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I for one have not jumped over to iPhone but for those gardeners out there who have an iPhone you now can merge your love for gardening with your iPhone, iTunes has a nice selection of apps to help you identify plants and design and grow better gardens. Some of these apps will also work on the iPod Touch. Below is a list to help you in your quest to have more info at your finger tips.

For those of you who are using Android I’m told there is a growing collection of apps to help with your gardening as well.

1. Eden Garden Designer lets you create and share beautiful virtual gardens on your iPhone or iPod touch.
2. Gardening Toolkit – the easy way to garden!
3. Botany Buddy – The ultimate tree and shrub guide for gardeners, professionals, educators, and nature lovers.
4. Wild Edibles provides an intuitive and easy to use interface for identifying and using wild edible plants, drawing on the outstanding publications and extensive knowledge of “Wildman” Steve Brill.
5. The Plant Doctor – Do you know the number one killer of house plants? Starvation. There’s just not enough sunlight coming through
6. Bugs and Insects – Database of over 900 common bugs and insects (with a special emphasis on butterflies, which has over 400 entries). Many varieties of ants, spiders, cockroaches, beetles, moths, butterflies, and more for your personal interest, and also to help identify pests around the home and garden.

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In New England landscaping takes place for only a few short months but the conversation and planning of layouts and design go on year round. Looking at the the trends for 4 words over the last seven years shows a growing interest in mulch and compost while interest in pavers seems to be waning and loam stays at the bottom of the pile with little or no interest growth.

The top 5 countries searching for mulch are listed below.

1. United States
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. United Kingdom
5. Germany

The top 10 US. Metro areas search for these keywords.

1. Columbus, OH
2. Raleigh NC
3. Indianapolis, IN
4. Cincinnati, OH
5. Cleveland, OH
6. Philadelphia, PA
7. Reston, VA
8. Atlanta, GA
9. Washington, DC
10. St Louis, MO

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We don’t always think of the cost when as we drive past a beautifully landscaped home or business. the latest figures for landscaping services tells us that in 2009 The landscaping services industry took in nearly 40 billion dollars for their efforts. The Landscaping Service industry has around 70,000 businesses throughout the U.S. with the 50 largest companies generating about 15% of revenue.  Sales of Landscaping Products are projected to grow at an annual rate of 5.9 % through 2013 to a total of 7.3 billion U.S. dollars.   These are some serious expenditures having a direct impact on the health of the U.S. economy and the workers and family;s who depend on a health landscaping industry.

Reportedly the largest landscape design, construction and maintenance company in the United States is ValleyCrest and further reports say ValleyCrest’s revenue will top 1 billion U.S. dollars this year. the NYT reports that ValleyCrest continues to grow at their historical levels of 12%. Who owns this mega player in landscaping, none other then the founder of Dell Computer Michael Dell. So when you are at Gillette Stadium watching the New England Patriots play look out at Patriot Place and see the handy work of ValleyCrest.

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