The gardening industry is often thought of as a seasonal one, that tracks the flowering of plants and the revivification of deciduous trees. Indeed, landscapers and gardening specialists are perhaps at their most busy in the summer months, when gardening returns to the public consciousness and much of the UK’s overall £18.6 billion in garden expenditure is made.
While the industry is no doubt lucrative in the summer months, there are also some unique opportunities facing the intrepid landscaper or horticulturalist in the wintertime. As regular jobs dwindle into the darkening days, what specialist work could you pivot your gardening business towards to make the most of the colder seasons?
Fencing and Gate Maintenance
Firstly, if the summer months are dominated by projects with an aesthetic purpose, the winter months are given to projects with more practical purposes – in the form of repair or maintenance. The need for maintenance in the winter is yet doubled by the severity of the winter weather, which quickens the demise of old fencing and gates.
As such, you can position yourself as a landscaping repair business with a quick turnaround; by fostering a positive relationship with a supplier of fencing materials, you can carry out urgent repairs to boundary fencing and security gates at short notice. You can contact a high-quality fencing installation services such as Cedar Mountain Fence.
Hydroponic Landscaping
While domestic households largely have little need for horticulturalists during the winter months as opposed to the summer months, there are still some specific instances in which that expertise could be in high demand – with hydroponics being one such instance.
Hydroponic gardening enables the year-round growth of exotic plants in highly controlled environments, with nutrients supplied not through soil but instead through water as part of a scientific approach to growth and harvest. Domestic households might use hydroponics to improve the yields of their ‘garden patch’; horticulturalists can profit from specialising in hydroponics, through consulting with households year-round.
Holiday Installations
Winter is largely defined by the holidays at its centre: Christmas and Hannukah. Millions of households celebrate the holidays by expressing themselves through their garden or outside walls of their home – whether it be Christmas lights adorning the front of their house or a large menorah installed on their lawn.
As a landscaping service with the skills and tools to work in gardens and at height, you could offer your services creating and installing festive decorations, including light displays and large-scale dioramas.
Landscape Architecture
Lastly, while the winter months are not the most conducive to active outside work, they are the perfect time to plan – and often the time in which households decide on their garden plans for the coming year. By leaning in to the theoretical end of your work, you can assist homeowners in designing their dream garden through offering your services as a landscape architect or consultant.
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