Become a Landscape Company Owner

Start Your Own Landscape Company

Imagine having a high paying job that lets you spend time outdoors and use your creativity to create beautiful landscapes.

About a Career as a Landscape Company Owner

Landscaping involves planting and caring for trees, shrubs, flowers, groundcovers, and grass. It also includes design elements such as walkways, decks, retaining walls, patios, lighting, and anything else external to the building.

Some typical projects that landscapers design, install or maintain include:

• Residential yards and estates
• Public and private school grounds
• Public parks, recreation sites, and streetscapes
• Civic center landscapes and waterfronts
• Business courtyards
• Golf courses

Is there a market for your landscaping business? Yes! Beautiful formal and informal landscapes are becoming increasingly important to busy North American homeowners who have limited time to perform their own maintenance.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for landscaping services is growing faster than the national average for all occupations.

As long as you have the desire, you can become a landscaper and start your own landscape company. No special education or experience is necessary to break into this career and succeed. You don't need a college degree or a lot of money to get started in the landscape business.

Guide to Become a Landscape Company Owner

If you would like to be paid to landscape, the FabJob Guide to Become a Landscape Company Owner is for you! In this e-book you will discover how you can get started and succeed in this exciting career.

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Author Janet Hartin has worked in the landscaping industry since she was 16. An Environmental Horticulturist with University of California Cooperative Extension, she has taught over 100 classes to private and public landscapers and published over 300 articles on plant selection, plant maintenance, water conservation and irrigation, sustainable landscaping, green waste management, and pest identification and management.

In this guide you'll find valuable insider advice on all aspects of making it in the landscaping business. Find out how the owner of the largest residential landscape company in Southern California got started, and valuable tips for success from more than a dozen other successful owners of both small and large landscape companies.

The guide covers topics of vital importance to anyone who wants to become a landscape company owner, including:

How to Be an Expert Landscaper

• Planting and maintaining turf (grass)
  • How much to water (plus advice on the best time of day to water and how to avoid water waste)
  • How to determine fertilizer needs
  • The right equipment for mowing
  • Recommended heights for different grasses
  • Information about grass cycling
  • Common turf problems and how to avoid them
  • How to take a soil test to identify disease
  • What to do about insects
• Planting and maintaining trees
  • Selecting trees to fit your client's space
  • What to watch out for when selecting trees
  • Protecting trees in transit
  • Proper planting techniques
  • Watering and fertilizing trees
  • How and when to prune
  • How to develop the right branch structure
  • Damage and hazards to avoid
• Planting and maintaining bedding plants
  • Bedding plant selection
  • How to avoid robbing plants of nutrients
  • How to get the right soil pH
  • How deep to plant and how far to plant from trees
  • How to space plants to create beautiful, full blooms
  • Bedding plant maintenance, including how often to remove wilted flowers and how often to prune
  • Causes of plant decline and death
• The easiest way to cut down on weed problems
• How to minimize winter damage from snow, ice, frost, salt, rodents and deer
• Landscape design software (includes links to free trials)
• How to do eco-landscaping (environmentally friendly landscaping)
  • Integrated pest management
  • Water-efficient landscapes
  • Compost in landscapes
  • Energy-efficient landscapes
  • Sustainable landscapes

How to Start and Manage a Landscape Business

• Choosing a niche
  • Residential landscaping
  • Commercial landscaping
• Options for starting your landscape company
  • Buying a company or taking over a route
  • Starting a new company
  • Franchising
• Starting your landscaping business
  • What to include in your business plan
  • Naming your landscaping business
  • Legal matters and types of insurance for landscape companies
  • State landscape contractor licensing information plus other types of licensing
• Financial matters
  • Fixed and variable expenses to expect
  • Sources of start-up funding
  • Budgeting for success (includes sample budgets for a landscape company)
• How to set your fees
  • By the hour
  • Flat monthly fee
  • By the job
  • By area (square footage)
  • Charging for supplies
• Equipment and tools
  • What you'll need (includes a checklist of lawncare tools, hand tools, hauling and cleanup tools, water tools, attire, and more)
  • Saving money by buying used equipment
  • Where to get equipment
  • Buying versus leasing
• Working with staff or contractors
  • Evaluating your staffing needs
  • How to increase productivity with incentives
  • Dealing with personnel issues
  • Ensuring staff safety

Getting and Working with Clients

• Marketing to residential clients
  • Getting word of mouth referrals
  • Effective advertising techniques
  • Creative ways to get publicity
• Marketing to commercial clients
  • Meeting with decision-makers
  • The bidding process
  • Getting referrals from other businesses
  • Getting government contracts
• How to land the job
  • Assessing client needs
  • Conducting an onsite survey
  • What to wear to a client meeting
  • Creating a landscaping project timeline
  • What to include in a client contract (includes a Sample Landscape Maintenance Contract)
  • How to avoid losing potential clients
• Developing good relationships with your clients and having them trust you
• Getting paid and avoiding delinquent accounts
• Lucrative ways to keep busy all year including fall and winter activities such as:
  • Fertilize lawns
  • Clean up perennial flower beds
  • Truck roses in
  • Winterize irrigation systems
  • Prune trees and shrubs
  • Snow and ice removal
  • Supply firewood
  • Christmas tree delivery and set-up
  • Interiorscaping

PLUS, you will discover:

• How to maintain healthy landscapes
• Landscaping services with higher profit margins
• Why your fees should not be based on what your competitors charge
• How to develop your landscaping skills by working for another landscape company
• The best industry resources including continuing education, associations, and publications
• How to be certified as a landscape professional
• Success stories of other landscape company owners, so you can get ideas for your own landscaping business
• Samples of what you need to start your own landscape business, including:
  • Sample landscape maintenance contract
  • Sample budgets for a landscape company
  • Sample monthly maintenance schedule
  • Sample landscaping tools checklist
  • Sample basic service invoice
  • Sample detailed invoice
  • Sample people-hour chart
• And more!

How to Get the Landscape Company Owner Guide

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The information in this guide can save you many hours of research, help you avoid some common mistakes, and give you advice you need to start your own landscape business.

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You can earn back the price of the guide your very first day in business. Plus, this guide can help you start your own landscaping business much more quickly and cost-effectively.

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