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Experienced pair of hands available in West/North Norfolk

Hi all, I am in the process of moving to Norfolk. I am keeping the business going in the West Midlands with my existing employee's but I do need to find a few days a week for myself in Norfolk too.

I am already starting to network with gardeners in N

Started by Darren Walters in Business, Groundscare, and Marketing

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Building A Business In Horticulture - Free To Attend Zoom Meetings With Alan Sargent

NEW from Alan Sargent and The Landscape Library

A series of FREE monthly zoom sessions for anybody wishing to start, build or develop a gardening, garden design or landscaping business.

Held on the third thursday of each month, sessions will be on a

Started by Angela Lambert in Marketing

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Useful Facebook group

Whilst scrolling the other night FB suggested I may like to join "I need a gardener UK".

I did for interest value, there seems to be lots of useful posts, though whether the posters will pay decent rates is an unknown. It could be useful for anyone st

Started by Adam Woods in Business and Marketing

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Christmas trees in December

Hi all, I'm wondering if any landscapers here have branched out (or considered it) into selling Christmas trees to cover quieter month of December?

We have run an online ordering for home delivery Christmas service in Edinburgh - edinburghchristmastre

Started by Clement Wilson in Business, Marketing, and Jobs

2 Replies · Reply by Clement Wilson Oct 8, 2023

Is Social Media Marketing Worth The Effort?

A question for all of you landscapers and gardeners out there - and the suppliers too. How much time to you spend on social media marketing (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin etc) and do you think it benefits your business? I'm a fan and find

Started by My Garden Design in Marketing

10 Replies · Reply by Vic 575 Apr 24, 2022

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How are we feeling about Red Diesel being removed from use in garden and grounds maintenance wef 1/4/2022

Having attended an HMRC presentation on the changes looming I was a little surprised at the far reachign effects this change in legislation will have on our industry but also on many others that I hadn't realised would be using rebated fuel. One the

Started by Richard Stone in Marketing

7 Replies · Reply by Andrew Betteridge Mar 24, 2022

The rise and very quick fall of grasslines.net

Hi Everyone,

Having given this much thought and looking at the business in more detail, and with the advice and conversations I have had, I have decided that although i like the idea of mowing lawns, its probably best sticking to my own lawn.

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Started by David Seabridge in Business, Groundscare, and Landscaping

10 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Dec 9, 2021

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Landscape Gardening Business Management Software

Hello everyone, I’m Marc from Custom Quoter and have been talking to Henry, Gary and the team at LJN, He mentioned that there are often threads discussing landscapers/landscaping software.
We wanted to create this discussion to have some direct conta

Started by marc mazure in Design, Accountancy, and Health and Safety

28 Replies · Reply by marc mazure Aug 11, 2022

Starting off with maintenance services but wanting to move to garden design.

Hi everyone. I signed up to this forum a while ago so have read a few threads on setting up a business, I feel now I’m ready to take the plunge and want to launch a garden maintenance and hopefully design business. What I want advice on is what to in

Started by Marie L in Marketing

15 Replies · Reply by Jo Christoforides Mar 13, 2021

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Advertising on Bark

Hello allI know a few of you have mentioned getting work through online agency Bark in other conversations I wondered how many of you have used it and how you've found it for actually finding work. Do you find that the leads are more often than not

Started by Angela Sharp in Marketing

1 Reply · Reply by John F Feb 20, 2021

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Thoughts on "Your Garden Made Perfect"

I've been asked to write an article about BBC2's new garden makeover show, Your Garden Made Perfect.

Has anyone else watched it yet? What did you think of it?

Started by Angela Lambert in Marketing

7 Replies · Reply by Ben Mallow Feb 21, 2021

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Herbicide spraying

Hi. I would like to push the spraying this year. I would like to put it on my van and maybe run some adds in the paper so could do with some tips on wording for both.

Started by Jes Gardner in Marketing

29 Replies · Reply by Glen Stillman Jan 11, 2021

Websites; how useful are they for businesses?

I have been self employed for nearly 9 years now and I have not yet got a website for my gardening maintenance business. Are they really needed these days and how effective are they to attract more business? I had a quick look and there appears to be

Started by Andrew Midgley in Design, Business, and Marketing

46 Replies · Reply by Duncan Hillman Apr 17, 2023

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Bark

Evening all,

just wondering if anybody has had any success using the bark app? Does it generate leads of any substance? I'm always wary of these things but you never know,

thanks in advance,

Ben

Started by Ben Gooding in Design, Business, and Groundscare

10 Replies · Reply by 1st Garden Maintenance Mar 4, 2021

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Started by Progreen Weed Control in Marketing, Clothing, and Paving Materials and Advice

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RSL Engineering Excavator Attachments

RSL Engineering Ltd - Digger and excavator attachment manufacturer. We specialise in bespoke excavator attachments/digger attachments and Unimog accessories. We locally produce British made digger bucket products such as the versatile hydraulic, or m

Started by RSL Engineering in Marketing

0 Replies · Reply by RSL Engineering Aug 25, 2020

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New Website for Bawden Tree Care

Our tree care department launched an updated website today with fresh design and lots of new content. I invite you to have a look around the site and see for yourself the services offered. Quick link to the site here: https://www.bawdentreecare.co

Started by Fencing Essentials in Marketing

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Instagram

Evening all,

Has anyone got feedback on Instagram as a means of procuring work, or on the hole has the experience of those who have been busy with it been just reward for the investment in time put in??

Best

Paul

Started by Paul Doyle in Marketing

5 Replies · Reply by Paul Doyle Jul 22, 2019

Non-Competitive Pricing

Blitz A Stump

For those of you unfamiliar with the operation of a stump grinder this is my issue with finding replacement bearings---at a realistic price--- for its cutter wheel shaft. Without going into boring technical details, the bearings I use

Started by Mike Lish in Machinery and Marketing

3 Replies · Reply by Mike Lish May 4, 2019

Application of composite geomembrane

Composite geomembrane is a kind of geomembrane material, which has a good anti-seepage effect. On the one hand, the composite geomembrane laid in the subgrade slope needs anti-seepage treatment, with its connection to form a whole slope anti-seepage

Started by wslgeosynthetics in Marketing

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