Landscape Business Peer Groups
Share experience and work through business challenges with carefully matched landscape business owners in a confidential peer group. Set clear monthly commitments, hold each other accountable and help each other follow through.
Personally facilitated by Nick Ruddle, Growth and Black Belt Peer Groups combine practical peer support with quarterly Strategy Days, KPI tracking and AI business coaching guidance from the included Landscape Business AI Assistant between meetings.
Prefer email? Write to nick@nickruddle.com.
Two groups. The same core benefits.
Both memberships include the same core benefits. Your business stage, current challenges and suitability determine the right group.
Growth Peer Groups
£495 + VAT per month
For owners building stronger profits, a reliable team, practical systems and more control over their working week.
Growth is an expression of interest, not a confirmed launch.
Black Belt Peer Groups
£595 + VAT per month
For established owners developing managers, strengthening leadership and improving performance across a more complex business.
Applications are open for our next Black Belt peer group, with a planned start after the Landscape Business Strategy Day on 15 January 2027. We’ll confirm the first meeting once eight suitable members are committed, with a maximum of ten.
Is this for you?
Has growth left more on your shoulders?
Suitability starts with your stage and challenges, not an automatic turnover or headcount cutoff.
Decisions keep coming back to you
Questions and approvals fill your day while bigger decisions get pushed back.
Your managers are stretched
Good people who need clearer priorities and confidence to take responsibility.
More work, not more freedom
Protecting margins, planning ahead and stepping away feel harder than ever.
You may recognise yourself
- You lead a landscape business and want it to depend less on you.
- Growth has made the business more complex to lead.
- You want accountability from peers, not a lecture.
What you bring
- Real challenges you are ready to work through.
- A willingness to share experience and help other owners.
- Commitment to act on the priorities you agree.
Better profit. Stronger managers. More freedom.
These are aims you work towards. Progress comes from the action you take.
Make profit a clearer priority
Understand the numbers behind your margin and keep decisions on the agenda.
Build a more capable team
Clearer expectations, better delegation and managers who take responsibility.
Create space to lead
Find where everything still depends on you and set practical priorities to change it.
Step back. Set priorities. Follow through.
Each year includes eight private two-hour Zoom meetings and four quarterly in-person Strategy Days. At each Strategy Day your peer group sits at its own table working on its next 90-day plan.
- Month 1Strategy Day
- Month 2Zoom
- Month 3Zoom
- Month 4Strategy Day
- Month 5Zoom
- Month 6Zoom
- Month 7Strategy Day
- Month 8Zoom
- Month 9Zoom
- Month 10Strategy Day
- Month 11Zoom
- Month 12Zoom
Illustrative cycle only. Start months are discussed before acceptance.
In the room
Share experience and help each other work through real business challenges. Nick facilitates as you review commitments, challenge assumptions and agree practical next steps. There is no fixed syllabus.
Between meetings
Use KPIs and Focus Sheets to track progress against your monthly commitments. Landscape Business AI Assistant access gives AI guidance, not Nick personally or one-to-one coaching.
A facilitator who understands your industry.
Nick has coached UK landscape businesses since 2007. As an ActionCOACH business coach, he personally facilitates your private group meetings.
His role is to ask useful questions, challenge assumptions and help you leave with clear priorities and commitments.
Hear from landscape business owners.
These are experiences of coaching with Nick, not peer group results. YouTube players load only when you select a video.
What membership includes
A steady rhythm of meetings, planning and accountability across the year.
Maximum ten members per group
A carefully selected group of landscape business owners, small enough for everyone to contribute and be held to account.
Eight private two-hour Zoom meetings
Held each year in the two months between quarterly Strategy Days and personally facilitated by Nick Ruddle.
Four quarterly in-person Strategy Days
Your peer group sits together at its own table to work on its next 90-day plan. These included days replace the private meeting every third month.
KPI tracking
Track the numbers that drive profit in a landscape business, not just top-line revenue.
Focus Sheets and accountability
Turn priorities into clear monthly actions, review progress and report back to peers who help you follow through.
Full Landscape Business AI Assistant access
AI guidance informed by Nick’s coaching knowledge, plus company knowledge, SOP and KPI tools.
Thoughtful private-group matching
Matching avoids local direct competitors in your private group. This does not promise exclusive territories or competitor exclusion at wider events.
No setup fee
The monthly membership price covers the same core benefits in either group.
KPI tracking
Know your numbers. Review your progress.
Not included
- One-to-one coaching.
- Direct access to Nick between meetings.
- Exclusive territories or competitor exclusion at wider events.
Between meetings, the AI Assistant provides practical guidance. It is not Nick personally or live one-to-one coaching.
Straight answers
Is this one-to-one coaching?
No. Both groups are private peer groups personally facilitated by Nick. One-to-one coaching and direct access to Nick between meetings are not included.
Is there a fixed course or syllabus?
No. Nick facilitates the real challenges members bring, supported by KPIs, Focus Sheets and accountability.
How is suitability decided?
Suitability depends on your business stage, your challenges and how you would contribute. There is no automatic turnover or headcount rule.
Will a competitor be in my group?
Groups are matched to avoid local direct competitors sitting in the same private group. This is not an exclusive territory and it does not cover wider events.
What support is there between meetings?
Your KPIs, Focus Sheets and full Landscape Business AI Assistant access. That is AI guidance, not Nick personally.
Is the Growth Peer Group running now?
Growth applications are an expression of interest. A Growth group has not been confirmed as launched.
When does the next Black Belt group start and what are the terms?
Applications are open for our next Black Belt peer group, with a planned start after the Landscape Business Strategy Day on 15 January 2027. We’ll confirm the first meeting once eight suitable members are committed, with a maximum of ten. Joining terms, any minimum commitment and cancellation arrangements are discussed before acceptance.
Find the right group for your business.
Complete an application for Nick to review your business stage, goals and preferred group. Terms are discussed before acceptance.
Apply for a peer groupPrefer email? nick@nickruddle.com