Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Marcus Richardson from Bracknell recently cleared an allotment ready for nursery children to grow their own!
Allotment Project
Daily Mail Article- How to grow your own business in gardening
Green shoots:Steve Frise has taken on two people
FRANCHISING
WITH a gardening franchise you can earn a living from something you enjoy – all year round.
But there’s more to gardening as a business than pottering around in other people’s lawns and flowerbeds.
“Gardening depends on service, so you must enjoy talking to customers and be willing to sell to them,” says Steve Frise, a franchisee of Ed’s Garden Maintenance from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Steve, 46, who preciously ran a car spares shop, invested in the franchise five years ago. He has 70 regular customers and employees two staff.
“It’s a year round business, and the weather is not a problem if you keep busy,” he says. ” In the winter we build sheds and fences.
“In my first year, I found it best to bank all my money and build up customers to avoid down time.”
“Word of mouth and regular leafletting have built up the business so much I need to work only three or four days a week. In fact, I work less and earn more than I did from my shop.”
Ed Mauleverer, managing director of ed’s, says:”anyone can start their own gardening service, but doing so with a franchise gives you the marketing and business know-how to turn it into a professional business.”
“And you can earn a lot more than you could by doing it yourself”
Investment is £10,000 plus van and equipment.
Urgent Call
Our Operator Clive Edmonds who covers South West London had an urgent call from one of his regular customers one evening asking for help! Their beautiful 30 year old Acacia Dealbata otherwise known as a Mimosa had fallen over in the recent high winds. The tree had been weakened by regular trimming on one side and had become unstable.
Clive rushed round the next day and the work was completed the same day – the customer was delighted. Please contact us if you need any Garden Maintenance work and we will aim to help you as soon as possible or at a time convenient to you.
The London Garden Society Awards
Ed’s Garden Maintenance would like to congratulate James Leonard, our North London Operator who came 2nd in The London Garden Society Awards held in October at the Guildhall. James won his award for maintaining a square in Central London. James said “it was a great evening and I was very excited to receive this award.”
Garden Makeover
Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Lucy had to completley ‘redo’ a garden in Teddington. The work involved installing railway sleeper beds, extending the patio, turfing and grinding out a large tree stump. The customer was delighted and very pleased with the end result.
Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operators undertake a wide variety of work from a one off small lawn mow to a major ‘redo’. If you have any work requirements why not give us call or fill in the box ‘free estimate’ and we will arrange for someone to come and give you a free no obligation estimate.
Off To A Flying Start
Ed’s Garden Maintenance newest Operator Den has got off to a flying start and began his week by doing a large garden clearance job.
Den is covering the Twickenham and Richmond area and said “I am very excited about my new business and I look forward to getting great satisfaction from having happy customers and doing something I enjoy”. The Ed’s Team all wish Den every success with his new business.
If you are interested in starting your own Garden Maitenance Business or need your garden cleared why not give us a call or fill in the forms on the web site and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Daily Mail finds out about an Ed’s garden Maintenance Business Opportunity
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| Garden Franchise Section of Daily Mail 16 August 2012 |
Gardening and outdoor franchises can turn your love of the open air into a business.
“You could start a gardening business on your own, but a franchise is likely to be less risky”, says Sarah Whaley, who invested in an Ed’s Garden Maintenance franchise six years ago.
” I was working in sales, but, I wanted my own business,” sayes Sarah, from London.
‘I decided the franchise would be a good start because I had no business experience and Ed’s provided training, support, group marketing help and a known brand from day one,” she sayes.
Sarah, now 29, has grown her business to 45 regular customers and she employs three staff.
Ed Mauleverer, founder of Ed’s sayes:”Anyone can start a gardening service, but a franchise gives you a welcome helping hand.”
“You get the marketing and business know-how to turn it into a professional business that returns a good income rather than living hand to mouth. Investment is £10,000 plus van and equipment.
To find out more request an operator prospectus from our website.
Well Done James
Ed’s Garden Maintenance would like to say ‘Congratulations’ to our North London Operator James Leonard who recently participated in the Franchise of the Year Awards. James impressed the judges who said if he keeps things as they are he will be running an empire in the near future. James said “I was very pleased with the judges comments and it was also a big team effort from everyone at Eds.”
The Longest Bramble?
Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator Marcus from Wokingham felt he had defeated the longest bramble on record amongst our operators at 9m and 10cm. He has not been beaten to date. Let Ed know if you have tackled longer.
Ed’s Training at Wisley
Fifteen of our Ed’s Operators recently went on a training course at Wisley which involved a very early start and lots of coffee. The course covered various aspects of garden maintenance work including pruning, hedge care / trimming and lawn care which will be of great benfit to our customers.
Ed’s is looking to recruit new operators in several areas across the UK. Please fill in the Operator Prospectus Form on the Join Us Page if you feel this is something you would like to find out more about and come and join us for a Discovery Day.
