Gardening is one of our most popular hobbies with millions of people taking part in one way or another, mainly buying and planting
with very few growing the plants themselves.
Most gardeners buy their plants from local garden centers, one study found a average size garden center can take £20,000
in a single weekend, selling plants.
Most garden centers don't grow the plants they sell. They buy them from huge wholesalers located in Holland, Spain and many of the
Eastern European countries.
The plants are grown in soil conditions that are totally different to the soil in our gardens and transported for days before they reach
the sellers. Not good for the plants and certainly not good for the eco-environment.
This presents the opportunity to sell your own locally grown plants. A
recent survey by the Horticultural Trades Association found that gardeners would prefer to buy locally grown plants and are even prepared to pay a bit more for them.
Worth considering if you really want to earn money from selling plants.
This approach to selling plants and garden produce will need a bit more marketing. Selling plants that are surplus to your own requirements may not be enough to justify the extra costs
involved.
- You might consider buying and selling other growers plants.
- Growing plants especially for the home grown market.
- Forming a cooperative of growers.
- Costs will be renting cheap easy to find temporary premises.
- Advertising selling days.
- Transporting plants and produce.
- Planting containers.
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