Ed’s Garden Services
Gardening FranchisesEd’s Garden franchise provides a high quality but reasonably priced garden maintenance services including lawn mowing, hedge cutting, garden tidy ups, jet washing and returfing.
About Ed’s Garden Services
Since 2003, Ed’s been helping people like you start a garden services business of their own.
Enjoy a constant stream of work from homes & businesses in your local area with our proven business model. Working outdoors in an active role, you’ll enjoy the reward of delighting your customers – while taking complete control of your future.
You could make between £40K – £50K per year with clever £10K+ bonus sales, or more than £100K if you employ teams, build a multi-van operation, and expand your territory.
Ed’s Garden Services is a full member of the British Franchise Association (BFA).
Business Model
As an Ed’s franchisee, you’ll offer garden maintenance services to a grateful market of homeowners and businesses, either doing the work yourself, with or without a helper or by employing teams to do it for you as you build your own multi-van empire.
With our groundbreaking technology and our always-there support, you’ll be able to earn more by working more efficiently, pricing jobs correctly, and leaving unprofitable work to your competitors.
As your business grows, sell blocks of customers for tax-efficient bonuses of £10K-£20K+ to stay below the VAT threshold.
And, from day one, you’ll be building yourself a valuable asset that you can sell when you’re ready to move on or retire.
Training and Support
You can look forward to personalised one-to-one training and wraparound support as an Ed’s franchisee, whether you’re a single van operator running a lifestyle business or a multi-van management operator intent on building an empire.
Our bespoke technology, an all-in-one system, takes care of everything you need to run your business, leaving you more time to do the work that brings in the money.
And your network of fellow franchisees will also be there for you, sharing their knowledge and experience and helping you out – sometimes by offering an extra pair of hands – when you need it the most.
Market Demand
Demand for our services is insatiable – far more than you could ever cope with – so you can turn your availability on or off on our website work as much or as little as you want, and cherry-pick the most lucrative jobs.
Some franchisees anticipate the tailing off of demand for our core services in January and February and take those months off for a well deserved rest, often heading for the sun, but others capitalise on it by offering other services including power washing and turf laying.
You’ll never be short of opportunities to earn more or expand your operation.
Financials
You can make a healthy living in a healthy way with Ed’s Garden Services, whether you want a single van operation that gives you a comfortable lifestyle, or you prefer to manage a multi-van franchise and multiply your return on investment.
If you want to stay under the VAT threshold, you can sell tranches of customers to other franchisees and pocket a healthy fee, time after time. (£10-20k+)
News
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Ed’s Garden Services Welcomes Graeme
We are delighted to welcome Graeme to our growing team of Ed’s operators… Graeme has recently moved with his family to the UK from Zimbabwe to invest in an Ed’s business in Worcester Park, Surrey. Anita, our Ed’s Operator
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We Welcome Ade to the Ed’s Team
We are delighted to welcome Ade Hiley to our ever-expanding team of Ed’s operators. Ade has just signed up to run his own Ed’s business in Sheffield. This is very exciting for Ed’s, as Ade’s business will be the
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Work-life balance is real at Ed’s
Work-life balance is very important to us at Ed’s. In our view, it’s a key measure of a successful life. Generally, when someone thinks about setting up their own business, the matter of work-life balance often springs to mind.
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RHS Wisley time again!
The Ed’s team is looking forward to another great session at RHS Wisley this month. No matter the season, Wisley is always an inspirational place to visit and the quality of our Wisley training sessions is excellent, with access
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Ed’s Bids a Fond Farewell to Adrian and Welcomes Peter
Ed’s is delighted to welcome Peter Dixon (left) to our team of Business Operators. Peter has just signed up to buy Adrian Thomas’s (right) established Ed’s business in Southampton Ed’s Garden Maintenance is the largest UK garden maintenance
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Ed’s scores a hat trick of three brand new operators
Ed’s Garden Maintenance is the largest UK garden maintenance franchise, with a network of 44 operators. Ed’s is delighted to welcome three brand new operators to our flourishing Ed’s team. Pete Henchey has joined our ever-growing team of
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Paul is on the ball
Here at Ed’s, we are delighted to announce that we can now service customers in the Thurrock area. Paul Wellington has recently joined Ed’s to set up his garden maintenance business in the Thurrock area. Paul knows the
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Ed’s Garden Maintenance is the largest UK garden maintenance franchise, with a network of 42 operators
Ed’s is delighted to welcome Warren Emsden on board. Warren will be running his Ed’s business in Petts Wood. Warren has joined us as a result of Neil Collis, our Ed’s Operator in Sevenoaks, taking advantage of the opportunity
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Annette receives her BFA Qualified Franchise Professional status
We are delighted to announce that Annette, Ed’s Strategic Development Manager, has been successful in achieving her British Franchise Association Qualified Franchise Professional (QFP) status. This qualification, which was launched at the beginning of 2010, provides formal recognition of
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We would like to extend our congratulations to Neil Collis, our Ed’s Operator in Sevenoaks, who has just successfully split his Ed’s business.
The structure of the split is that the new Operator will take on Neil’s Dartford customers whilst Neil keeps his Sevenoaks customers. Splitting businesses in this way is a three-way win for all the parties involved: Neil realises a
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Ed’s Welcomes Daniel
Ed’s is the largest and fastest growing UK garden maintenance franchise and we’ve just grown a bit more! We are delighted to welcome Daniel Stockley to the Ed’s team. Daniel has just signed up to run his own
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Ed’s Keeps it Real
Ed’s is the UK garden maintenance franchise market leader with 37 operators. We are also the fastest-growing UK garden maintenance franchise. We’re thrilled with our success but never arrogant or complacent about it. We attribute this success to
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Case Studies
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Ed’s Garden Maintenance Success Story
Steve Frise swapped out the hectic world of the motor industry for the more fulfilling climbs of garden maintenance. Read on to find out how buying into a successful national franchise has changed his life. Steve Frise, 40, from Hersham,
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Jon Bristow Success Story
Jon Bristow (39) from Ed’s Garden Maintenance takes a look back at how his business has developed since he started delivering garden services. Jon Bristow (39) from Ed’s Garden Maintenance takes a look back at how his business has
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Matthew May is conquering the South Coast near Folkestone with Ed’s Garden Maintenance.
He shares his tips for success. “My franchise business started on 1st March 2012 and has been going for 5 months so far. “Having decided I wanted to be my own boss I looked around at various franchise opportunities and
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Louis Tomazou: Epsom, Banstead, Oxshott, Kingswood franchisee
From recruitment to rotavating! After 28 years in recruitment I wanted to feel energised again. I wanted a different life. I had always enjoyed maintaining my own garden, so in August 2011 I started running my own Ed’s Garden
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Matthew May: From red tape to green lawns
In my previous life, I managed a fencing plant and had a lot of management responsibility. I got so weary of bureaucracy getting in the way of progress and wanted to be able to be more proactive. Running
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James: London franchisee
My decision to join Ed’s was really a lifestyle choice – a healthy outdoors life and the flexibility of running my own business really appealed to me. My decision to join Ed’s was really a lifestyle choice –
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Case Study: Stuart Thackeray
Tired of his city career, Stuart started an Ed’s business in Surrey in March 2014. Fuelled by his success, he decided to follow his dream and moved to rural Norfolk. He is now well on his way to building
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Case Study: Dan Bates
Tired of the grind of corporate life, Dan Bates joined Ed’s Garden Maintenance in March 2015 to run his own gardening business covering Thames Ditton, Esher, Kingston-on-Thames and Surbiton. He’s made an excellent start building his business and is
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Case Study: Neil Collis
“I find that although my business is much bigger than the one I had previously, a lot of the headaches I had running a small business have disappeared.” Name: Neil Collis Location: Sevenoaks, Kent Franchise: Ed’s Garden maintenance Already
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Testimonials
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Sarah (North Surrey)
"When I first heard about Ed's I thought that this was a 'too-good-to-be-true' story and 'where's the catch?'. I invested in Ed's because I had a choice of being a gardener elsewhere and earning the equivalent of Ed's guarantee of work, or being my own boss and earning this as a minimum with heaps of potential to do better. For me it was a no-brainer. To date I have had a lot of support and have surprised myself with the amount I am earning and how much I am enjoying it."
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Rodney (South West London)
"When I was introduced to Ed's Garden Maintenance, I was impressed by the way in which the business was presented and the overall package on offer. I have owned my own business before so I was very aware of the headaches involved in starting up a new business. Ed's was very clear in laying out the pros and cons, so there were no hidden agendas. Setting up my own Ed's Garden Maintenance business has been straightforward and not nearly as scary or risky as doing it on my own. There is a great support system and the Ed's team is very close knit. Ed's has exceeded my expectations and my business has grown solidly."
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