• Preface
• A Growing Opportunity
• Essential Planning For You And Y
• What’s Involved In Starting An
• The General Gardening Business
• Seasonal Opportunities
• Launching Your Business
• Bookkeeping And Administration S
• The Gardening Calendar
• Avoiding Seasonal Blues
• Growing Your Business

How to Start Your Own Gardening Business

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• Preface
• A Growing Opportunity
  • Why Start A Gardening Business?
  • Who Will Want Your Services?
  • Your Skills And Aptitudes
  • Have You Got What It Takes?
  • How Much Time Will Your Business Need?
  • Finding Your Niche
  • Carrying Out Some Initial Market Research
  • Summary
• Essential Planning For You And Your Business
  • The Importance Of Business Planning
  • Planning A Strategy
  • Writing Your Business Plan
  • Detailing Your Business Idea
  • Preparing An Initial Cash Flow Forecast
  • Preparing A Profit And Loss Forecast
  • Contingency Planning
  • Is Your Idea Viable?
  • Summary
• What’s Involved In Starting And Running A Gardening Round?
  • Knowing What You’re Letting Yourself In For
  • Working Out The Costs Of Providing Your Service
  • Getting Started
  • Coping With The Paperwork
  • Limitations Of A Gardening Round
  • Offer Domestic Maintenance Contracts
  • Summary
• The General Gardening Business
  • The Inner Workings Of A General Gardening Business
  • Some Services Offered By A General Gardening Business
  • Getting Started
  • Tools
  • Vehicles
  • Financing Your Business
  • Getting The Business – Quotes And Estimates
  • Some Other Issues
  • Summary
• Seasonal Opportunities
  • The Benefit Of Spin-Offs
  • You Can Specialise
  • Lawn-Cutting Service
  • Build It And Fix-It Service
  • Mobile Plant Nursery
  • Gardening Coaching Service
  • Always Something To Do In A Garden
  • Summary
• Launching Your Business
  • Preparing For Growth
  • Creating The Right Image
  • Standing Out From The Crowd
  • Business Stationery
  • Bank Accounts
  • Getting Your First Customers – The Gardening Round
  • Launch Strategy For Other Businesses
  • Summary
• Bookkeeping And Administration Systems
  • Tax For The Self-Employed
  • Value Added Tax
  • Bookkeeping – The Options
  • Completing Your Annual Tax Return
  • Getting Paid Every Time And On Time
  • Staffing Issues
  • Summary
• The Gardening Calendar
  • A Year In The Gardening Business
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • Summary
• Avoiding Seasonal Blues
  • When Things Don’t Always Go To Plan
  • Factors Outside Your Control
  • Difficult People And Situations
  • Handling Complaints
  • Motivation – Keeping Going
  • Building Your Knowledge
  • Successful Selling
• Growing Your Business
  • Expansion Is Good For Your Business
  • The Commercial Market
  • One Last Thing
  • Summary