Start your own business.
For the uninitiated, striking out on your own can be scary.
Heres a handy little guide on everything youll want to know before launching your own gardening business.
There are two main differences between being employed by a landscaping company and striking out on your own.
The first is earning potential.
On average, the national hourly rate for landscaping employees is $17.
It might sound strange, but this is actually pretty standard practice for manual labor businesses.
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The other main difference between being an employee and working for yourself is responsibility.
But being a business owner comes with a whole new set of responsibilities and expectations from your clients.
One way to do this?
Work as an employee for a local landscaping company for a season or two.
before striking out on your own.
The first of these, is to come up with a business plan, ie.
define the parameters of your business.
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After all, youre just one person and you’ve got the option to only do so much.
The main thing to establish is how much gardening versus landscaping and hardscaping you want to do.
I decided to strictly work on beauty gardening projects, ie.
weeding, planting and pruning plants.
I only worked in established gardens and never did a job that required power tools or heavy equipment.
Another thing youll want to define early on is who you want to work for.
But also very effective.
For businesses or homes outside that range, come up with a fair travel cost to charge.
I charged my hourly rate for one way of travel.
I did this for any client who lived farther than 20 minutes away.
Work this amount, plus whatever youd like to charge for your time, into your invoicing.
Why, you ask?
Set a Schedule
Another thing to consider before taking clients?
Consider all of this, and what you might realistically do in a day.
Find Clients
This is actually a lot simpler than it seems.
With the current labor shortage, this is more likely to happen than youd think.
Then get in the habit of asking happy customers to leave you reviews.
Contributor Larissa Runkle frequently writes on finance, real estate, and lifestyle topics for The Penny Hoarder.
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