Starting gardening business

[flowercover]

Hello everyone, I'm starting up a gardening service in and around Norwich and just wanted some feed back from both customers and other gardener's. Where you found or offered services, rate of pay ect.

Anything that could help welcomed.

I will be investing in a small van and basic garden machinery.

I am RHS trained with 5 years experience including working in a walled vegetable garden as well as working in a specialist garden nursery. I have good plant knowledge, know how to prune and deal with most plants. I'm creative with am eye for design though no formal qualifications in this.

I'm female and 38.

We found our gardener because he knocked on our door and asked if the lawn needing doing when it was a bit overgrown. He gets a lot of custom just from chatting to neighbours whilst working. I'd appreciate more of a heads up when he's coming as it is very very loud and we work from home. I'd also say be proactive and ask if there's more that needs doing as we are forever forgetting to ask.