¥    98% of firms specify or purchase outdoor furniture, appliances and accessories for their residential landscape projects: 49% through a manufacturer’s representative; 36% online; 30% through a local retailer; and 20% at a company showroom.

Sixty-four percent of firms provide hospitality design services (hotels, resorts, restaurants, etc.). Of those firms:

• 77% design one to five projects per year; 20% design between six and 20 projects per year.

• 60% include outdoor kitchens in hospitality projects.

• 86% include a fireplace, fire pit or other fire features in hospitality projects.

• 60% include heating or cooling features in hospitality projects.

• 97% include water features (ponds, pools, fountains) in hospitality projects.

• The typical hospitality landscape project budget is $250,000 to $1 million; for 21% of firms it is more than $1 million and for 8% more than $3 million.

• 94% of firms specify or purchase outdoor furniture, appliances and accessories for their hospitality landscape projects: 46% through a manufacturer’s representative; 26% online; 18% through a local retailer; and 12% at a company showroom.

Sixty-three percent of the firms surveyed design both residential and hospitality projects. Nearly 10% of firms that were contacted responded to the ASLA survey.