📱 Best Platforms
Nextdoor, Thumbtack, Facebook Groups
📖 The Hustle
Trim hedges, shape bushes, and clean up the clippings for homeowners with overgrown landscaping. Charge $40-75 per hour or flat per-bush rates. You need hedge trimmers, loppers, and a tarp for clippings. Most homes need this 2-3 times per growing season. One tidy hedge job leads to referrals from neighbors who see the difference. Satisfying work with instant visible results.
🚀 First Step
Buy or borrow electric hedge trimmers, trim a friend's bushes for free as a demo, and post the crisp before-and-after photos on Nextdoor.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Use a tarp under every bush before you trim — cleanup becomes a 30-second drag instead of an hour of raking
- Trim along a string line for perfectly flat tops — neighbors will stop and ask for your card
- Know when each shrub species should be trimmed — cutting at the wrong time kills next year's growth
🛠 Tools & Resources: Nextdoor, Thumbtack, Facebook Groups, Black+Decker hedge trimmer, Venmo