Starting a backyard plant nursery can be a great way to turn your love of plants and gardening into cash. It's one of the best ways to "bootstrap" a few hundred dollars into a good income.Start Your Own Backyard Plant Nursery is 3 guides in 1, covering the most profitable landscaping plants, flowers and herbs for small growers. Over 180 different plants are covered - all proven sellers so you're not guessing what to plant that will sell!You'll discover how to grow and trees and shrubs, ground covers, ornamental grasses, fresh cut and dried flowers, popular culinary and medicinal herbs, value-added plants to double your profits and woody ornamentals.The new 2nd edition covers over 50 free and low-cost ways to sell everything you grow and a resource chapter with wholesale sources for seeds, plants and grower supplies.
The book contains useful information about starting several types of plant businesses. However, it was not edited well, and the multiple errors and occasional repetition of entire paragraphs were irritating and distracting.
If you are going to do business exactly the same as everyone else, then this is a great book to get you started. However, if you have any innovative ideas at all, then this isn't really for you. It conforms very narrowly to the standard way of conducting business for larger players.