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Our 40 + business owners delivered over £2.3 million of gardening services last year.

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Full steam ahead
Stuart / Swindon East

"Recently, I got to a stage in my life where it had become feasible to really change my career and m..

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Recruitment to fulfilment
Richard / Tunbridge Wells

"The time had come to make some big changes in my life. I'd come to realise that life was too short ..

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Respect for the franchisee
Stuart / Norfolk (North and West)

I have built the perfect business and lifestyle for me. I've shaped my business to exactly what I wa..

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A Brand New Landscape
Ryan / Eastleigh

Well, here I am up and running with my very own Ed's business. I am growing in confidence each week ..

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Success is the norm
Chris / Norwich South

I have grown so much in knowledge since joining Ed's. Delivering the services was relatively straigh..

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A groundbreaking opportunity
Jack / Hitchin

I am into my stride running my Ed's business now. I look back and realise how much I have learnt. It..

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Banking on success
Chris / Chislehurst

My business is really flying now. Beyond what I could have imagined. I couldn't have achieved what I..

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The Glory of the Garden
Mark / Stourbridge

One of the things that I really love about my Ed's business is the flexibility that I have. In my pr..

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Managing my own future
Nick / Byfleet

It will soon be my first anniversary with Ed's. I feel like I have learned so much in a a relatively..

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A Brand New Landscape
Ryan / Eastleigh

I worked in landscape gardening before joining Ed's. I loved the outdoors nature of the job but I wa..

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A brand to build a future on
Andy / Milton Keynes (North West)

I am getting great satisfaction from building my Ed's business and could never go back to my previou..

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A fast track to growth
Ed / Worcester North

I am running a strong Ed's business and I am constantly fine-tuning it to be more profitable. I enj..

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Getting out of the rat race
Paul / Swindon

I have been with Ed's almost ten years now. My experience is that, once you get a business like this..

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The Glory of the Garden
Mark / Stourbridge

This is my second summer season with Ed's and I am enjoying being in the driving seat so much. I fee..

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Career change
Mark / Ramsgate

Another summer season begins and I am just as enthusiastic about my business as I was at the very st..

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Managing my own future
Nick / Byfleet

I'm getting well into the swing of running my gardening business already. I cannot believe how busy ..

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A grass roots introduction
Tim / Taunton

I am totally in my element running my Ed's business down in Somerset. I feel like I get the best of ..

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The best in the business
Andrew / Chertsey

I realised quite quickly after I joined Ed's how much scope there is to build a great business of sc..

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Managing the risk
Bob / Horsham

I enjoy sharing my experience with newer business owners who are still in the phase of getting their..

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Managing my own future
Nick / Byfleet

I've built up a lot of gardening experience over the years and I definitely still get a big thrill f..

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Underpinning success
Rich / Oxford South

I am really ambitious and I never rest on my laurels. When I see things going really well in my busi..

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Respect for the franchisee
Stuart / Norfolk (North and West)

I've run a successful Ed's business on the outskirts of London. I subsequently moved to a very rural..

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The Glory of the Garden
Mark / Stourbridge

It's a huge thing to set up and run your own gardening business. You put a lot of yourself into your..

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Banking on success
Chris / Chislehurst

I am extremely proud of the business I have built with Ed's. I have made some sound business decisio..

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Career change
Mark / Ramsgate

I still love gardening and I still love running my Ed's business. My wife and I have managed to carv..

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Time for a change
David / Tunbridge Wells

I guess I am now a seasoned Ed’s business owner now as it will soon be my fourth anniversary with ..

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Keeping it in the family
Nick / Sevenoaks

My business continues to flourish and I love running it. Mowing is really central to my business and..

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Team Power
Neil / Rustington / Rustington

Well this is my seventh spring with Ed's. Each year there is such a sense of opportunity at this tim..

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Perennial work
Nick / Brighton

I am very much a seasoned Ed's business owner. The variety of work keeps things fresh and it is grea..

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Recruitment to rotavating
Louis / Epsom

As time goes by I value my holidays more and more. I love having the best of both worlds - I have a..

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Enjoying local Life
Nigel / Worthing

I'm still very much enjoying running my Ed's Gardening Business. I find it fulfilling in that I gene..

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Teeing up with Ed's
Daniel / Harlow

I've recently renewed my contract with Ed's and still enjoy running a strong gardening business . I ..

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Solving the puzzle
Ali / Cambridge North

I'm really proud of the gardening business that I have built with Ed's. I sometimes take new busines..

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A winning team
Haydn / Southbourne

One of the great things about Ed's is the other business owners. I find that if ever I have a questi..

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A great brand
Mark / Bournemouth

The lifestyle aspect of running an Ed’s business cannot be underestimated. Everyone wants to run a..

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Splitting for success
Karl / Sidcup

I’m one of many business owners who have renewed my contract to stay with Ed’s. A very high perc..

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New horizons
Paul / Bristol

My Ed’s business continues to grow almost as quickly as my children do! I would never have predict..

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Ambitious plans for growth
Andy / Woking

I have been running my Ed's business for a long time now - nine years. I am still enjoying it. What ..

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Up and running fast
Guy / Maidenhead West

I have been with Ed's almost thirteen years now, through so many stages of my life - single, married..

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Warren / Petts Wood

I've now been with Ed's almost six years. The time has really flown by. I enjoy running my business ..

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Underpinning success
Rich / Oxford South

I have learned so much since joining Ed's. I knew the business I wanted to build when I started runn..

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Business in winter
Clive / Hampton

I'm now into my sixteenth year with Ed's. The franchise still works very well for me. I'm still ful..

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The Glory of the Garden
Mark / Stourbridge

I had a long and successful teaching career before joining Ed’s. I had no shortage of passion for ..

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Managing the risk
Bob / Horsham

I have been with Ed's since 2017 and I still really enjoy running a flourishing gardening business. ..

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On the right track
Marcus / Stockbridge

The flexibility in Ed's is wonderful. Not just the flexibility to shape your ideal business but also..

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Scaling up
Anita / Wimbledon

One of the best things about being part of Ed's is the freedom it gives you. I am Canadian and can t..

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A brand to build a future on
Andy / Milton Keynes (North West)

I have spent many years working in production-related roles for companies that have huge internation..

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A groundbreaking opportunity
Jack / Hitchin

I am an experienced groundsman, most recently working for a well known London stadium. It was an ama..

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Success is the norm
Chris / Norwich South

I was a groundsman for years before joining Ed's. I loved the work, not so much the structure and la..

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The best in the business
Andrew / Chertsey

I worked in the hospitality sector for a number of years. Career progress came quickly for me and I ..

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A sensible commute
Ian / Norwich East and Broadland

I've achieved many of the goals that I set out to when I joined Ed's. I have been able to tailor the..

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A fast track to growth
Ed / Worcester North

I was fortunate to have a successful business career at quite a young age. It was great in many way..

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A grass roots introduction
Tim / Taunton

I first discovered Ed's some years ago when I worked for an established Ed's business in the London ..

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Banking on success
Chris / Chislehurst

A lot of things impressed me about Ed's but the quality of the people stood out from the start. Ed a..

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Respect for the franchisee
Stuart / Norfolk (North and West)

I have got the best of all worlds with Ed. I am running a thriving and profitable business whilst li..

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A winning team
Haydn / Southbourne

I've learned so much since joining Ed's. The past five years have gone by in a flash and I've develo..

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Team Power
Neil / Rustington / Rustington

I've built up a really strong and efficient gardening business with Ed's. Balance has always been im..

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Teeing up with Ed's
Daniel / Harlow

The Ed's franchise has worked really well for me. I worked in catering before and thanked my lucky s..

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On the right track
Marcus / Stockbridge

I knew when I joined Ed's that I was joining a quality brand that could really propel my business to..

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Solving the puzzle
Ali / Cambridge North

Just a quick update from me....I have been blown away by how much my business has taken off since jo..

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Enjoying local Life
Nigel / Worthing

I feel that I have now got my Ed's business exactly where I dreamed it might get to. I am kept very ..

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Time for a change
David / Tunbridge Wells

I can't believe just how much I have learned and how much my confidence has grown since I joined Ed'..

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Career change
Mark / Ramsgate

I have just recorded my most profitable month ever and I am feeling great about the season ahead. I..

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Solving the puzzle
Ali / Cambridge North

I thought (very) briefly about going it alone but I instinctively knew my chances of success were mu..

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Underpinning success
Rich / Oxford South

I’d hankered after setting up a gardening business and being my own boss for quite some time. I am..

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Splitting for success
Karl / Sidcup

I am now into my fifth year of running my Ed's business and things are going very well with my busin..

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In the driving seat
Paul / Thurrock

I really enjoy the freedom that Ed's gives me compared to what other career paths would do. I can ru..

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Ambitious plans for growth
Andy / Woking

I'm now into my sixth year as an Ed's Business Owner and I'm enjoying life at the helm of a successf..

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A great brand
Mark / Bournemouth

I am now in my sixth year as an Ed's Business Owner. I've built a strong, strategic business that ..

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Enjoying local Life
Nigel / Worthing

I am now an 'experienced Ed's Business Owner' yet I still feel that I'm learning all the time. I sti..

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Time for a change
David / Tunbridge Wells

I had spent many years working in sales management in a visual communications business. I had the cl..

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Getting out of the rat race
Paul / Swindon

I now have a very well-established Ed's business. I really enjoy the work and can run it like clockw..

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Recruitment to rotavating
Louis / Epsom

I've been running my Ed's business for seven and a half years now and it has exceeded my expectation..

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New horizons
Paul / Bristol

My Ed's business has grown beyond recognition. If someone had told me when I started that my busines..

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Career change
Mark / Ramsgate

Before joining Ed’s I was a European Sales Director for a large American Company which involved a ..

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Warren / Petts Wood

I bought my Ed's business in April 2017 as a result of a successful Ed's Operator doing a business s..

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On the right track
Marcus / Stockbridge

I started my Ed's business in Streatham in April 2018. It’s still early days for me as I’m only ..

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Keeping it in the family
Nick / Sevenoaks

I've been with Ed's since 2014, which was around the time my brother-in-law started his Ed's franchi..

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Managing the risk
Bob / Horsham

My previous job was Managing Director of a Risk Management consultancy before joining Ed's in June 2..

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Teeing up with Ed's
Daniel / Harlow

Running my own business is not a new thing for me. I have been running my own golf club catering man..

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Scaling up
Anita / Wimbledon

I've been an Ed's Operator for many years and I've built up a sizeable business in the Wimbledon are..

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Perennial work
Nick / Brighton

My Ed's business continues to thrive and I still love making my customers really happy. I'm in the v..

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Up and running fast
Guy / Maidenhead West

I've now been with Ed's eight years. Life has changed a lot since then. I've got married (Ed was at ..

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Respect for the franchisee
Stuart / Norfolk (North and West)

Tired of my City career, I started an Ed’s business in Surrey in March 2014. Fuelled by my success..

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Out of Africa
Graeme / Worcester Park

I recently moved with my family to the UK from Zimbabwe to invest with Anita, the Wimbledon Ed's Ope..

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Business in winter
Clive / Hampton

I've recently celebrated my 10th anniversary as an Ed's Operator. I was asked how I wanted to celebr..

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Splitting for success
Karl / Sidcup

I bought my Ed's business in September 2016 when a successful Ed's Operator decided to release some ..

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A winning team
Haydn / Southbourne

I moved from South Africa with my family in 2016 and was looking for a good business to run. Ed's ou..

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Team Power
Neil / Rustington / Rustington

I set up my Ed's business in Rustington in October 2016 and the Ed's experience has been excellent f..

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In the driving seat
Paul / Thurrock

I was a black cabbie before joining Ed's in June 2017 and I know how important it is to go the extra..

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Getting out of the rat race
Paul / Swindon

Paul Crocker runs an Ed's franchise in Swindon. Paul worked for over 20 years in auditing in financ..

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Ambitious plans for growth
Andy / Woking

Having already built a successful drainage business I was looking for the next challenge and an oppo..

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Enjoying local Life
Nigel / Worthing

Tired of the extensive travelling in his wholesale business and an increasingly difficult business e..

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A sensible commute
Ian / Norwich East and Broadland

Ed's Garden Maintenance welcomes Ian Waters who has taken on a franchise business covering Norwich a..

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A great brand
Mark / Bournemouth

Having spent time in the Army, on leaving school I joined Cobham - an Aviation engineering services ..

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Perennial work
Nick / Brighton

When I moved to Brighton, joining Ed's Garden Maintenance was the ideal opportunity to develop my lo..

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Recruitment to rotavating
Louis / Epsom

After 28 years in recruitment I wanted to feel energised again. I wanted a different life. I had al..

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New horizons
Paul / Bristol

We moved out of London to the West County and I had to either find a job or start up my own business..

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Up and running fast
Guy / Maidenhead West

I moved to the UK from New Zealand where I worked in agriculture, so I've always been a hard working..

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Business in winter
Clive / Hampton

I tried to set up my own gardening business before joining Ed's as an Operator, but marketing, which..

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