A Competitive Edge

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Something new

The Gardeners Guild is a professional trade network for qualified gardeners.  We give self-employed gardeners practical support that will help them to grow their business.  The Gardeners Guild is a commercial service registered in the UK and has members nationwide.

Who is it for?

Primarily for self-employed gardeners, our membership has come to include tree surgeons, landscapers and garden designers who also offer garden and grounds maintenance as part of their services.

Who can join?

Only gardeners with a nationally recognised horticultural qualification can join. This includes licenses for specialist equipment such as chainsaws and pesticide application. Gardeners must send evidence of their qualification before being accepted as a member. Qualifications indicate your desire to offer a superior service. Customers have peace of mind in knowing that they are receiving service from a professional and dedicated gardener in whose work they can really trust.

The benefit to you

Because membership is only available to qualified gardeners, membership distinguishes you from local, non-qualified competition. Our package of member benefits will also help you save money, save time, keep up with changes in the law and grow your business by receiving new enquiries.  Membership can compliment vetting schemes that don't offer member benefits such as Buy With Confidence, Construction Line and many others.

Affordable

Qualified gardeners have been trained and assessed to a nationally recognised standard in their chosen field of horticulture.  The examiner also verifies the gardeners identity. This means that we do not have to include the cost of expensive vetting procedures and assessments in our membership fee.  This helps us to keep membership fees low without affecting the quality of our service. Membership costs less then 60p per week.

Quality

Whilst The Gardeners Guild is not a consumer organisation and membership is primarily for the benefit of the member, it is committed to pursue the interests of both its members and the consumer through careful membership selection and ongoing refining of its members.