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Business Growth Takes Time, Money And Effort
By Phil Nilsson, Green Industry Consultant
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Take control of your future. Become self employed. Prepare now to be your own boss, make more money, achieve success and financial independence in your own business.

One of the greatest advantages of being a business owner is self-promotion. You increase business and profits when you elect to. Sure, there are a few obstacles to overcome, but a boss isn't one of them. The obstacles to business growth are mainly time, effort and money.

It's clear that no matter who you are, or where you find yourself at this moment in time, you will never have enough time to exercise all your options in life. That's an understatement to say the least. We are all subject to prioritizing activities and allocating time to get them done. But when it comes to business growth, unless strategic time allocations are made, growth comes slowly.

Ask any business owner who is actively working and trying to increase business at the same time how he grows his business. He’ll tell you growth comes only when you take the time to work on it - getting out more job bids, making and keeping customer appointments, and developing advertising programs and executing marketing plans. Then when business does increase, you need to have the two other components in place: employees and equipment. It's a three-ring circus, but business growth doesn't happen by accident - or at least it shouldn't.

THE "TIME" PART
Growth needs a plan. And, the first step is to put aside some time each week to work on it. No matter what comes up, you need to stick to the time allocated because if you don't, you may be forever working "in the trenches."

When I was in the business, my "business growth day" was Friday. Sure, I'd go to the shop, get the people out the door and on their way, but the rest of the day was spent on promoting business. I'd refer to my ongoing business growth plan, review it and think about my options.

The plan consisted of two parts. Part one of the plan included customers and sales; part two involved scouting for employees. I ignored part three, which was equipment, because as soon as business increased, equipment was always available at the store. Financing equipment and carrying the payments were the only concerns with part three. Therefore, what the growth plan came down to was increased sales and employees to carry out the work.

On Friday, I'd grab a batch of business cards, stuff them into my pocket for sales calls and get out and meet people who could at some point be transformed into employees. Depending on a company’s current situation, the primary focus will reflect what is needed for the company’s immediate success. If there's plenty of work and it's easy to get, then the emphasis will obviously be on finding workers. If sales are slumping, the focus will be on prospecting new clients or up-selling existing clients. In my case, finding employees was far more difficult than finding work, so the primary emphasis was on people.

Everybody I came in contact with on Friday I considered to be a potential employee, so I'd pass out business cards. If I saw a landscape crew in my travels, I'd stop and ask, "Do you know of anybody who needs a job?" Did I try to steal employees from other landscape companies? Absolutely! They've got experience, and besides, they'll only "jump ship" if they are unhappy with their present employer. Names collected on Friday were posted to an ongoing list. My list contained an average of 100 names of people I met along the way. As soon as I had sales that would support just one more worker, I'd go back to my ongoing potential employee list. If I had not allocated one day a week to "hunting for employees," I doubt I could have grown as fast as I did. Friday was also interview day - 30 minutes; that was it. In the first five minutes, you can usually tell if you've got a winner. So half of every Friday was spent finding the work, and the other half was spent finding people. I looked for long term in both - long-term people and long-term contracts - so I concentrated on landscape maintenance requiring care for large commercial sites. Logistics are easier that way. Maintenance is also easier to manage than other services since training time is residual. Also, offering landscape installations requires having a good foreman to provide direct supervision to a crew, and that type of employee is not easy to find.

THE "MONEY" PART
They say it takes money to make money. They're right about that, but it doesn't have to be your money - it can be the bank's money or those who finance equipment. As long as your credit is sound and you can cash flow the payments, obtaining vehicles and equipment usually isn't the problem - it’s working capital. You must focus on covering payroll and overhead costs, and you never want that to be a problem. As a rough example of how to cover these two expenses, consider the following figures, plugging in the appropriate rates and percentages for your business.

For each "fully supported with work" employee you hire, figure the gross pay for that person for six weeks, then add about 125 percent to the figure, and you will have the approximate cash number you're looking for (NOTE: The 125 percent figure is added to the employee’s wages to estimate the various taxes, benefits, insurance premiums and other overhead expenses associated with employing that individual person.). Your figure here is the total amount needed to carry that person - and the increased sales associated with having one more employee - until you get paid for the work six weeks later. For example, if you hire one person at $10 an hour, you will need about $5,500 in available cash to pay that employee’s wages and associated overhead expenses (6 weeks times 40 hours/week times $10/hour = $2,400 plus 125% = $5,400; rounded to $5,500 for this example). Generally the new employee generates about three times his or her base pay - in this case about $16,500 - in new sales. Remember, these numbers are rough, so work it using specific examples from your company.

From this example, you can see that business growth may come down to just how much working capital you have. You can back into the numbers by dividing your total annual sales by the number of employees to find the annual production rate (sales) per employee. That will help you plan sales increases "matched" against the number of employees needed to reach a specific sales goal, which will help you calculate how much working capital you'll need. Using the figures from the above scenario, if you increase annual sales by $50,000, and hire one more person to have enough labor to meet the work that sales increase generates, you create the need for another $5,500 in cash availability over a six-week period. Now, consider the next step: equipment and vehicles. Look at your total investment in equipment and divide that number by the number of production people on your payroll. The outcome is the approximate equipment investment per employee. Each new hire is supported by X amount of financed equipment. That's easy to figure, but it's an important consideration.

THE "EFFORT" PART
The three-ring circus in running a business is sales, production and control - get the work, do the work and control the outcomes. That's what it comes down to, but it takes effort to make these items fall into place for continued success. In other words, if you have to choose between buying groceries and making your equipment payments, eat if you're hungry, but know that without financing in the absence of cash to invest, you can't grow your business. If you don't maintain your credit in top shape, growth will probably not be possible.

Let's sum it up. The equipment is "waiting for you at the store." The employees you'll need to grow are "out there" wandering around; you simply have to "hunt" for them. It's a matter of taking a risk by hiring them "just in time" or having the stomach to hire them in advance of having the work to pay for them. Also, don’t forget sales and increased business. To juggle all of those and grow your business, you must have a solid allocation of your time, money and effort. Define the sales goal. Set aside the time. Do the math. Find the people. Then go for it.

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About Nilsson Associates
Nationally recognized "Best Selling Author", Business Consultant and Seminar Presenter with over 30 years experience in the Green Industry. Nilsson's articles are published by Grounds Maintenance Magazine, Lawn & Landscape, PRO, The Arborist, Landscaper Publications of New York, PGMS, PLCAA. Nilsson owned and operated a successful Landscape Design-Build-Maintain firm for 15 years, and for many years was retained as Business Coach and Management Advisor to the national membership of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America.

Nilsson's books are endorsed by National Trade Associations, The California Landscape Contractors Association, The Professional Grounds Management Society, The Horticultural Departments of Ohio State University, The University of Tennessee, and The University of Georgia. Nilsson's books are in use by over 25,000 Landscape Contractors, Lawn Care Companies, Property Managers, Government Facilities, Park Departments and Municipalities nationwide.

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Labor Time Data Handbook - Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating. You will learn to: bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, get a full days work from employees, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance. Book # A-7, Price $69.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Winter Income Producers - This book is jam packed with surefire ways to make money. You'll turn down time into added income. You'll get 75 ways. There's something for everyone. Pick a method that satisfies your off season needs. No matter where you live, no matter what your specialty within the landscape industry, you'll find something of interest. I guarantee it. Book # B-7, Price $49.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Grounds Maintenance Manual - A complete guide to maintenance. How to sell services, bid jobs, assign crews, control the work. You'll get bid outlines, scheduling formats, cost calculations, checklists for year round services. You'll learn how to evaluate every site for profit potential, pinpoint best crew size, control costs, and know what to expect on a daily basis. Book # C-1, Price $49.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Writing The Maintenance Specifications - No more trying to find the right words to explain job bids. Contains hundreds of samples of contract language that fits any situation. Produce professional specs, avoid bidding unrealistic site requirements. What to include and exclude. Also covers summer and winter work elements, and work options to look for on any site to boost sales. Book # C-2, Price $34.50
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Maintenance Estimating Kit - This kit has everything you need when you visit a site to get an estimate. Working from a model spec. it takes you step by step. Assesses the model, finds the price, prepares the model bid, writes the proposal, along with cover letter and outline of the work. Book # C-21, Price $32.50
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Maximizing Profits In Mowing - Some people make plenty of money mowing, while others lose their shirts! Mowing is 50% of most contracts. Covers key factors for better profits, best crew size, selecting the right mowers, setting work quotas, scheduling problems. Mobilize your people to work as a team! Book # C-6, Price $24.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Pricing Your Services - Never under price your work again! You'll know true cost as basis for your price. Includes bidding formulas, overhead, profit potential, pricing methods. How to avoid losing money on low priced jobs. Discover the highest price you can get, save time preparing bids. No guesswork or second thoughts when you use this system. Book # B-2, Price $39.50
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Selling To Commercial Customers - Selling to commercial requires a different approach to finding key contacts, bidding the work, locating accounts that offer high profits. Explains professional image, getting long term contracts vital to success, how to sustain customer loyalty, how to close the sale. Book # B-12, Price $24.50
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The Art Of Selling - Good sales people aren't born that way. Learn the secrets of successful sales people and find out what you are doing wrong. Sales will increase when you've mastered the skills of selling, using tie downs, why customers buy, what will make you stand out from the others. Book # B-13, Price $19.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


How To Write Effective Sales Letters - You'll never be lost for the right words with this sample pack of sales letters designed for the landscape industry. Covers almost any sell situation. What to say to persuade, what not to say, and why. Mechanics of the letter, the do's and don'ts, appealing to logic and emotion, best mailing methods, primer on direct mail strategies. Book # B-8, Price $24.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Writing Your Company Policy Manual - You'll save time using this fill in the blanks format to create your own policy manual. Copy it, customize it to fill your needs. Includes owner's message to employees, sequence of info, the do's and don'ts of making promises, a benefits checklist and how to word them. Book # G-2, Price $19.50
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Keys To Motivating Employees - This book focuses on the unique challenges of motivating seasonal, temporary and key people. Discusses why some people work hard, others don't. Why a paycheck alone is a poor motivator. Tactics to use to promote team players, get better production, and create interest in a job where none exists. Book # G-4, Price $19.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Entry Level Training - Landscapers - This book trains new hires & seasonal help and avoids you having to explain the basics over and over each season. It covers materials, commonly used tools, equipment, safety, vehicle use, hazardous substances, work practices, attire, customer relations, personal behavior, terms and definitions, and question/answer review. Book # ET-1, Price $42.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Crew Leader Training - Landscapers - Overcome the difficulty of unsupervised jobs. Train your workers to accept responsibility and you'll probably increase business. This is a step-by-step approach designed for the employee with little or no supervisory experience. Covers task management, what owners need from crew leaders, how to win respect and get cooperation from peers, planning the work, getting it done! Overseeing the equipment, goal setting, Question/Answer review. Book # ET-2, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Training In Pruning And Planting - Covers everything workers need to know to properly install and prune shrubs and trees. Shows how, when, why to prune. Explains the tools, how to prevent damage, planting methods, staking and guying, mulching, transporting stock, thinning, forming, shaping, and pinching. Best times to prune flowering species. Question/Answer review. Book # ET-4, Price $34.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


How To Be A Great Boss! - Ever wonder how employees like you as a "boss"? Highly respected, well liked? How they perceive you is key to your success in today's labor market. This report examines easily misunderstood concepts of attitudes, work ethics, and self esteem that can make or break your business. You can either "turn them on" or "turn them off" by what you do and say. Book # G-5, Price $12.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Advertising And Marketing Your Services - This primer on advertising covers how to write ad copy, design brochures, using logos, pitch lines, image, mission statements, best methods, time proven techniques, timing releases, publicity, four basic rules to follow, checklist of markets, and ad samples. Book # B-1, Price $42.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


How To Improve Customer Retention - Repeat business is key to growth. Use these methods and you'll spend less time trying to find new customers and keep those you have. Explores what customers really want from you, renewal incentives, quality control, projecting the right image, price increases, and finally how to keep customers happy. Book # B-3, Price $22.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


All About Direct Mail Advertising - Direct mail is one of the most effective ways to get customers because it's one-on-one. It doesn't compete with the other ads. This book outlines the 7 cardinal rules to success and shows you how to use them. Direct mail works if you do it right! Specifically written for the green industry, this book gets you started in the right direction. Book # B-11, Price $34.50
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The Snow Removal Business - A complete guide to just about everything there is to know about winter maintenance. Bidding, costing, scheduling, how to maximize revenues, manage a storm, vehicle maintenance, bid proposal package, contract language, selling the services, documenting a storm, dealing with damage claims, pricing the work . . .everything! Book # C-8, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


The 7 Keys To Business Success - This guide explains the reasons why some businesses do well, while others just seem to scrape by. The focus is on common traits, attitudes, winning strategies that if ignored, lead to disappointing results. You'll reprogram yourself to use the seven principles, recognize the danger signals, identify obstacles to overcome. Book # H-3, Price $15.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


Business Plan Workbook - Specifically designed for landscape companies and divided into three sections that form a master business plan model. Contains fill in the blanks sections question and answer review to form a Sales Plan, Production Plan and Management Plan for your company. Book # E-1 $39.50To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


How To Grow Your Business - Growth means higher sales levels, more employees & equipment, more debt, higher accounts receivables, larger facilities. Know what to expect at each stage of growth with this behind the scenes look. Covers growth plans, profit outcomes, key systems for control, maintaining job quality, delegating to others, keeping track of production, how to finance the larger operation. Book #E-1, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


AUDIO TAPE- The Winners Triangle - If you want to know what it takes to put together the "total company". . sales growth. . control. . good profits and winning at business, this tape helps you focus on the three qualities common to successful landscape companies that made it to the "top" of the industry. $19.50 1 Tape To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


AUDIO TAPE-Employees. . . Find Them, Keep Them - Listen & learn the secrets to finding and keeping employees. These tapes reveal untapped sources of finding prospects, what to offer, how to prevent the competition from hiring away your people, benefits, incentives, what works, what doesn't, interviewing and selection. $39.50 2 Tape Series To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252


AUDIO TAPE- Job Estimating the fast, easy way! Phil Nilsson's job estimating seminar on tape. Gives you special insight on bidding the fast, easy way. This is an easy listen and learn tape series from one of the country's leading job estimating seminar presenters. Covers landscape construction and grounds maintenance. You'll put this information to work starting with your very next job bid. Told by a person who's "been there", "done that". $29.50 2 Tape Series To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Nilsson Associates has the information you need to operate your business and make it a success. We offer one of the Largest Resources available in the Green Industry on the internet. Everything from how to sharpen a mower blade to how to manage a small or large, simple or complex business doing millions in sales! You can keep your buisness small or grow it each year. It's up to you how far you go. Some are just interetsed in mowing lawns as a service, then add on pruning, planting, trimming, shrubs, trees, plowing snow, and getting into bidding and estimating grounds maintenance, landscape installations, hardscapes, patios, retaining walls and waterscapes.

No mattter what services you want to offer, we have the technical and managment information you need that will save you time and money getting started. Take a look at our extensive line of books, audios, videos and employee training materials in English and Spanish. Start at the Nilsson Associatres home page www.nilssonbooks.com and scroll down the left side of the home page to locate the business problem you want a solution to. The index includes all these categories dealing with just about all lawn care, the best mowers, how to maximize profits in mowing, job bidding & pricing, what equipment to buy, lawns, grass, chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, landscape company operations, irrigation, snow plowing, planting, pavement services and many others

The instruction you will receive is affordable, and highly focused training that really works! And ... The ongoing personal support from our Industry Experts is the Best Professional Management & Ownership Training Program in the Industry. With us assisting you every step of the way, your business will be up and running fast, making money, organized to win, separate itself from the competition, and on the "Path To A Rewarding Future."


Other
resources:
Sales Boosters
Job Estimating Package
FREE Job Pricing Guidelines
New Business Startup Package
Complete Operations management System

When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more lawn & landscape business jobs pricing information than Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants. Nilsson's Job Price Guides Books covers lawn care bids, job bidding & estimating for tree care, irrigation installation & service, pavement sweeping & maintenance, snow plowing operations, landscaping and hardscaping job bids for both commercial & residential customers as well as real estate management, parks & recreation departments, municipalities, college and university campus grounds maintenance. The prices books cover; business estimating & bids for grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bids the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimating contracts, campus grounds, price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, most all outdoor maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price for sanding.

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For Pricing: Lawn Care Services - Landscaping Installations - Grounds Maintenance - Hardscaping - Irrigation - Tree Care - Snow Plowing.

Nilsson's Job Pricing Guidelines makes it faster and easier for you to price lawn care, grounds maintenance, and landscape installation projects. The Price List serves as a quick price reference tool when you're not sure what to charge, and as a valuable resource for comparing your prices with landscape industry averages. You'll have a way of checking your price before making your final pricing decision and submitting your bid to your customer. The Job Prices are from surveys conducted nationwide by Nilsson Associates. Survey participants names and locations are confidential, and not available.

The Job Price Guidelines are based on lawn and landscape contractor surveys conducted nationwide by Nilsson Associates. Job Price Surveys covers AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

The Price Lists include the work categories below:

Includes Job Prices For:
Aerate lawn square foot prices spike method aerating, over seed lawns, fertilize aeration jobs
Aeration lawn square foot pricing bids for core aerating method using aerator, remove cores prices, leave core plugs on lawns surface pricing
Back Pack prices Spot Spray lawn weeds, spraying shrub beds per square foot, treat curbs lineal feet pricing: pavement cracks, fencelines, sports fields, commercial, residential applications
Bak Pak prices bid spray shrub bed weeds, parking curbs, prices spraying pavement cracks, paved tennis courts, sports areas, bleachers
Bed Edging prices using edger machine per lineal foot, remove cut materials pricing for new beds, and pricing for re-edging existing beds
BobCat Work pricing per hour machine and operator, half day price, prices full day, fuel surcharge pricing, minimum charges, commercial, residential, delivery and pick up fees
Cement Curbing and Paved Areas prices curbing installed per lineal foot, stamped concrete designs per square foot, adding color prices
Cement Borders prices bid per lineal foot pricing installed to form shrub bed retaining border using curbing machine, divide lawns from pavement
Chemical Applications prices lawn fertilizer pricing, weed controls price, grubs, insects, fungicide, crabgrass, large acreage commercial prices, residential prices, discounts, prepaid contracts
Deck Wood prices bidding installation wood decks, composite, painting, preservative treating pricing, staining price, repairs to pressure treated pricing
Deicing prices salting walks, roads, driveways, lots price walkways, parking pavement areas, salted, deicing, price per square foot
Dethatching Lawns prices dethatch lawns, raking up lawn thatch debris, per square foot pricing , dump fees charges
Drain Gutter Cleaning pricing remove leaves, drains, downspouts debris, one story house, two story, three story buildings prices per lineal foot
Drain Gutters prices Install and hang new gutters price lineal foot
Drain Gutter pricing install screening guards price per lineal foot
Edging SideWalks price per lineal foot edge, cut, remove cut sidwewalk, walkway grass using edger machine
Edging Shrub Beds pricing per lineal foot using bed edging machine
Fall Leaf Cleanup prices raking lawns leaves, leaf bagging, cleaning beds, leaf blowing & removal pricing, leaf suction truck fees & hourly rates cleanups
Firewood prices sales bundles pricing
Firewood prices Face Cords price delivered, half cords, hardwoods
Firewood prices Bundles price retail display
Firewood prices Delivery extra pricing travel distance
Flowers prices Installation Flats pricing, perennials, annuals
Flower Pots pricing installation per plant price, priced per pot
Garden Weeds Grounds Maintenance pricing per square foot treated to kill weeds in planting beds, rows, prices spot spray
Grading Lawns prices grade soil, fill, spread, rake, soil spreading for lawns, shrub beds, install drains pricing, grading with dozer price,seeding
Ground Cover Plants prices Plants installed price per square foot installation
Ground Covers Mulch Install Mulch, bark price per cubic foot, cubic yard prices
Grounds Maintenance Cleanup pricing spring cleanups lawns, grounds price lawns raked, clean leaves & debris in beds, parking lots, walks, paved areas per square foot
Hardscapes prices install patios, stairs, walks square foot prices, retaining walls pricing, driveways, poolscape settings
Hourly Rates price lawn care grounds maintenance pricing hourly work rates
Hourly Rates pricing Landscape installations, renovations, design consultations, landscape makeovers
Hourly Rates prices Landscape design preparation price rates hourly and fixed
Hourly Rates prices Snow Plowing per hour using various size plows, various size trucks
Hydroseed prices spraying of prepared lawns pricing per square foot
Hydroseeding prices square foot prices for preparing soil, grading, filling, raking, weed elimination, spraying hydroseed materials
Hydroseeding price Materials cost/price per square foot
Install Sod Prices price per square yard installed on prepared ground, and apply fertilizer
Irrigation Installation Prices price install lawn sprinkler system pricing parts and labor
Irrigation prices repair sprinkler system hourly service rates lawns & beds prices labor and materials
Irrigation pricesWinterize price per blowout of zones
Irrigation prices Repair Rates hourly service prices
Irrigation prices Controller install, setup, program, prices
Landscape Designs Construction prices designing computer image landscapes, flat fees designs, landscape drawing fees, price, design consultation rates
Landscape Lighting Installs prices Design fees, installation labor pricing per fixture
Landscape Lighting Fixtures prices typical price install fixtures & materials, low voltage, transformer, design, installation pricing
Landscape Floodlights prices install price control module
Landscape Solar Lights prices Lighting pricing ranges garden lighting installed
Landscape Grading Drainage prices per square foot rough grade, fine grade, bull dozer rates, install landscaping filler and spread soil
Landscape Installations Prices pricing lawn installs using seed, sod, soil, grading, fertilizing, landscaping labor prices to plant shrubs & trees
Lawn Aerated price Spike method price
Lawn Aeration Cores price Core method price
Lawn Care Service prices
Lawn Care Estimates prices
Lawn Care Service Pricing prices Chemical App pricing fertilizers, weed killer controls, grubs, insecticides, fungicides, 3, 4, 5 treatment program pricing
Lawn Chemicals price Per Application pricing of fertilizer, lime, weed killers, insect, fungicide, grubs, per square foot prices
Lawns Fertilizer prices square foot pricing various fertilizer products
Lawn Mow prices using zero turn riders pricing per square foot mowed, commercial and residential accounts
Lawn Mowing prices using Walkbehind mowerws pricing per square foot mowed
Lawn Mowings prices using bat wing large area mowing per acre pricing
Lawn Weed prices Treatments of broad leaf weeds pricing
Lawn Treatment prices 3 to 5 step program prices - overseeding, slit seeding, hydroseeding spot repairs, renovation prices, hydroseeding
Lawn Chemical prices - per acre, large scale square foot pricing
Lawn Grub Control Apps per square foot price
Lawn Insecticide price per square foot treated
Lawn Renovations prices seeding, slit seeding, overseeding, hydroseeding, sodding, elimination of growth
Leaf Removal Fall prices raking lawns leaves, bagging, cleaning beds, leaf blowing & removal pricing, leaf suction truck fees & hourly rates, commercial, residential
Liquid Fertilizer Prices prices fertilizers, weed killers prices
Loam Installed prices for lawn building and planting beds installed price per square yard
Mowing prices 10,000 square foot residential lawn, mow, trim, edge, blow
Mow pricing 5,000 square foot residential lawn mow, trim, blow
Mowing prices per 1,000 square feet, lawn mow, trim, edge, blow
Mowing prices per minute price rate mow lawn, trim, edge, blow
Mowing pricing per square foot price lawn mow, trim, edge, blow
Mowing prices per acre pricing lawn mowing commercial properties, office parks, condos, gated communities, apartment complexes
Mowing prices rough field mowing per acre pricing
Mowing prices Lawn mowing Sports Fields, Football, Baseball, Soccer, Running Tracks, Racing
Mowing price Cemeteries lawn mowing, trimming average price per acre
Mulch prices Install mulch price per cubic yard 2inch to 4 inch depth cover
Mulches prices pine bark mulch install price per square feet light covering on surface
Mulching price pine needles price per bail installed, wood chips, pine bark mulch spread by hand, spread by blower
Mulch price Spraying Mulch per square foot pricing using blower service price per cubic yard
Organic prices Lawn fertlilizer typical pricing per square foot
Organics price Organic Lawn Care Programs price per square foot, weeds, fertilizer, insects, grubs applications, nematode treatments
Parking Lot prices parking lot line painting marking per line, per lineal foot pricing, commercial lots, garages, shopping malls
Parking Lot Sweeping prices sweeping sand and debris - price per square foot commercial parking lots, strip malls, retail shopping centers
Paving Installations prices hardscapes install price per square foot
Pavers Stone price per square foot installed
Pavers Concrete price per square foot installed
Pavement Sweeping price per square foot, one time service, monthly contracts, weekly service, sand removal, litter routes pricing
Pavement litter prices sweeping per square foot price, by machine and policing up by hand
Pavement line marking price per lineal foot painted, repainted
Planting Trees & Shrubs pricing price ranges of species, pricing depending on size of planting stock, ball size, height, guarantees offered
Power Washing & Steam pricing pressure washing prices power washing houses, vehicles, walks, truck fleets, pavement, price lists
Pressure washing prices power washing houses, vehicles, walks, truck fleets, pavement, price lists
Pruning shrubs prices per shrub based on size, height
Pruning trees prices per tree based on height, species
Pruning ornamental trees prices based on species
Putting Greens prices golf green Installations, pricing artificial synthetic turf per square foot price range installed
Retaining Walls prices presure treated wood installed per square foot
Retaining Walls pricing timbers price, lineal foot price, foot of face, engineering costs, geo grid costs, install rate labor per man day
Roto Tilling price turf, soil, gardens lawns, price per square foot
Roto Tilling price gardens priced per square foot
Salting prices roads, parking lots, prices per 50 pound bag, low temp ice melt, per ton salt applied price
Salting Walks, Roads, Driveways, Lots price: Walkways, parking pavement areas, salted, deicing, price per square foot
Sanding pricing roads, parking lots, prices per square foot, per ton sand applied price
Sanding prices walks sanded per square foot price
Sanding prices parking lots and roads sanded for ice control
Seed prices lawns overseeded per square foot price
Seeding price install wildflowers seed price per square foot
Site Work pricing hourly rates, fixed prices for grading, hauling, rock removal prior to establishing lawns, beds, drainseeding
Slit Seeding prices lawns per square foot price
Slit Seeding price large scale square footage pricing
Snow Plow price per hour based on size of plowing vehicle
Snow Plowing price ice control price ranges based on square feet
Snow Removal prices hauling off site trucking rates per hour
Snow Plowing price driveways typical price, average size driveway
Snow Plowing prices by the inch price base on square feet
Snow Plowing prices Snow Plowing per hour using various size plows, various size trucks
Snow Plowing prices by the storm based on square feet
Snow Plowing prices fixed seasonal rates price calculations examples
Snow Removal pricing for large facility plowing using End Loader, Bob Cat, Tandem Axel Dump, One Ton Dump w/plow
Snow Blowing Shoveling prices walks & driveways prices by square feet
Sod Lawn Installations prices lawns price per square foot, square yard, prices for fine grading soil, fertilizing area before installing sod
Sod Lawn Rolls price installed pricing, prices installing big rolls
Sod Lawn price from pallets, prices to install cut sod strips on prepared ground
Sodding Lawns price to supply soil, supply sod, grade area, fertilize, install sod price per square foot
Spraying Lawns prices spraying lawn fertilizers, weed controls, weed & feed products per square feet pricing
Spraying Lawns prices weeds sprayed price per square foot
Spraying Shrubs prices shrubs sprayed price per plant
Spraying Trees price trees sprayed price per tree size
Spraying Parking Lot Curbs price curb lines prices per lineal foot
Spring Cleanups Lawns, Grounds price lawns raked, clean leaves & debris in beds, parking lots, walks, paved areas prices per square foot
Sprinkler System prices repair sprinkler system hourly service rates lawns & beds pricing labor and materials
Stone Decorative Landscape price pea stone, installations for shrub beds, landscape areas prices per cubic yard
String Trim Lawns price steep lawns, slopes, banks, rough grassed areas cleanup prices per squre foot
String Trimming SideWalks price edging lawns, walks, walls, fences, pricing per lineal foot
String Trimming Obstacles price obstacles trimmed price per item
String Trimming Trees price per tree trimmed
Stump Grinding Tree Stumps prices prices per diameter of stump
Tree & Shrub Care Programs pricing fertilizing, insect control, price ranges under 5000 square feet, under 10,000 sf price, over 10,000 sf incremental pricing
Tree Trimming, Pruning prices ornamental trees prices by size of tree
Trimming Shrubs, Plants price per plant by size of shrub height
Trucking & Hauling Lawn & Landscape Business prices per hour by cubic yard capacity of truck
Turf Lawn Installs price per square yard installed
Turf Lawn Removal price per square foot turf removed
Turf Grass Repairs price per square foot using sod, using soil & seed/fert using fast patch in bags
Vegetation Management prices for weed control, growth control price ranges, airports, railroads, highways, systemic, post emergent weeds prices
Weeding shrub prices kill weeds in beds priced per square foot, pre-emergent prices per square foot, post emergent prices weed killers, commercial, residential accounts
Weeds in lawns pricing per square foot treated to kill weeds
Weeding Pavement prices weed killers parking lot cracks, patios, walks price per square foot, curbing, parking lot islands
Weeding Parking Lot prices curbs sprayed weeds with bak pack price per lineal feet on commercial lots and curblines, cracks in parking lot pavement

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Start a Landscape Business
Lawn & Landscape Business Terminology
Design/Build Plan, Plants, Lawns, Trees - Definitions - Specs
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Starting a lawn care and landscape business will require that you learn the terms and definitions of the landscape business in order to communicate your thoughts, ideas, and communicate with your business employees, business customers, and business suppliers such as nurseries. The following list of terms is presented in alphabetical order.

Landscape Accent Plants: A plant of special interest that is usually part of a larger planting. Accent plants provide interest throughout the seasons through specific forms, textures, colors, etc.

Landscape Annual Gardens: Gardens that need to be replanted each year because the plants are not cold hardy. Annuals are frequently chosen for their intense flowering and often become focal points in the landscape.

Landscape Balance: Balance is the relationship between elements in the landscape. Balance can be formal or informal. Formal balance would usually mean that one side of the landscape is a mirror of the other, while informal balance is when plant sizes and numbers are only relatively similar on both sides.

Landscape Base Map: A drawing that incorporates all of the information collected about the landscape and provides the basics to be used in the landscape design process.

Landscaping Base Plan: The creation of bubble diagrams, concept plans, draft designs, all of which are eventually used to create a completed landscape design.

Landscaping Border Planting: A plant or plant grouping that divides spaces in a landscape or between adjacent properties.

Landscape Bubble Diagram: Bubble diagrams consist of a series of circles or rounded shapes drawn on paper to show what the areas in the landscape will be used for. The areas may represent a turf area, a shrub border, a perennial garden, a dog kennel, etc.

Landscaping Customer, Client or Family Interview: A meeting between the client and the landscape designer where the designer can gather information about the needs and wants of a client. This information will be considered throughout the design process.

Landscaping Clients: Anyone who hires an individual or company to provide landscape service or a product, such as a homeowner who hires a nursery to landscape his/her property.

Landscaping Commercial Grounds: Commercial grounds usually surround a business, townhouse complex, or an apartment building. Often, there is a supervisor or committee established by the company to govern decisions about the landscape. Landscape maintenance firms or a department within the firm maintain the grounds.

Completed Landscape Design: A completed landscape design in plan view (bird's-eye view). This plan has all the information necessary to install the landscape.

Landscape Concept Lines: Visible or invisible lines that define spaces or divide areas in the landscape. Some concept lines become bed lines or edging lines in the completed landscape.

Landscape Concept Plans: Initial drawing of how the spaces in the landscape will appear. This drawing evolves from the shapes developed in the bubble diagram.

Landscape Corner Plantings: Any planting group that occupies a corner location - typically the corner of a property. Corner plantings blend border plantings together.

Landscaping - Cost Effectiveness: A satisfactory return from the dollars spent on landscape design, implementation, or maintenance.

Lawn & Landscape Draft Designs: Preliminary designs consisting of key plants, plant and hard-good groupings as well as concept lines and spaces. Draft designs will become a completed landscape plan as specific plants and hard-goods are selected for each location.

Landscape Easements: An interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment.

Landscapes - Elements of Design: Criteria used in selecting and organizing plant materials and hard-goods and organizing them into the landscape. The designer must consider both primary and secondary elements of design.


Landscape Emphasis: Major landscape components are highlighted more than less important ones. Framing, plant numbers, or creating an unusual focal point are examples of creating emphasis in the landscape.

Landscaping Entry Garden: Landscape area near the entry to a building which calls attention to the entry area and to certain plants.

Landscapes - Environmentally Sound: A landscape that does not harm the environment, soil, water, and air. An environmentally sound landscape is less dependent on pesticides, fertilizers, and water to maintain the desired appearance.

Lawn & Landscape Form: The outline a plant creates as well as the 3-D features it produces, columnar, round, vase, weeping, oval, etc. Form should be considered early in the design process.

Landscape Foundation Plantings: Plantings located in beds surrounding the base of a structure. Foundation plantings can be made continuously or in segments. They provide transitions adjacent to patio and entry gardens. They frequently contain several key plants.

Landscape - Freestanding or Group Plantings: Plantings that are apart from a structure or other plantings. Sometimes called an island planting depending upon location.

Landscape Functional: Any part of the landscape with a specific purpose for its location other than just aesthetics. Functionality is associated with uses of the landscape.

Landscaping - Hard-Goods: All of the construction materials used to create structure in the landscape. Examples include boulders, pavers, landscape timbers, and fencing. Hard-goods also include drain tile, irrigation, and other things not always visible in the landscape.

Landscape & Hardscaping: Features in the landscape other than plant materials. Examples include walks, fences, and retaining walls.

Landscape Height and Width: Height and width are the estimated mature sizes a plant will reach, both in upright and outward direction. These two elements are very important in plant selection and plant location. If plants are selected without considering height and width, they are often improperly spaced which can cause problems in the future of the landscape.

Imaginary Lines: Lines that define spaces within a landscape but are not necessarily separated by specific plantings or bed lines.

Implementation: The process of installing plant materials and hard-goods into the landscape. Landscape implementation is carried out according to the completed landscape design.

Landscape Key Plants: Landscape plant or plants placed in a highly visible location. Key plants are frequently used individually or in groups of three. They are often associated with the screening, or softening of architectural features such as building corners, steps, fences, etc.

Landscape: Area where plants, turf, decks, walks, etc., have been used to create an outdoor living area that makes the area functional and visually pleasing.

Landscape Architect: A licensed professional who plans and designs landscapes. In some states this designation can only be used by certified professionals. Landscape architects are usually schooled in engineering and architecture and typically work on projects larger than residential properties.

Landscape Designer: A professional who plans and develops landscapes, usually at a residential or small commercial level. Landscape designers are usually skilled in the use of plant materials and other horticultural aspects of landscape design.

Landscape Design Process: The creation of bubble diagrams, concept plans, and draft designs, all of which are eventually used to create a completed landscape design.

Landscape Design Program: Compiling all of the information found through the site survey, site analysis, and the interview, and using it in the development of the landscape design.

Landscape Design Sequence: Collection of information needed to create a sustainable landscape design including the base map, the site survey, the site analysis, and the client or family interview. Information from these are used to create the completed landscape design.


Landscape Maintainability: Process of making every individual segment of a landscape as easy to care for as possible. A maintainable landscape requires less labor, fewer supplies, and is less expensive to care for.

Landscape Mass Plantings: Plantings where many plants of the same species are used to fill an area. Mass plantings are used as connections between other planting groups or as groundcovers.

Landscaping Micro-Manage: Developing and maintaining a landscape without considering the effects one decision has upon another. This type of management will affect the long term sustainability of the landscape and usually costs more.

Landscape Module: Information piece that addresses a particular topic in detail. Modules can stand alone as a publication or be grouped together to form a unit.

Landscape Needs Assessment: Analysis conducted by the designer in initial stages of design to determine client's landscaping needs and interests.

Landscaping a Patio Garden: Garden surrounding a patio or deck used to create a more comfortable outdoor living space. Patio gardens screen, soften the architectural features of the deck, frame views, and can provide shade and protection from the wind.

Landscaping - Perennial Gardens: Herbaceous plantings that can tolerate the cold and will come back each spring. Perennial gardens provide seasonal interest for a longer period of time than annual gardens and can serve as focal points in the landscape.

Landscape Photographic View: The way in which we see a landscape or an area if we are standing and looking at it at ground level. Photographic view drawings on a plan help the client visualize how the installed landscape will appear.

Landscape Plant Groupings: Plant groupings provide a representation of the types of plants that will occupy an area once the landscape design is completed. A plant grouping might show a shrub border between properties, or it may represent a perennial bed location.

Plan View or Plan View Drawings: Bird's eye view of the area being designed. The completed landscape design is done in plan view.

Landscape Primary Elements of Design: Primary elements of design are the first elements looked at when determining plant materials. Primary elements of design include disease or insect resistance, poor soils and urban pollution, tolerance, etc.

Landscape Principles of Design: Process that defines and ties all individual components together to create unity within a design. Example of principles of design would be simplicity, variety, balance, emphasis, sequence, and scale.

Professional Landscape Designer: A professional who plans and develops landscapes, usually at a residential or small commercial level. Landscape designers are usually skilled in the use of plant materials and other horticultural aspects of landscape design.

Landscaping Public Grounds: Public grounds include public property owned by a city, state, or the federal government. Examples include parks, schools, and any other public recreational areas. Maintenance is usually performed by personnel hired by the city, county, or state.

Landscaping Residential Grounds: A family-owned house would be the best example of residential grounds. These grounds are most often maintained by the owner of the property.

Landscape Scale: Scale is the relative size of one part of a landscape to another. Scale may be the proportion or ratio of size to other components in the landscape.

Landscape Screen Plantings: Plantings used to screen an area to provide privacy, block a poor view, or as a natural boundary or barrier.

Landscaping Seasonal Interest or Color: Seasonal interest and color are created by the colors that we see when we look at a plant. Color is the element that is often first noticed about a plant. Color is often used in a landscape to provide interest throughout the entire growing season. This is often referred to as seasonal interest. Seasonal interest is simply the time of the year that a plant provides a special characteristic such as flowers, fall color, fruits, etc.

Secondary Elements of Design: Secondary elements are used when narrowing down the types of plants used. Secondary elements of design include environmental tolerance (wind, pollution, cold), disease and insect resistance, soil types tolerated, etc.

Landscape Sequence: A gradual transition from one area to another within a landscape. A landscape with sequence has one element changing at a time rather than several changes at once. A landscape with a coarse textured plant next to a fine textured plant is an example of bad sequence.

Landscape Simplicity: Understanding what is, and is not important in a landscape design. Details that will not have a major impact to the landscape are omitted to keep it uncluttered.

Lawn & Landscape Site Analysis: Compiling the information found during the site survey and the family or client interview to be used in the development of the landscape plan.

Landscape Site Plan: A drawing that incorporates all of the information collected about the landscape and provides the basics used in the landscape design process.

Landscape Site Survey: Collecting the information that will aid the designer in the development of the completed landscape design. Examples include soil type, drainage, structures, existing plants, and good and bad views.

Landscape Spaces: Area in the landscape created to serve a specific purpose. Spaces may be functional, e.g., a storage area, or a recreation area or created to make the landscape maintainable or visually pleasing.

Landscape Specimen Plants: Specimen plants can be part of a larger planting, but usually stand alone in the landscape. Specimen plants provide specific seasonal interests or color through flowers, fruit, or leaves.

Sub-module: A sub-module is a piece of information, example, or illustration used to explain a particular area within a module. Sub-modules complement the modules by expanding their content, defining information, or making them easier to understand.

Sustainable Landscape: A landscape designed, installed, and maintained in a residential, commercial, or public setting that is functional, maintainable, environmentally sound, cost effective, and visually pleasing throughout the entire life of that landscape.

Landscape PlantTexture: Coarseness or fineness of the plant. Texture should be one of the first design considerations when placing plants in a landscape. Texture in plants can be created by leaves, branches, bark, or other plant parts. It can also be created by rough or smooth looking surfaces, thin or thick leaf set, or by darkness or lightness.

Lawns, Landscapes & Trees: A woody plant that usually has one main stem and reaches a height of at least 12 ft. Trees are very important for screening, framing, and shade, and are considered early in the landscape design program. Trees are usually placed before other plant material because of their major impact on understory shrubs chosen for the landscape.

Landscape Unity: How well the entire design comes together to form one landscape. All aspects of the landscape should complement one another rather than compete for attention.

Landscape Variety: Mixing up the form, texture and color combinations in a landscape to create extra interest without sacrificing the simplicity of the design.

Landscape Visualization Exercise: Designer pictures in his/her mind what an area will look like before the landscape design process begins.

Visually Pleasing Landscape : A landscape having an overall desirable appearance. A beautiful landscape would also be considered a visually pleasing landscape.

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