How to Start in the landscaping business

[Shane472]

I am a student in my final year of high school and I'd like to pursue landscaping as a career. I was just wondering what kind of courses I should take. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[fblandscape]

Start looking into colleges with 2 or 4 year degrees in some form of green industry discipline.

[GarPA]

I would strongly urge you to get a part time job with a landscape company....one that does stone work, bed installs, plant installs etc. I did this all thru college and some of the things I learned 25 years ago I still use today. You will also find out just how hard this work is and whether you like it enough to bust your butt like most of us do day in day out. After all these years I still love this business....and that is what will make you successful.

[Team Gopher]

Hi Shane,

There is a Just Getting Started in Business forum (http://www.lawnsite.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=58) on this site. You may find a lot of valuable information there!