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Setting up as a general gardener. Advice please.
Wow. Innundated with advice. Lots to get my teeth into. Thanks everyone.
Replied Sep. 30, 2009
Setting up as a general gardener. Advice please.
I'm aiming for garden maintenance and garden design and hoping one will feed the other and vice versa. Ta for the response
Replied Sep. 29, 2009
Setting up as a general gardener. Advice please.
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Hi folks. My name is Steve. Advice please. After many years slogging it out as a teacher in Sheffield I decided this time last year to set up as a garden designer. I duely took the course, passed an…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Boyd Oct. 6, 2009.
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Hi Steve
A business plan + PLF + CFF is pretty much essential to running any business and without them most businesses have a hard time. It will also tell you what your hourly/daily/weekly rates need to be - as has already been mentioned £12 per ho…
Fliers. They work. I keep mine really simple...my Blackbird logo...offer garden maintenance and one off spruce ups...they cost next to nothing...just leg work and time but if you haven't got work then hey! I have NEVER had less than a 2% hit rate...…
Looks like some good advice there yes. I think perserverance is pretty important as is keeping a professional image at ALL times (this includes when out shopping as you bump into customers everywhere).
Hi Paul.
As someone who's about to go out and get my van equipment etc and start leafleting in earnest today I am so gled t hear you are 47. I'm 43 any a part of me was thinking I must be crackers going for this at my age. Gratifying to hear that yo…
Wow. Innundated with advice. Lots to get my teeth into. Thanks everyone.
Hi Steve,
All excellent advise already given.
If I have read you posting correctly I gather you are still teaching? If this is correct and you have a bit of time to plan your attack and to get ready.
If I was in your shoes I would be tempted to w…
I set up a coupe of years ago...Spent 1500 quid on a van, 1500 quid on a couple of mowers, a grand on hedge cutters, a grand on platforms & ladders, 400 quid on a strimmer, all in plus kit & training 2 grand on chainsaw stuff, loads of smaller stuff…
Hi Steve,
As well as the obvious kit, a few builders bulk material bags always come in handy for moving rubbish etc.
The important thing is to work your rate out (use Phils handy calculator that is on this site as a guide) and stick to it. I find…
dont expect to make massive money to start off with, dont ignore the oldies cos thyere usually bread and butter jobs when you start, dont think yourself above cleaning gutters, rodding drains. dont take on anything you arnt confident with, people sp…
When I first started out I got a 18" mower and brush cutter and general hand tools, secutairs, loppers, spade fork, shovel, wheel barrow, rakes, springtine and soil, dutch hoe, edging shears and prunning saw! Plus a van, always better than car looks…
Steve
from the many previous discussions on here it is clear to me that when providing maintenance you can generally earn (when starting out) more for what you do as apposed to what you know. What I mean by this is you can struggle to earn between…
Indemnity insurance is something you are best phoning about / getting quotes for then compare exceptions and the excess amounts. I use NFU. Check out coverzones who advertise to the right on this site.
You need to work out your running costs to wor…
I'm aiming for garden maintenance and garden design and hoping one will feed the other and vice versa. Ta for the response
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- Company name (if applicable)
- Sheaf Garden and Landscape Design
- First Name:
- Steve
- Surname:
- Palmer
- Telephone:
- 07948382390
- Email:
- stevenpalmer007@googlemail.com
- Website:
- http://www.sheafgardendesign.co.uk
- About Me:
- Qualified garden designer and gradener
- What is your profession i.e. Landscaping, gardening, greenkeeping - other
- Garden design and general garden maintenance
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Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 5:18pm on September 29, 2009,
Philip Voice said… - Hi Steve
Welcome to Landscape Juice - thanks for joining.
Check your URL, I think you have missed a letter.
Kind regards
Phil Voice
- At 10:26pm on September 29, 2009,
Graeme @ BGS said…
- Hi Steve,
Welcome to the LJN,. I see that you have already found your way around. It will be a great resource to you.
All the best
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