Mark Stanton recently set up his own Ed’s gardening business in Ramsgate, an area he knows and loves. After working in sales for many years, Mark traded his corporate job for the great outdoors, and now earns a living doing what he loves. Three months into his new venture, we caught up with Mark to find out how he is getting on…
Experience
“I felt like I had quite a bit of gardening experience even before joining Ed’s,” Mark said. “It’s just something that I have always loved and feel very passionate about.” Before his career change, Mark had done lots of gardening jobs for friends and family, as well as in his own garden. He even completed a professional garden design course, just for fun.
“Time really has flown since I decided to go ahead with setting up my Ed’s gardening business,” Mark said. “Since starting, I’ve had great training on delivering all the core Ed’s services, and I feel that I have been more than well-prepared for actually doing the job. In addition, I’ve found that the business skills training has been really good.
“I’ve been very lucky that an Ed’s Spring training session took place a couple of weeks ago. The timing for that was just perfect for me and the content was excellent.
“The training day gave me a great insight on growing my business successfully, and I got the opportunity to meet a lot of other Ed’s operators. The session really reinforced just what is achievable if you put the right building blocks in place as you go along.”
Starting work
“I’ve had some really interesting gardening jobs already. I’m also meeting some really lovely customers and I’m thoroughly enjoying doing my best to ensure that they are happy with my work.”
“Recently, I’ve worked on a very large garden clearance as one of my first jobs. The garden had not been touched for almost twenty years and it was a big job with a high level of skill required.”
“It was actually a really interesting job for me, a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. To start with, it was impossible to see what the layout of the garden was. It was just one big jumble with layers upon layers of years of growth.
“Gradually the footprint of the garden started to appear and I could see the care that had initially been taken it laying it all out and adorning it with garden seats and planters. To be honest, it was a bit like a mini Lost Garden of Heligan!”
“I definitely got a lot of satisfaction from completing this job. It was a very physical but immensely rewarding. I really enjoyed the work but by far the best bit was the fact that the customer was hugely appreciative.”
The value of a job well done
“* * * * * Mark has done a fantastic job at my father in-law’s and has brought the garden back under control ready for regular maintenance, would recommend for all garden services.”
– A five star review for Mark
“I’m finding that I’m getting strong recommendations from happy customers already, which is wonderful for my confidence.
“I think that’s the best accolade you can get for your work, someone recommending you to a friend, family member or neighbour because you have made a great impression by doing a brilliant job for them. I get huge satisfaction from that.”
My thoughts for the future
“I suspected I would love doing gardening for a living and I do. It’s lovely to see spring all around and I can’t wait to develop my business as much as I can in the season ahead.”
“I know that the lawn mowing season is just beginning. I’m really looking forward to developing lawn mowing and hedge cutting, as well as building up my regular customer base.”
Please get in touch
Please give Mark a call if he can help you with any of your garden maintenance requirements in the Ramsgate area.