How to Start a Home-Based Landscaping Business, 6th Edition

by Owen Dell

Making money doing lawn-care, landscape architecture, and garden work is a dream of many people―and this guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies they need to successfully launch and develop their own business doing so. This sixth edition also features advice on marketing and selling one’s services within “sustainable landscaping,” one of the hottest new trends in the field. * Develop a profitable business plan * Build word-of-mouth referrals * Handle employees, paperwork, and taxes * Work smart and safe * Adapt to new trends like sustainable landscaping * Become your area’s top landscaper

328 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Djinnaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing much new that I didn't already know, but a good business book for a Bay Area landscaper. I'm not sure that it would translate well outside of the area, and (as usual) I wish that it had suggestions for getting outside of the mold of the usual landscaping biz. Still, good business sense and suggestions against common pitfalls. My favorite part is his whole explanation about choosing clients and the dangers of working for the very rich.