Get a Head Start! Why Winter Is the Perfect Time to Plan Your Next Landscaping Project

In the chilly winter season, when you’re huddling indoors with your loved ones, the last thing on your mind is probably landscaping. While the trees are bare and your lawn looks brown and dead in winter, there’s no better time than now to begin planning your next landscaping project. Need convincing? Here are the reasons you want to begin your landscaping planning this winter:

Winter gives you ample time to plan for your next landscaping project

From envisioning what your landscape will look like to choosing the right plants, there’s a lot to think about to create the perfect landscaping. However, there’s often not enough time for homeowners to think through all their options, and many make the wrong decision.

When you begin planning in winter, you have plenty of time before the warm seasons of spring and summer arrive. Whether ordering supplies or including a hardscape feature, you have enough time to plan, which gives you a head start and helps you hit the ground running as soon as the weather begins to warm up.

Winter landscape planning guarantees that your job will be completed earlier

Winter is a slow time for most landscaping companies. On the other hand, they are super-busy in spring and summer, which means winter is when they have a lot of time to work on your project.

Planning your landscaping project during the winter enables you to schedule a consultation with your landscaper and get your project on the list. In addition, you’ll beat the spring rush with your landscaping company having more time to bring your landscaping vision to reality.

The landscaping team can inspect, discover, and fix landscape issues before spring

By assessing your lawn in winter, the landscaping team may discover and fix issues before spring arrives. You could have pest issues, or the soil could be unsuitable for your desired plants.

Winter is also perfect for discovering drainage or erosion issues that could massively affect your lawn if not resolved. The landscaping team can identify and resolve these problems early, helping you save money and ensuring your project gets off to a great start.

You have more softscaping options in the winter

If you begin looking at your softscaping options in spring, you may not get the plants you want or choose the right substitute. Spring is a busy time for landscaping contractors, with softscapes quickly going out of stock, which means the plants you want may not be available.

It’s also possible that the plants you want may be out of season. Beginning planning in the winter helps you avoid disappointment as you can order plants before they sell out and have a backup plan in case your preferred plants are out of season in the spring.

Give your landscaping the color you want

For a colorful spring landscape, some annuals, such as pansies, snapdragons, daffodils, and petunias, have to be planted early. If you delay planting till spring, the weather is often too warm for them to survive, denying you a bright, colorful landscape.

Transforming your yard into a beautiful outdoor space doesn’t have to be difficult. Eliminate the stress by starting this winter!

Winter may not be the ideal time to put your gloves on and get the tools out, but it’s the perfect time to plan. At Gerhart’s Landscaping Service, we will work with you to eliminate all landscaping hassles and help you realize your landscaping vision. We understand the local climate and growing conditions and can give you the right recommendations for a thriving, beautiful outdoor space come spring. Tell us more about your landscaping project today.