Managing a Garden Business

Learn online to manage a garden business - lawn care, tree work, garden maintenance, landscaping or anything else.

Course Code: SGH24

Fee Code: SG

Duration (approx) Duration (approx) 20 hours

Qualification Statement of Attainment

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Where are you located?

Within Australia
AUD $220.00inc GST

Outside Australia
AUD $200.00

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Delivery Method
   Online
   E-Learning (not available) (USB stick via post)
   Correspondence (not available) (Paper notes via post)

All prices in Australian Dollars.

Learn to Manage a Gardening Business

Garden Maintenance Services
Consulting/ advice
Garden Design
Landscape Construction
Lawn care, trees, flowers, shrubs, etc

Lesson Structure

There are 5 lessons in this course:

GETTING STARTED
- Points to watch out for
- Two ways to begin in business
- Starting a new business compared to buying one
- What sorts of records do i need to keep?
- Seeking advice
- Promoting a new business
- Understanding contract law
WHAT SERVICES COULD YOU OFFER?
- Types of service
- Other options
- Complimentary fringe services
- Considering the options
- What do you need to offer these services?
- Specialist niche areas for landscape construction
- Specialist areas for a design business
- Buying equipment and tools
- Finding materials
- Developing a business
GARDEN MAINTENANCE SERVICES
- Plant care
- Why plants get sick
- Preventative medicine in the garden
- Planting
- Moving established plants
- Feeding plants
- Watering
- Providing a spraying service
- Starting a pruning service
- Pruning equipment
- Starting a lawn care business
- Types of mowers
- Lawn aeration
- Watering
- Tree care and tree surgery
- Tree surgery techniques
- Safety aspects
- Gardening & landscaping tools
- Tool maintenance
- Power tools
- Power tool maintenance
- How to manually handle objects in the garden
- Starting an indoor plant service
LANDSCAPING
- Options for specialisation
- Starting a garden design service
- Starting a landscape construction service
- Improving soils
- Improving drainage
- Improving surface drainage after construction
- Mulches
- Hard surfacing
- Water in the garden
- Steps
MANAGING FINANCES & COSTING
- Business planning
- Landscape specifications & contracts
- Final assessment

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Our Students Say

Yes [the course was valuable]. I have been out of the greenkeeping industry for some time and the course was a good way to refresh my knowledge and also improve it, with new information. There was no pressure time wise and I received good support and encouragement from my tutor.

- Darrell Murdoch