I've been self employed for about 15 years and have a lot of experience working with small businesses. To be successful you will need to sell them on how having attractive plants in front of their store will increase sales enough to cover the cost. If you have the resources, try offering the service for free for a limited time and see what kind of response you get. Chances are, the business owners will get so many compliments on the planters that they'll hire you. By all means, keep us informed on your progress.

This post was edited by Beach_bums on Sat, Mar 1, 14 at 5:20