Professionally planted container gardens are one of the easiest ways to add curb appeal and enjoy beautiful outdoor spaces - but you might be wondering, at what cost?
In this guide, we'll walk through what affects the pricing of our seasonal planting service, what's included, and how to decide whether professional planting is the right fit for your home or business.
What Is a Professional Seasonal Planting Service?
Our seasonal planting service is a 100% customized experience designed to make your outdoor spaces beautiful year-round.
It all starts with a complimentary consultation, where we'll get to know your style, your space, and your goals. From there, our team creates a custom container garden design just for you, selects plants that will thrive in your unique conditions, and installs everything at your home or business.
Need new pottery? We've got you covered there too. We host the largest selection of frost-proof pottery on the East Coast and can even deliver your new containers before planting day.
One of the biggest differences between our service and simply buying plants at the garden center is that we're designing for the entire season—not just planting day. We carefully select plants that will grow beautifully together all season long, so your containers just look better over time!
And because we offer plantings in all four seasons, you'll enjoy a fresh custom design throughout the year. No two designs are exactly alike, and every container is created specifically for you.
What Does Our Seasonal Planting Service Include?
When you schedule a seasonal planting with Perfect Pots, you're getting more than someone to "put plants in a pot."
Every planting includes:
- Custom container garden design
- Professional plant selection
- Complete installation at your home or business
- Cleanup after planting
- Expert designers with 17+ years of container gardening experience
- Plants selected specifically for Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Our Happiness Guarantee—if you're not happy with your pots, we'll make it right
Choose a single season or enjoy fresh designs all year long with our four-season advantage program.
What Affects the Cost of Seasonal Planting?
Every project is unique, but a few factors determine the overall cost of your seasonal planting service.
Container Size
The biggest factor is the diameter of your containers. Larger pots require more plants, more design work, and more installation time, creating a fuller, more dramatic display.
Looking to make a statement on a budget? Consider choosing taller containers with a smaller diameter. You'll get the visual impact of height without dramatically increasing the planting cost.
Number of Containers
The more containers you'd like planted, the more time and materials are required. Whether you need one statement planter or an entire property's worth of containers, we'll create a plan that fits your goals.
Existing vs. New Pottery
Already have containers you love? Great! We're happy to plant in them.
Starting from scratch? We'd love to help you choose from our collection of premium frost-proof pottery, designed to perform beautifully for years to come.
What Doesn't Affect the Cost?
One thing that surprises many customers is that plant selection rarely changes the price. In most cases, our designers choose plants that create the biggest visual impact while staying within your planting budget. If you have a favorite plant or a special request, just let us know!
Another surprise? Once we've filled your containers with soil during the initial planting, taller containers don't cost more to plant in future seasons. That's one of our favorite tricks for creating a dramatic look while staying budget-conscious.
If you join our Four Season Advantage program, each seasonal planting is priced consistently throughout the year, so each season your invoice is the same as the last.
Is Professional Seasonal Planting Worth It?
We certainly think so—but our customers probably say it best.
Coming home to beautifully planted containers brings joy to everyday life. Instead of spending weekends hauling soil, shopping for plants, and hoping everything grows together, you get to simply enjoy the finished result.
Professional planting is especially popular with:
- Busy professionals
- Retirees who love plants but not the heavy lifting
- Urban gardeners with limited outdoor space
- Businesses looking to enhance curb appeal
- Anyone looking for a unique gift for a new homeowner or garden lover
DIY vs. Professional Planting: Which Saves More?
This is one of the questions we hear most often.
If you love spending time gardening, DIY planting can be incredibly rewarding. But if you love the finished result more than the planting process, many customers find that hiring professionals actually saves them time, stress, and even money.
Instead of buying plants through trial and error, replacing combinations that don't perform well, or spending weekends planting, you get a professionally designed container garden that's built to thrive all season long.
(We've written an entire blog comparing DIY vs. professional planting if you'd like to explore this topic further.)
Why Customers Choose Perfect Pots
For more than 17 years, homeowners and businesses throughout Lancaster, Berks, Chester, and beyond have trusted Perfect Pots to create custom seasonal container gardens.
We've planted thousands of containers, and because container gardening is our specialty, every design is created specifically for your home, your style, and your growing conditions. We never rely on one-size-fits-all recipes.
Most importantly, we're real people, here for you! Whether you have a question before planting day or need a little help during the season, we're always just a phone call or text away.
How to Get a Personalized Quote
Ready to get started?
Schedule a complimentary consultation with our team. We'll discuss your design goals, measure your existing containers—or help you select new pottery—and provide a personalized quote based on your space and preferences.
When you're ready, we'll schedule your first seasonal planting and take care of the rest.
Looking to gift a seasonal planting?
We love being part of your special gift! Start with a consultation and we'll make sure everything is ready for your recipient to enjoy Perfect Pots!
Beautiful Outdoor Spaces Start Here
Beautiful outdoor spaces don't have to mean spending your weekends hauling soil, shopping for plants, and hoping everything grows together.
Whether you're looking for one statement planter or four seasons of professionally designed container gardens, we'd love to help.
Schedule your complimentary consultation today, and let's create something beautiful together.