A Budding Gardening Business

With services like lawn mowing, lawn care, hedge trimming and tree chopping, its surprising to hear Carmichael Gardening Services is owned and operated solely by husband and wife team Brian and Jane Carmicahel.

They established the business three years ago, until Brian quit his full-time job to focus on their business.

Before then, I was just mowing lawns in the afternoons and around my full-time job, Brian says.

We did a course funded by the government to help small business. You get a certificate three or four in small business, and we did that in Toowoomba while we were still working and running this business for about six weeks.

Starting a new business was scary, but the key lies in learning to be resilient in times of rejection.

Dont give up, Brian counsels. Dont be disappointed by rejection and lack of customers. Keep going and it will come. Keep putting your name out there, talk to people in the street, put out business cards, flyers; youve got to keep looking forward every day.

Pic: Brian Carmichael. Source: Supplied.

One marketing tactic Carmichael Gardening Services uses is putting leaflets in houses with untidy yards when mowing a house on the street, something which has been quite effective so far.

They also ask for business referrals from current customers, but says a challenge is trying to get more repeat customers.

Its been fairly tough, especially when it doesnt rain; were now at our fourth month without rain. It gets harder and harder, but its a good chance to catch up on admin and on things around our own property, Brian says.

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A Budding Gardening Business