{"id":5893,"date":"2017-04-14T03:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T02:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2017-04-10T17:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:41:14","slug":"gardening-as-a-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/gardening-as-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening as a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1845281756\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1845281756.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHow to Start Your Own Gardening Business<\/strong> An Insider Guide to Setting Yourself Up as a Professional Gardener is a <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1845281756\/richardpettin-21\">useful tutorial<\/a> if you want to set up a gardening business. I recommend you consider your aspirations and limitations carefully and either set up a &#8216;Life Style business&#8217; or consider becoming a qualified, professional career gardener.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nLife Style Gardener<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are many jobs from spring onward for jobbing gardeners. Lawyers hang out a shingle but for gardeners a post card in the post office usually suffices.<\/li>\n<li>Labouring on hedges and lawns for the infirm or doing small construction and garden maintenance projects are within the grasp of most hobby gardeners.<\/li>\n<li>If your work is good then word of mouth should get you lots of referals.<\/li>\n<li>Hourly rates in the North of England vary from \u00c2\u00a36- \u00c2\u00a320 per hour depending on the level of horticultural skill, experience and quality of garden. Ask around amongst those already in business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Career Gardener<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You need to have some formal qualifications and on the job training. See<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/htbg\/go_further_learn_about_gardening.shtml\"> Alan Titchmarsh&#8217;s list from How to be a Gardener.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the Royal Horticulture society there is a progression from the RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture through the Level 3 Advanced Certificate and Diploma qualifications, to the Master of Horticulture.<\/li>\n<li>Here is a comprehensive list of qualifications but there are many local courses, correspondence courses and ways of getting training.<\/li>\n<li>Specialisation is probably worth considering once the basic skill sets are in place.<\/li>\n<li>Landscaping and design are often areas that attract premium income.<\/li>\n<li>Learning on the job with a Parks and Gardens department will help with the cost of education.<\/li>\n<li>You also need a basic business skill set to cover getting paid, sorting taxation and keeping records. So try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesslink.gov.uk\/bdotg\/action\/layer?topicId=1073858805\">Business Link<\/a> for start up advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0762738812\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0762738812.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Start Your Own Gardening Business An Insider Guide to Setting Yourself Up as a Professional Gardener is a useful tutorial if you want to set up a gardening business. I recommend you consider your aspirations and limitations carefully and either set up a &#8216;Life Style business&#8217; or consider becoming a qualified, professional career gardener. Life Style Gardener There are many jobs from spring onward for jobbing gardeners. Lawyers hang out a shingle but for gardeners a post card&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/gardening-as-a-business\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,32,17],"tags":[220],"class_list":["post-5893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-design","category-gardening","tag-professional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}