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Tell them honestly you no longer wish to work for them.
A few ideas.....
1. Tell them your retiring.
2. Tell them your emigrating to Australia.
3. Tell them some travellers stole your lawnmower.
4. Fake your own death then change your name and start up a new gardening business.
5. Pretend to have tourettes syndrome and they'll probably not ask you to come back.
6. Tell them you won the lottery and your not doing gardening anymore.
Hi Michael, best advice I can give you is to be up front and tell the client that you no longer wish to provide your services to them.
A 'change in direction' or 're-evaluating the business' covers all possibilities.
Ensure you have been paid for any outstanding work first, and once payment has been received and cleared by the bank, then call round to their home and tell them face to face. Provide a letter, diplomatically explaining your reasons (should you wish to expand on your reasoning), and then wishing them all the best in the future.
If possible give as much notice / grace as you can.
Experience has taught me that it is best not to recommend or provide a list of alternative gardeners. There is a tendency to get drawn back in should any potential replacements not work out.
At the end of the day, you are in control, the client does not employ you. You provide a service to them.
Good luck.
Here's another thread on similar lines:
Nasty Customers
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/nasty-customers-1