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BUSINESS RESOURCES FOR LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS
Essential Resources for
Landscape Design Businesses
Explore blog posts written by Mardi Dover to enhance your projects and streamline your operations.


🌿 Your Proposal and Your Contract: Two Documents Every Landscape Designer Needs to Get Right
Before you ever put pen to paper for a landscape design, two documents shape every project you take on - your proposal and your contract.


What to Include in Your Landscape Design Guide: Create Clarity, Build Trust, and Save Yourself Hours with One Powerful Tool!
A good process guide not only keeps your clients informed - it saves you time, helps justify your pricing, and builds trust every step of the way to a beautiful end result - a beautiful and functional outdoor space!


Knowing Your Ideal Client is the Key to a Thriving Landscape Design Business! 🌿
Knowing your ideal client impacts every corner of your business. It influences how you market your services, structure your workflow, and even how much you enjoy your work. It may feel counterintuitive to narrow your market, but the reality is that when you clearly define your ideal client and use that information to build your business model, you position yourself to serve and attract people who truly value what you do and who are willing to pay you what you are worth. (Soun


Your Ideal Client: How Your Marketing Impacts Your Connections
Do you believe that landing your favorite type of project is mostly an accident?
Your job board is no accident but the result of choices you’ve made about what projects you highlight and how you describe your work.


The Hidden Cost of Being Too Available
Does the below scenario sound familiar?
A client sends an email on Tuesday afternoon.
You respond within minutes.
They reply with another question.
You answer that one, too.
A text comes in that evening about a plant selection.
The next morning there's another email asking for an update.
None of these interactions seem unreasonable on their own. But by the end of the week, you've spent hours responding to client questions, shifting priorities, and managing commu


A Hidden Cause of a Stressful Busy Season: Your Process for the Landscape Design Inquiry
Does this sound familiar? It’s early in the season. The inquiries are coming in, which feels exciting at first. You respond quickly, trying to be helpful and accommodating. A few consultations get booked. A few projects get started.
And then, almost without noticing, things begin to slip.
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