Businessman Starts Small With New Gardening Service
Brad Greteman is a one-man personal gardening service.
In its first season, which officially started April 1, his service called Gamgee Gardens has enhanced the lawns and porches of several residences and businesses in the Wichita area.
Greteman specializes in small gardens of flowers or vegetables, container gardens and bonsai trees.
Because Greteman provides all the manpower to install and maintain gardens for his clients, he does not consider Gamgee Gardens a full landscaping service.
"It's just me now," he said. "I can't take on a whole lot. If I got some nice-sized contracts, it's a possibility I would get some help."
Greteman said most of his clients are residents who don't have the time, tools or expertise to create or maintain the kinds of gardens they want.
Others are businesses who want to liven up their entrances and patios with potted trees and container gardens.
"I'm really trying to push container gardens at bars and restaurants that have patios," he said.
In addition to creating gardens, Greteman also offers maintenance services, tailored to each of his clients' needs.
A unique aspect of Gamgee Gardens is its bonsai rental service. Greteman said that while bonsai rental is rare in the Midwest, it's common near the East and West coasts.
"What a lot of people don't understand is that bonsai don't survive very long indoors," he said. Each bonsai will live with a client for 30 days, then he will replace it with another, keeping about four bonsai in a constant rotation.
In its first season, which officially started April 1, his service called Gamgee Gardens has enhanced the lawns and porches of several residences and businesses in the Wichita area.
Greteman specializes in small gardens of flowers or vegetables, container gardens and bonsai trees.
Because Greteman provides all the manpower to install and maintain gardens for his clients, he does not consider Gamgee Gardens a full landscaping service.
"It's just me now," he said. "I can't take on a whole lot. If I got some nice-sized contracts, it's a possibility I would get some help."
Greteman said most of his clients are residents who don't have the time, tools or expertise to create or maintain the kinds of gardens they want.
Others are businesses who want to liven up their entrances and patios with potted trees and container gardens.
"I'm really trying to push container gardens at bars and restaurants that have patios," he said.
In addition to creating gardens, Greteman also offers maintenance services, tailored to each of his clients' needs.
A unique aspect of Gamgee Gardens is its bonsai rental service. Greteman said that while bonsai rental is rare in the Midwest, it's common near the East and West coasts.
"What a lot of people don't understand is that bonsai don't survive very long indoors," he said. Each bonsai will live with a client for 30 days, then he will replace it with another, keeping about four bonsai in a constant rotation.
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