Karsty
Level 4

Expanding into garden design

Hi Everyone,

 

Has anyone here ventured into garden design? Do you have any particular advice about doing it successfully?

 

I'm based just north of London. I've been gardening pretty much for 40 years, and a professional gardener for 20 years. My strength is mainly in Planting Design. But the challenge is how to actually get clients for this. It isn't a cheap service.

 

I recently joined Houzz for a 1 year contract, for an eye-watering £210 per month, with promises of being able to earn enough to justify that amount. There's a lot of marketing involved there.

 

I have a website, and a sponsored listing in Yell.com. And I am with Rated People, and have a monthly rolling contract with The Directory Guys who promise to raise my website into the first 5 results locally on Google for garden design.

 

My hand is in too many pies maybe? Well, Rated People seems good for "bread and butter" work. Yell.com shows good reviews for me. (I started to add a review section to my website). I'm counting on Houzz and The Directory guys for the main future results regarding the Garden Design.

 

I'd be very grateful for any input?

 

Have a great year!

 

Karsty.