Landscape Garden: The Beauty in Nature

* LANDSCAPE GARDEN - The Beauty in Nature LANDSCAPING 8. GARDENING O An increase of 2 MILLION more households (2%) in 2012 nationwide compared with the year before, translating into an extra $354 million (1%) in retail sales of Lawn and Garden products INDUSTRY FACTS $354 MILLION IN LAWN AND GARDEN 2 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS PRODUCT SALES Home Improvement Centers Residential Lawn and Landscape Services and the Value of Landscaping, Mass Merchants found that homeowners spent a record $44.7 billion to hire professional lawn and landscape services in 2006 Nurseries I Local Hardware Stores 27% 20% 17% 15% 30% of all households % Where Households Spend their Money nationwide, 34.5 million households, currently hire at $245 Billion S447 Billion least one type of lawn and landscape service Money spent on Lawn and Landscaping Services increases almost 50% from 2001-2006 2001 2006 Landscape design services were hired by 2.3 million households Lawn care and landscape maintenance services were TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL LAWN & LANDSCAPE SERVICES HIRED hired by 27.8 million house- holds Landscape installation and construction services were hired by 6.9 million households Tree care services were hired by 11.5 million households 50 ft. LAWN AND LANDSCAPE TIPS AND FUN FACTS CO, hrs HF A typical home lawn (50ft. x 50ft.) releases enough CXygen daily to meet the needs of a family of four for 24 hours and absorbs carbon dioxide, ozone, hydrogen fluoride and other toxins INVESTMENT RECOVERY RATE adds +15% VALUE 100-200% Landscape Improvements 62% of all 40-70% patio or a deck homeowners felt that investments made in lawn & landscapes were as good as or better than other home Improvements Properly maintained landscaping adds 15% to home's value according to buyers LAWN 11 The averge lawn needs about 1 inch of water per week to stay healthy! KEEP OFF THE GRASS In dry weather, keep off the lawn as much as possible. Grass blades become brittle without water and are more easily damaged MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN PLANTS Water during the coolest parts of the day, preferably in the early morning Watering middle of the day increase the amount of water lost Late evening overhead watering may contribute to insects and fungal diseases because ollage doesn't have time to dry before night, when fungal spores germinate to evaporation by as much as 40% IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPING ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE Horticulture & Increases property H market value Plants increase tourism landscaping industry offer job opportunities revenues Nature increases worker Increases job satisfaction productivity ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE Horticulture & Plants protect water Proper landscaping reduces soil erosion landscaping industry offer job opportunities quality Landscaping conserves Landscape can reduce noise and glare natural resources LIFESTYLE IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE Garden produce healthy Gardening is excellent physical exercise Horticulture is therapeutic food Landscapes have healing properties Landscapes offer peace and tranquility http://www.coastalmirage.com/faqs.html http://www.bigriverlawn.com/lawntips.htm eath andscapes http://www.garden.org/articles/articles.php?q=show&id=2872 http://www.garden.org/articles/articles.php?q=show&id=3737 http://www.slideshare.net/senggora/importance-of-landscape-presentation http://www.prweb.com/releases/Landscaping_services/garden_landscaping/prweb4054444.htm www.landscapegardenershertfordshire.com wwwwwwLiW $44.7B 50 ft.