Landscaping

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Lawn maintenance
Fertilizing
Spring & Fall Clean ups
Aeration
Bed maintenance
Mulching
Lawn reseeding
Snowthrowing
Trimming
Gutter Cleaning
Thatching

Q. Describe three recent jobs you've completed.

A. Spring Clean Up and Bed Renovation
Mulching and transplanting of shrubs
Bed weed Spraying and trimming

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Make sure you know what services a landscaper provides because not everyone of them is the same with the services they provide and you can ask for references. Do not be afraid too.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. That it is not exact and always being able t quote work over the phone or online and onsite free quotes are required so the best job possible and best price can be offered.

Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?

A. Where are you located out of?
What services are you offering?
What is the best price you can offer for my job I need done?
If I can not affort all work I want, can rest be done at a later time?

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. They need to know what kind of work they want done totally for their yard and the MOST important is the BUDGET they have available to spend so there is no shock and let landscapers know up front this is what I can affort right now

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. We are a small customer service oriented landscaping business that provides valuable landscaping services to customers and a job is not done until it is done right.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. The flexibility and dealing with customers on a one to one basis and being there for my customers and making sure their landscaping requests are fulfilled. Also. we offer a variety of landscaping packages.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. What services do you offer and what is the cost?

We give free quotes and I can check out what you would like done at no cost to you and email you a quote or mail it to you.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. My most favorite story is a customer who knew he wanted a raised brick patio done in the back and a brick sidewalk and deck tear out. By knowing exactly he was able to pick out materials he wanted, colors and get exact quote in his budget for the job which needed to be done.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. That landscaping is hard labor and not a 9 to 5 job and it is long hours and things come up with equipment and that there are glitches that occur in this business just like others

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I was seeking a better career opportunity in my life and went to work with a landscaping company and then saw a need for fall clean ups and work that my boss had to turn away and I then launched my own company in July of 2001

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. I am proud of a repeat customer from fall clean ups who contacted me for a Spring clean up and a Bed Renovation job

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. Yes I stay up with Ohio Landscapers Association videos, articles and fertilizing and turf seminars to add to my knowledge for landscaping