10 Gardening Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Gardening Business

A gardening business makes money by planting trees, growing specific produce, maintaining landscapes, and more.

Gardening companies work with homeowners to install, maintain and repair their landscaping areas. For instance, a typical gardening business provides all-inclusive services to create and maintain a lawn, such as mowing, fertilizing, and edging.

Owning a gardening business can be a very flexible and profitable business venture.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a gardening business:

1. Root Bridges ($324K/year)

Udit, an investment banker with a passion for nature and greenery, started Root Bridges, an online plants store, to bring greenery into people's lives. With a background in economics and no experience in eCommerce or horticulture, Udit learned everything from scratch, starting with pop-up stores and gathering feedback from customers. The business now clocks sales of $350,000 per year and is focused on attracting and retaining customers through SEO, offering free plant feed, better prices, and free replacements for in-transit damage.

How much they make: $324K/year
How much did it cost to start: $46K
Current team size: 11

From Investment Banker To Starting A $350K/Year Plants Store

Root Bridges is a profitable online plant store in India that delivers hard-to-find indoor plants, clocking sales of $350,000 per year and grown 200% YoY during the pandemic, offering free plant feed on orders, better prices than marketplaces, and free replacements for in-transit damage.

About

Udit started Root Bridges over 8 years ago

Revenue

Udit grew the business to $27K/month

Costs

It cost Udit $46000 to start the business

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2. RinseKit ($1.8M/year)

Chris Crawford, the founder of RinseKit, came up with the idea for the portable pressurized shower system while he was surfing and needed a way to rinse off before work. After creating a prototype out of PVC pipe and receiving a positive response from others, he started selling the shower systems and eventually grew the business to average over $1.5 million in sales each year.

How much they make: $1.8M/year
Current team size: 3

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About

Chris started RinseKit over 9 years ago

Revenue

Chris grew the business to $150K/month

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5. Gardening Know How

Gardening Know How is an online leading digital publishing platform for gardening enthusiasts. A person who is a flora and fauna admirer can get his answers to the questions related to gardening. It was established in 2005 and it has become a virtual encyclopedia of practical, expert gardening information for every level of a gardening lover.

Where they're located: Kankan, Guinea
Website traffic: 14.4M/month

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7. AeroGarden

Grow fresh herbs, vegetables, and more in 3 easy steps all year round with AeroGarden indoor garden systems. No soil, no sun, & no green thumb required!

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 420K/month

8. Gardens Online

Garden Shop offers thousands of products for sale and the Plantfinder database contains over 3,000 detailed profiles of popular garden plants. It was founded in March 2000 by a number of passionate gardeners.

Where they're located: South Australia, Australia
Website traffic: 90K/month

So... can you actually make money with a gardening business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

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10. Epic Gardening

Gardening advice for all experience levels. Learn to start a veggie or flower garden with our simple, practical, and in-depth garden tips and tricks.

How much they make:
Where they're located: Fremont, California, USA
Website traffic: 1.34M/month