Our 40 + business owners delivered over £2.3 million of gardening services last year.
Find out about their journey as an Eds franchise owner
Building a bright future
My most recent job was in construction recruitment but I have worked in different roles across a ran..
Safety in numbers
"I was previously an equity analyst for a bank so I understand the significance of numbers. I had be..
Full steam ahead
"Recently, I got to a stage in my life where it had become feasible to really change my career and m..
Recruitment to fulfilment
"The time had come to make some big changes in my life. I'd come to realise that life was too short ..
Respect for the franchisee
I have built the perfect business and lifestyle for me. I've shaped my business to exactly what I wa..
A Brand New Landscape
Well, here I am up and running with my very own Ed's business. I am growing in confidence each week ..
Banking on success
My business is really flying now. Beyond what I could have imagined. I couldn't have achieved what I..
Success is the norm
I have grown so much in knowledge since joining Ed's. Delivering the services was relatively straigh..
A groundbreaking opportunity
I am into my stride running my Ed's business now. I look back and realise how much I have learnt. It..
The Glory of the Garden
One of the things that I really love about my Ed's business is the flexibility that I have. In my pr..
Managing my own future
It will soon be my first anniversary with Ed's. I feel like I have learned so much in a a relatively..
A Brand New Landscape
I worked in landscape gardening before joining Ed's. I loved the outdoors nature of the job but I wa..
A fast track to growth
I am running a strong Ed's business and I am constantly fine-tuning it to be more profitable. I enj..
A brand to build a future on
I am getting great satisfaction from building my Ed's business and could never go back to my previou..
Getting out of the rat race
I have been with Ed's almost ten years now. My experience is that, once you get a business like this..
Career change
Another summer season begins and I am just as enthusiastic about my business as I was at the very st..
The Glory of the Garden
This is my second summer season with Ed's and I am enjoying being in the driving seat so much. I fee..
Managing my own future
I'm getting well into the swing of running my gardening business already. I cannot believe how busy ..
A grass roots introduction
I am totally in my element running my Ed's business down in Somerset. I feel like I get the best of ..
The best in the business
I realised quite quickly after I joined Ed's how much scope there is to build a great business of sc..
Managing the risk
I enjoy sharing my experience with newer business owners who are still in the phase of getting their..
Managing my own future
I've built up a lot of gardening experience over the years and I definitely still get a big thrill f..
Respect for the franchisee
I've run a successful Ed's business on the outskirts of London. I subsequently moved to a very rural..
Underpinning success
I am really ambitious and I never rest on my laurels. When I see things going really well in my busi..
The Glory of the Garden
It's a huge thing to set up and run your own gardening business. You put a lot of yourself into your..
Banking on success
I am extremely proud of the business I have built with Ed's. I have made some sound business decisio..
Career change
I still love gardening and I still love running my Ed's business. My wife and I have managed to carv..
Time for a change
I guess I am now a seasoned Ed’s business owner now as it will soon be my fourth anniversary with ..
Perennial work
I am very much a seasoned Ed's business owner. The variety of work keeps things fresh and it is grea..
Team Power
Well this is my seventh spring with Ed's. Each year there is such a sense of opportunity at this tim..
Keeping it in the family
My business continues to flourish and I love running it. Mowing is really central to my business and..
Recruitment to rotavating
As time goes by I value my holidays more and more. I love having the best of both worlds - I have a..
Enjoying local Life
I'm still very much enjoying running my Ed's Gardening Business. I find it fulfilling in that I gene..
Teeing up with Ed's
I've recently renewed my contract with Ed's and still enjoy running a strong gardening business . I ..
Solving the puzzle
I'm really proud of the gardening business that I have built with Ed's. I sometimes take new busines..
A winning team
One of the great things about Ed's is the other business owners. I find that if ever I have a questi..
New horizons
My Ed’s business continues to grow almost as quickly as my children do! I would never have predict..
A great brand
The lifestyle aspect of running an Ed’s business cannot be underestimated. Everyone wants to run a..
Splitting for success
I’m one of many business owners who have renewed my contract to stay with Ed’s. A very high perc..
Up and running fast
I have been with Ed's almost thirteen years now, through so many stages of my life - single, married..
Ambitious plans for growth
I have been running my Ed's business for a long time now - nine years. I am still enjoying it. What ..
Buying a proven business
I've now been with Ed's almost six years. The time has really flown by. I enjoy running my business ..
Underpinning success
I have learned so much since joining Ed's. I knew the business I wanted to build when I started runn..
Business in winter
I'm now into my sixteenth year with Ed's. The franchise still works very well for me. I'm still ful..
The Glory of the Garden
I had a long and successful teaching career before joining Ed’s. I had no shortage of passion for ..
Managing the risk
I have been with Ed's since 2017 and I still really enjoy running a flourishing gardening business. ..
On the right track
The flexibility in Ed's is wonderful. Not just the flexibility to shape your ideal business but also..
Scaling up
One of the best things about being part of Ed's is the freedom it gives you. I am Canadian and can t..
A brand to build a future on
I have spent many years working in production-related roles for companies that have huge internation..
A groundbreaking opportunity
I am an experienced groundsman, most recently working for a well known London stadium. It was an ama..
Success is the norm
I was a groundsman for years before joining Ed's. I loved the work, not so much the structure and la..
The best in the business
I worked in the hospitality sector for a number of years. Career progress came quickly for me and I ..
A sensible commute
I've achieved many of the goals that I set out to when I joined Ed's. I have been able to tailor the..
A fast track to growth
I was fortunate to have a successful business career at quite a young age. It was great in many way..
A grass roots introduction
I first discovered Ed's some years ago when I worked for an established Ed's business in the London ..
Banking on success
A lot of things impressed me about Ed's but the quality of the people stood out from the start. Ed a..
Respect for the franchisee
I have got the best of all worlds with Ed. I am running a thriving and profitable business whilst li..
A winning team
I've learned so much since joining Ed's. The past five years have gone by in a flash and I've develo..
Team Power
I've built up a really strong and efficient gardening business with Ed's. Balance has always been im..
Enjoying local Life
I feel that I have now got my Ed's business exactly where I dreamed it might get to. I am kept very ..
Teeing up with Ed's
The Ed's franchise has worked really well for me. I worked in catering before and thanked my lucky s..
On the right track
I knew when I joined Ed's that I was joining a quality brand that could really propel my business to..
Time for a change
I can't believe just how much I have learned and how much my confidence has grown since I joined Ed'..
Solving the puzzle
Just a quick update from me....I have been blown away by how much my business has taken off since jo..
Career change
I have just recorded my most profitable month ever and I am feeling great about the season ahead. I..
Underpinning success
I’d hankered after setting up a gardening business and being my own boss for quite some time. I am..
Solving the puzzle
I thought (very) briefly about going it alone but I instinctively knew my chances of success were mu..
Splitting for success
I am now into my fifth year of running my Ed's business and things are going very well with my busin..
In the driving seat
I really enjoy the freedom that Ed's gives me compared to what other career paths would do. I can ru..
A great brand
I am now in my sixth year as an Ed's Business Owner. I've built a strong, strategic business that ..
Ambitious plans for growth
I'm now into my sixth year as an Ed's Business Owner and I'm enjoying life at the helm of a successf..
Enjoying local Life
I am now an 'experienced Ed's Business Owner' yet I still feel that I'm learning all the time. I sti..
Time for a change
I had spent many years working in sales management in a visual communications business. I had the cl..
New horizons
My Ed's business has grown beyond recognition. If someone had told me when I started that my busines..
Recruitment to rotavating
I've been running my Ed's business for seven and a half years now and it has exceeded my expectation..
Getting out of the rat race
I now have a very well-established Ed's business. I really enjoy the work and can run it like clockw..
Career change
Before joining Ed’s I was a European Sales Director for a large American Company which involved a ..
Buying a proven business
I bought my Ed's business in April 2017 as a result of a successful Ed's Operator doing a business s..
On the right track
I started my Ed's business in Streatham in April 2018. It’s still early days for me as I’m only ..
Keeping it in the family
I've been with Ed's since 2014, which was around the time my brother-in-law started his Ed's franchi..
Managing the risk
My previous job was Managing Director of a Risk Management consultancy before joining Ed's in June 2..
Teeing up with Ed's
Running my own business is not a new thing for me. I have been running my own golf club catering man..
Scaling up
I've been an Ed's Operator for many years and I've built up a sizeable business in the Wimbledon are..
Up and running fast
I've now been with Ed's eight years. Life has changed a lot since then. I've got married (Ed was at ..
Perennial work
My Ed's business continues to thrive and I still love making my customers really happy. I'm in the v..
Respect for the franchisee
Tired of my City career, I started an Ed’s business in Surrey in March 2014. Fuelled by my success..
Out of Africa
I recently moved with my family to the UK from Zimbabwe to invest with Anita, the Wimbledon Ed's Ope..
Business in winter
I've recently celebrated my 10th anniversary as an Ed's Operator. I was asked how I wanted to celebr..
Splitting for success
I bought my Ed's business in September 2016 when a successful Ed's Operator decided to release some ..
A winning team
I moved from South Africa with my family in 2016 and was looking for a good business to run. Ed's ou..
Team Power
I set up my Ed's business in Rustington in October 2016 and the Ed's experience has been excellent f..
In the driving seat
I was a black cabbie before joining Ed's in June 2017 and I know how important it is to go the extra..
Getting out of the rat race
Paul Crocker runs an Ed's franchise in Swindon. Paul worked for over 20 years in auditing in financ..
Enjoying local Life
Tired of the extensive travelling in his wholesale business and an increasingly difficult business e..
Ambitious plans for growth
Having already built a successful drainage business I was looking for the next challenge and an oppo..
A sensible commute
Ed's Garden Maintenance welcomes Ian Waters who has taken on a franchise business covering Norwich a..
A great brand
Having spent time in the Army, on leaving school I joined Cobham - an Aviation engineering services ..
Perennial work
When I moved to Brighton, joining Ed's Garden Maintenance was the ideal opportunity to develop my lo..
New horizons
We moved out of London to the West County and I had to either find a job or start up my own business..
Recruitment to rotavating
After 28 years in recruitment I wanted to feel energised again. I wanted a different life. I had al..
Business in winter
I tried to set up my own gardening business before joining Ed's as an Operator, but marketing, which..
Up and running fast
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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