Guide to Starting Your Own Backyard Nursery
How to Start a Backyard Nursery
A backyard nursery is a great way to start a home based business that can be very rewarding. Starting a backyard nursery can be easy if the right steps are followed. When considering a backyard nursery there are several things that need to be kept in mind. Location, budget, and knowledge are just a few of the many components that will be needed to plan and begin a backyard nursery that will be both profitable and easy to maintain.
Backyard Nursery Location
The first step in starting a backyard nursery is to choose consider the location. Consider the following questions:
Is the selected backyard big enough?
What plants are suitable in that climate and zone?
How many other garden centers, nurseries and plant stands are in the area?
Is the location easy to access?
With these things in mind, the rest of the planning can begin.
When to Start a Backyard Nursery
When planning to start a backyard nursery keep a realistic thought on when to have the grand opening. Consider the time needed to start ordering supplies, planting seeds and potting liners. How long would it take for all these things to be sellable? Allow plenty of time to gather, grow and maintain the plants to insure that they healthy, quality plants that customers will want to buy.
Backyard Nursery Budget
A budget is one of the most important components to a business. How much of money is available to be put aside for a backyard nursery? Take that amount and factor in the price of seeds, soil, containers, advertising, greenhouses, labels, fertilizer and anything else that may be need to get started.
Type of Plants to be Grown in Your Backyard Nursery
The type of plants chosen for a backyard nursery should depend on the local climate and the growers personal knowledge. What grows best in that location? What plants are the grower knowledgeable about?
With these things in mind, what kind of backyard nursery is desired? For instance, will it be a backyard nursery that sells annuals, perennials, vegetables, exotic plants, trees and shrubs, hanging baskets or several of these things. Sometimes is often easier to start of with a few types and slowly increase the product line. If a tight budget is an issue, then consider starting with a couple different types of plants and increasing the product line on each new order.
Advertising Your Backyard Nursery
Not a single customer will come to a backyard nursery if they don’t know that it exists. The key to promoting a business is by advertising with a few different methods. Daily newspapers can be very expensive and take a huge chunk out of a budget. However, local weekly papers are often very cheap and can run a small ad for $5-20. Flyers are a great way to advertise. Posting ads on sites such as Craigslist is also a great way to get the word out.
The best advertising that any business could ever receive is ‘word of mouth’. If customers are happy, they will be the best advertisement that money can buy. Provide great customers service, high quality products, and a professional attitude at all times and not only will those customers return, but they will tell their friends and family about about the backyard nursery and will traffic will soon increase. An increase in traffic means an increase in business which will mean that a successful backyard nursery has been achieved.
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