Similar to the cleaning business, you can start this today with some careful research and a well-planned sales strategy. A quick-fire get started guide follows:
1. Carry out some initial research by phoning existing businesses in your area and getting a clear idea of how much the going rate is for your services.
2. Decide on what services to offer initially, taking into account your skills and experience. For example, you could simply begin with a lawn-cutting service, a leaf-sweeping service, a gutter clearing service, and so on.
3. Have some cards/leaflets printed and drop them through as many doors as you can, not forgetting to put your card up in newsagents’ windows, barbers’, hairdressers’, doctors’ surgeries, vets’, cafes, and so on.
4. When the phone rings, as it will, be professional. Have a clear idea of how much you’re going to charge and what you’re capable of doing. To begin with don’t tackle or take on jobs that are beyond your experience.
5. Successful gardening businesses are built on offering reliable, professional, valuefor money service.
6. As your business grows you can employ people to work for you and the ultimatepoint you want to get to is where you have teams of gardeners working for your business, while you take on a purely management, entrepreneurial role.
How Much Money do You Need to Start Gardening Business?
If cash is a huge problem, you could initially start by offering your services as a gardener where you supply the labour and expertise and your clients supply the tools and materials. However, fairly soon you will need to think about getting your own tools and equipment as you can then charge more for your services and specialise in whatever area you’re most interested in.
Tips of the day!
Make sure you charge enough and don’t be tempted to win new customers on the basis of being cheaper. Only tackle the commercial market once you’ve got some good experience working on domestic gardens.
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