Your Future Is Waiting Outside | Evergreen Franchise Advisors

If you’ve always dreamed of owning your own business but dreaded the thought of sitting handcuffed to a desk or stuck inside, Evergreen can help you build the future you want. We can help you franchise with one of our great home improvement partners and you can combine your love of the outdoors with your entrepreneurial spirit.

Among the companies we work with are several that specialize in lawn care that you can get started with for a total investment of $100,000 or less.

These companies have been around for decades, growing like weeds in a business that stays green even in economic downturns like the one we’re in now. After all, yards keep growing and gardens still need tending, no matter what humans might be facing.

Yard Care Franchises for $100,00 or Less

The Grounds Guys

  • Franchise Fee: $35,000
  • Total Investment: $75,000–120,000
  • Royalty: 5–6%
  • Founded: 1987

This company was started in 1987 by 10 brothers who had a passion for the outdoors and saw opportunity in the more than 50 million acres of tended grass in the United States. Now part of the Neighborly community of home service experts, the company has more than 180 franchise locations throughout the United States and Canada.

Buying into The Grounds Guys means becoming part of a company with some real name recognition. It has been featured on the HGTV show “Property Brothers: Buying & Selling,” and its branded vehicles travel thousands of miles each day in communities across the country. The Grounds Guys also provide franchisees with a proven system for success that includes classroom and field training, proprietary fertilizers, technical support, professional marketing materials and national buying programs.

The concept is centered on the acronym “C.A.R.E.,” which stands for Customers first, Attitude, Respect, and Enjoy life in the process!

Lawn Creations

  • Franchise Fee: $24,900
  • Total Investment: $49,000–79,000
  • Royalty: 7%
  • Founded: 1979

Customers appreciate this company’s commitment to 100% organic lawn care, landscaping, and pest control, and its results speak for themselves. Still, it doesn’t hurt to have a testimonial from former NBA star Jimmy Jackson.

Family-owned and -operated since its founding in 1979 in Northwest Ohio, Lawn Creations is dedicated to helping its franchisees make their own American dreams into reality. For its customers, it promises beautiful results that can help boost property values with methods that protect children, pets and the environment from harmful chemicals.

The Lawn Creations system includes training from horticulture experts from The Ohio State University and a continuing education program that keeps partners on top of new technologies and trends.

Lawn Doctor

  • Franchise Fee: $35,900
  • Total Investment: $100,015–116,065
  • Royalty: 10%
  • Founded: 1967

Lawn Doctor capitalizes on new technology to build its place in the $76 billion lawn care industry. In fact, innovation has been part of the concept since it was founded by Bob Magda and Tony Giordano in Matawan, N.J., in 1967.

Bob invented the industry’s first automated lawn care machine, and thereafter turned his basement into an idea factory where he created other machines, including the first tractor combine and the Turf Tamer system used by franchisees today.

Lawn Doctor started franchising under the leadership of President and CEO Russell Firth, who was named “Man of the Year” by “Landscape Management” and served as president of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America. His work earned the company recognition as one of America’s best franchises by “Success” magazine, the title of top lawn care franchise from “Entrepreneur” magazine, and distinction as a “world-class franchise” from Fran Survey in 2007. That all adds up to a system that knows how to support its franchisees.

The Lawn Doctor name brings other advantages to partners, including the highest retention rates and online review scores in the industry, and a 100% satisfaction guarantee that customers trust.

NaturaLawn of America

  • Franchise Fee: $29,500
  • Total Investment: $47,500–112,650
  • Royalty: 7–9%
  • Founded: 1987

NaturaLawn believes it has a responsibility to educate its customers about environmentally responsible lawn care using proprietary products, including fertilizers and pest control, made to its exact, earth-friendly specifications.

Its Integrated Pest Management system reduces weed and insect control usage by greater than 85% by preserving natural enemies of turf pests, using pest-resistant turf varieties and providing consumer education on proper mowing and watering practices.

NaturaLawn franchisees prioritize customer service. They greet customers when they show up on the property and leave personal notes after each visit that include tips to help property owners further the great results of the NaturaLawn system. Their commitment to using organic products also protects kids and pets that may be in the yards at the homes of their residential customers.

The NaturaLawn approach is a holistic effort to strengthen lawns from the roots up. It all starts with soil testing that ensures the program developed for each lawn exactly meets its unique needs. From there, the plans are discussed with the property owner before any treatment begins to ensure the work will achieve the goals he or she has for the lawn.

If you’re ready to connect your love of the outdoors with your entrepreneurial spirit, contact Evergreen for the help you need to make your dream a reality.