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I'm a senior in college and am pursuing a degree in Marketing but I've just now come to realize that landscaping is my passion. While I may go back to school for a seperate degree or certification, right now I'd just like to know everything there is to know about the industry to possibly prepare for a business someday. What are some good sources or articles that have tips and basics on everything about the landscaping industry? Thanx in advance.
It's summertime. It is easy to get a job with a landscaper. Try it first. It is hard work as a laborer, but it would give you a real understanding of what you want to get into. The landscape manager or company owner will probably be happy to talk to you.
In general, landscaping professionals usually have an associates degree. There is probably a nearby community college that either has an ornamental horticulture or a landscaping program and they can put you in touch with various resources.
If you want to do work with a four year degree, you need to become a landscape architect, in which case, you'll probably have to go to school for about two more years.
I thought I wanted to do this type of work as well when I was in high school. I ended up changing majors in college because this is such an up and down business. The boom times depend a lot on new home construction (not much of that currently) and in the bust times, it can be tough to make it.
But there are people who own their own landscaping companies and do very well financially.
My suggestion is that nurseries, both wholesale and retail, need marketing people. I live near a large nursery production company, Means Nurseries, and they are always advertising for a new marketing person or district sales person. That way you are combining your degree with your passion.
What it takes in the landscaping field
I am unsure of what types of materials these refer to. I need an inexpensive quarter size or smaller type of gravel. #2a is regular driveway gravel right?
What do these mean?
2A Material (2A Modified=GABC=DGA)
AASHTO# 1 (Ballast)
R-3 Rip Rap
R-4 Rip Rap
R-5 Rip Rap
R-6 Rip Rap
R-7 Rip Rap
R-8 Rip Rap
Rustic Red AASHTO# 10 (Grit, Screenings)
Rustic Red AASHTO# 3 ("1½" Clean="3A Clean")
Rustic Red AASHTO# 57 (2B)
Rustic Red AASHTO# 8 (1B)
Thank you in advance for your time.........
I'm not sure about the 2-A material, but the last time I had gravel put on our driveway it was #57, about 3/4" stone. #8's are smaller. The ballast and rip-rap are all big rocks. The screenings are like sand and used for base material.
Basic startup costs, materials, and information on the proper steps to needed equipment and various other things related to starting this type of business!
This article from the Arkansas Department of Development has a lot of good advice & information about starting a lawn care business:
http://asbdc.ualr.edu/bizfacts/8002.asp LANDSCAPING AND LAWN CARE SERVICES.
From the article:
"Start-Up
Most entrepreneurs considering opening a lawn care/landscaping business begin as a one-person operation. This is considered the low-end scale of the start-up costs ranging between $5,000 to $7,000. If an individual is capable and inclined to hire employees in the beginning, start-up costs on the high-end are approximately $35,000; this is with one full-time and one-part-time employee. Below is the percentage breakdown of the average start-up costs..... (see the article link for the rest).
Lots more in the article. I suspect other specific costs will have to do with the area of the country where you're opening your business. Cheaper in rural area, more expensive in some urban areas.
Your local library may also have this book: Lawn Care Service- Entrepreneur Magazine’s How to Start a Lawn Care Business (from the Carnegie Library web site mentioned below)
This is for a class project in marketing. What I am attempting to do is put together a paper that outlines a markeing plan for the start up of a landscaping business.
Contact some local Landscaping concerns and see if you can pick their brains regarding. Thats the way to get real down to earth answers.
I have to find 'geographical and landscape information' about a county,but what is it?
For geographical information, you should go with the "five themes"
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resour ces/ngo/education/themes.html
For landscape information, you can talk to a local gardening club.
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