The landscape of landscaping is changing

According to a report by IBISWorld, the lawn and outdoor equipment industry has recovered significantly over the past five years, because it’s been “bolstered by a revival in spending on home improvements.” Grand View Research says gardening is growing as a hobby thanks to “improvement in the social lifestyle of an increasing base of the affluent middle-class population.”

Those proclamations sound good if you’re in the landscaping industry, but what would be better is if you had some cold, hard facts that prove that the market for landscaping products and services is growing. Here are a few pieces of evidence that show us that this market is growing. Read the full story at bit.ly/LandscapeOfLandscaping.

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