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Start and run a gardening business : an insider guide to setting yourself up as a professional gardener (3rd ed)

Part of the Small business start-ups series
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You don't need pots of money to start your own gardening business.

With this book and a willingness to learn, you could soon be enjoying a profitable and enormously satisfying career doing something you love.

Whether your aspirations are simply to sell a selection of home grown plants from the boot of your car or to establish a succesful all-year-round gardening business, this book will show you how.

It covers: - Preparing your business plan - Getting kitted out - How to find work - and keep it - What services to offer - Book-keeping for gardeners - Planning the gardening year - How to get commercial contracts - Providing estimates - The top ten most profitable gardening jobsContents: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1.

A Growing Opportunity; 2. Getting Started; 3. Getting Your First Customers; 4. Starting and Running a Gardening Round; 5. Starting and Running a General Gardening Business; 6.

Adding Value Through Spin-Off Opportunities; 7. Launching Your Business and Creating the Right Image; 8.

Bookkeeping and Administration Systems; 9. Managing the Gardening Year; 10. Resolving Problems and Building On Opportunities; 11.

Growing Your Business; Help Directory; Index.

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Product Details
How To Books Ltd
1845284143 / 9781845284145
Paperback / softback
26/04/2010
United Kingdom
English
xii, 244 p.
25 cm
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Previous ed.: published as How to start your own gardening business. 2007.