Franchise
News: Lawn care franchises
Lawn
Care
HOW
GREEN IS YOUR THUMB?
When was the last time you walked barefoot
through the grass? If you’re lucky
enough to have a sprawling, well maintained
lawn, you may just be itching for the
dog days of summer to come for there’s
nothing better than the feeling of cool,
soft grass underneath your toes.
Unfortunately
there are a lot of lawns and gardens out
there that suffer more than they prosper.
Having a green thumb is truly a gift.
For the rest of us, however, a lawn service
is the only way we can green up the tint
of our thumbs. Lawn care services are
also an excellent franchise option for
people who love being outside, setting
their own hours and creating healthier,
more beautiful landscapes.
Nature’s
Pro, based in Hempstead, New
York, goes for the green by taking care
of the soil. Nature’s Pro has been
perfecting the use of organic landscaping
materials since 1957. It’s more
concerned, in fact, with fostering healthy
lawns than killing bugs and pests. The
company’s products, which are not
the waste products typically marketed
as organic materials (such as manure,
sewer sludge, feathers, dried blood or
compost), are for use on trees, lawns
and shrubs. Constant research and development
work in the franchisee’s favor.
Nature’s Pro keeps
its franchisees on the cutting edge of
the latest developments in the organic
landscaping industry.
Nature’s
Pro prepares its Authorized Dealers
(the franchisees) with simple, specific
directions for effective procedures and
programs of care for their particular
region. Having a time-tested, proven system
saves each franchisee an enormous amount
of time, effort and money.
While Nature’s Pro
franchisees are able to get their enterprises
up and running almost immediately after
signing on with the company, Nature’s
Pro provides franchisees with
about three years of on-going training
and coaching.
The company’s products are safe
to use and easy to apply. Most of the
company’s lawn care services can
be completed without the use of labor-intensive
backyard machines like aerators and de-thatchers.
Enviro
Masters, headquartered in Caledon
East, Ontario, is another “environmentally
considerate,” pesticide-free, lawn
care franchise network. When it comes to
expanding its business, Enviro Masters
intends to build on the numbers that are
already out there. According to a Gallop
poll, 23 percent of all American households
plan on hiring professional landscape services
to maintain their lawns and gardens. That
translates into more than 23 million households.
In addition to providing organic lawn care
services, Enviro Masters
franchisees also offer spring and fall yard
clean-up services, crabgrass treatments,
and moss, ant and weed control options.
Enviro
Masters offers franchisees protected
territories which are currently available
throughout North America. The company’s
training program and support services
cover everything from turf management
to sales, marketing strategies and business
management. An Enviro Masters
franchise can be either a full-time career
or a part-time job. While the majority
of Enviro Masters’
current franchises are based in Canada
the company is eyeing expansion into the
U.S.
Offering
homeowners and commercial establishments
professional lawn care services has been
a way of life for the folks at Spring-Green
since 1977. The company, based in Plainfield,
Illinois, has built a reputation as a leader
in the professional tree and lawn care industry.
Its franchisees know that a healthy, well
maintained lawn is beneficial for the environment
and also increases “curb appeal”
which is very important for retail and commercial
properties. Each lawn is treated to an individual
assessment and is provided with services
specifically tailored to the needs of the
lawn and the owner. Spring-Green’s
services include lawn fertilization and
weed control, ornamental bed weed control,
core cultivation and tree and shrub root
feeding. Spring-Green
franchisees enjoy exclusive territories
and access to the combined knowledge and
experience of more than 100 other Spring-Green
franchisees. The company’s operating
system, called The Spring-Green
Way, provides franchisees with all the
hardware, software, procedures, methods,
tools and equipment they will need to
profitably, efficiently and effectively
operate a Spring-Green
franchise.
If
you’re considering owning a lawn-care
franchise, you have plenty of options
from which to choose. The majority of
the franchisees in this industry can be
operated on either a full-time or part-time
basis and can be acquired for a relatively
low initial investment. Clients are most
often repeat customers and, while lawn-care
is primarily a seasonal business, many
companies will help you land contracts
that allow you to have a predictable,
year-round income. All of the companies
here offer their franchisees extensive
training and mentoring programs so you
don’t need a green thumb to be a
landscaping franchisee.
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