While many designers may turn their talents to home decorating, one field ripe for experienced professionals is home garden services. Home owners will spend thousands of dollars on home decorating, and are likely willing to spend a good amount on making their lawns look equally well-kept and put together.

Home Decorating Pros Enter Huge Home Garden Market

According to the National Gardening Association, Americans spent more than $32 billion on landscaping services in 2005. The complexity of design and variety of materials used in home landscaping continues to grow as professionals are incorporating design elements into traditional home garden services. One current trend is to incorporate natural stones into landscape design, which some home garden services say can add hundreds of dollars to a landscaping bill.

Online landscape design courses are the perfect way to combine home decorating talents with a love for the outdoors. Classes in these programs will teach you:

• About landscaping tools, plants, soil and shrubs
• How to design landscapes using shrubs, plants and other natural elements
• How to start your own landscaping business

If you start your own home garden service, adding a landscaping design degree to your credentials will set you apart from your competition. Now that America’s obsession with home decorating is expanding to their yards, your skills will be in great demand.

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Lawn & Landscape
Lawn Care Service Business Resources

About the Author

Joe Taylor Jr. coaches musicians, entrepreneurs, and other adults that want to shift their careers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Ithaca College.

Posted on June 28, 2007 at 3:51 PM

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