Project Decision Study: Gardening/Landscaping

The home improve­ment indus­try has proved to be resilient over time, includ­ing dur­ing the chal­leng­ing ear­ly years of the pan­dem­ic. Total project spend­ing spiked in 2021. In 2023, the mar­ket is eas­ing but project activ­i­ty is still above his­toric levels.

Learn more about project activ­i­ty from HIRI’s bi-annu­al project deci­sion study cov­er­ing 19 dif­fer­ent project cat­e­gories. The sur­veys includ­ed insight­ful ques­tions into con­sumers’ project sched­ules and deci­sion-mak­ing process­es, high­light­ing moti­va­tions for the project, project costs, and roles of house­hold mem­bers and paid professionals.

This report details Gardening/​Landscaping projects. See the Project Deci­sion Overview Report and oth­er cat­e­go­ry reports by click­ing on the appro­pri­ate link below:

• Project Deci­sion Study Overview
• Basement/​Attic Remodel
• Bath­room Addition
• Bath­room Remodel
• Elec­tri­cal
• Exte­ri­or Painting
• Floor­ing
• Exte­ri­or front entrance appear­ance improvements
• Garage appearance/​organization improvements
• Insu­la­tion
  
• Inte­ri­or Painting
• Kitchen Remod­el
• Built a patio, deck, or porch
• Plumb­ing
• Roof Replace­ment
• Room or Garage Addition
• Room or Garage Remodel
• Sid­ing
• Win­dows