Start your own lawn care or landscaping business : your step-by-step guide to success / Entrepreneur Press and Eileen Figure Sandlin.

"Entrepreneur magazine's startup."

First edition had only Sandlin as author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index.

The green, green grass of home -- Lawn care -- Landscaping -- Mowing down the competition -- Your budding business -- Cutting edge help -- Tools of the trade -- Turf tenders -- Planting the seeds of success -- Spreading the word -- Casting your net -- Blowing your own horn -- The green stuff -- Your green piece on earth -- Appendix : Lawn care/landscaping resources.

Rake in the green. Successful landscapers and lawn care professionals reveal their secrets to success in this $20 billion industry. With all the homes, business parks, apartment complexes, shopping malls and hospitals that need landscaping, you can tailor your services and create your dream job. Your business can range from the simple-mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves and clipping hedges-to applying chemicals and fertilizer, trimming and shaping trees, designing landscapes and more. Learn everything you need to know, including: How to find customers; What equipment you'll need; How to hire and manage employees; Record keeping and accounting; Where to find working capital; How to calculate job estimates. If you love working outdoors, you owe it to yourself to buy this step-by-step guide and start building your own successful lawn care or landscaping business. - Publisher.