Hanging baskets offer a perfect blend of beauty and practicality, transforming any space with cascading flowers and lush greenery while requiring minimal floor space.
The problem most people encounter when buying hanging flower baskets from big garden centers is that they are all the same and boring. It’s hard to add dimension to a patio or front porch when every hanging basket you see has either Marigolds or Lobelias in them.
They also tend to be fairly expensive to buy, with some baskets pushing $50.
If you have a green thumb, creating your own hanging flower baskets could be an enjoyable way to earn a few extra dollars.
Your advantage
If you want to venture down this side hustle, use creativity and uniqueness to your advantage. When putting together a flower basket, cater the flowers (as best you can) to the location where they are going.
What flowers would get best with the patio furniture?
This patio only gets partial sun, why flowers would got best here?
How could an hanging basket accent this path?
By creating something special, you can make a name for yourself and set yourself a part from the big garden centers.
Create the baskets on demand
To avoid unnecessary expenses and the added work of watering and maintaining flower baskets you wish to sell, create the basket once you get an order.
It does mean that you’ll need to make a trip to the garden center to buy some flowers each time, so there is a little extra overhead in that regard.
You may want to have a small inventory of hanging baskets on hand. Most garden centers get a limited supply during the summer months, and once they are gone, they are gone. Having some on hand means you’ll just need to get dirt and flowers for your finished product.
Pricing
A few things to keep in mind when you think about how much to charge.
- Consider the costs of the physical hanging pot, flowers and dirt as well as your time to create the product.
- You could add a discount if multiple pots are ordered to split travel time between each item.
- If you are delivering the final product, make sure you also add that time into your final price.
Two Side Hustles?
Once you have a customer base, you could also offer to water their flowers while they are out of town for a summer vacation. If they have invested in their garden, they won’t want it to dry out in the summer heat.
