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How to start my own landscaping business?

January 28th, 2009 by admin

Kusy7 asked:


I’m 16 and currently work for a carmera repair company making $8 an hour. It is a really boring job and i hate and diagree with most of the companies policies. So i want to leave the company in hopes of starting a landscapeing company with one of my friends. I would like to know if it would be worth starting a company and would like tips on how to start one.

2 Responses to “How to start my own landscaping business?”

  1. silvaconsultants Says:
    January 29th, 2009 at 10:53 am

    You and your friend should get part-time jobs working for someone else’s landscaping business first. There is a big difference between just mowing lawns and providing true landscaping services.

    Professional landscaping is a skill and not something that you can just start doing without some training. Try working for someone else for a while - if you like it, then by all means think about starting your own business.

  2. Douglas M Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    I like your attitude. Business is easy if you like what your doing and charge enough. If there are two of you, partnership is not the answer. Two businesses are the answer. You’ll get more done and you will get along better that way. When you have enough work lined up hire the help you need, that will yield less argument and more profit.
    I assume you already know how to cut the grass, edge, rake, weed and use a blower, so I’ll cover getting customers, raising funds for equipment and a business secret.
    Have some business cards and fliers printed with your name and phone number on them. The phone should be either a cell on your person or a land line connected to an answering machine. The cards and fliers should have an offer on them. For example offer lawn care service for the whole season at a flat price for any typical 5000 square foot lawn. (Figure 30 to 40 dollars per week times the number of weeks in your mowing season.)
    Give the business cards out to everyone you meet, put the fliers on every door in your chosen market area and/or on every car windshield in the mall or shopping center. (Knock on those doors when your passing out the ads and ask for the work.)
    To raise funds for more efficient equipment and build working capital charge for the whole season up front by having a higher price for weekly pay service and the lower one for the seasonal offer.
    And lastly the greatest business secret you’ll ever learn: Don’t break any promises and don’t make any promises you can’t keep. Always try to deliver more than you promised.