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Landscape Business Mastery Board

The board your business has been missing.

An invitation-only private board for landscape business owners doing £500k–£5M. Real data. Real peers. Relentless accountability.

Running a landscape business is lonely at the top.

You have ambitions, but no board. You have numbers, but no benchmark. You have decisions to make, but no peers who truly understand your world. The Landscape Business Mastery Board changes that — a private room of owners doing the same revenues, facing the same challenges, committed to the same growth.

The Architecture of Growth

Four pillars that work together to give your business the structure, clarity and accountability it has been missing.

01

Confidential Benchmarking

Your numbers compared against non-competing peers of a similar size. Know where you actually stand — not just what you feel.

02

Executive Board Meetings

Structured monthly sessions with pre-circulated agendas, hot seats and a facilitator who keeps things ruthlessly on track.

03

Strategic Cadence

Annual planning, 90-day rocks and monthly focus sheets. A consistent rhythm that keeps your business moving forward.

04

Radical Accountability

Public commitments to a board of peers who know your margins and KPIs. The ultimate antidote to owner complacency.

KPI dashboard and benchmarking data for landscape businesses

Member KPI Dashboard

Real benchmarking data. Real accountability.

Everything Inside Membership

One monthly investment. A full operating system for your landscape business.

KPI Dashboard & Monthly Submissions

Submit your key numbers every month. Track the metrics that actually drive profitability in a landscape business — not just top-line revenue.

Labour CostsGP TrackingRevenue

Confidential Peer Benchmarking

See exactly how your margins stack up against non-competing landscape businesses of a similar size. Know whether your 38% GP is strong or soft — with the data to prove it.

Anonymous ComparisonIndustry DataMargin Analysis

Annual & 90-Day Strategic Planning

Set your 1-year vision and break it into quarterly rocks. Every member arrives at each meeting knowing their priorities — and accountable for progress on the last ones.

Annual GoalsQuarterly RocksProgress Tracking

Monthly Focus Sheets

1-year goals broken down into 90-day rocks. Monthly focus sheets to dictate your single most important priority each month.

Monthly PrioritiesChallenge SurfacingCommitments

Action & Accountability Tracking

Every commitment made in the room is logged. The board sees your open actions at the next meeting. Peer accountability is the most powerful force in business — and it is built in.

Open ActionsBoard VisibilityPeer Accountability

Structured Monthly Board Meetings

Pre-circulated agendas. Hot seats. Benchmarking reviews. Strategic updates. Facilitated by an experienced chair so meetings stay on track — no wasted hours.

Pre-Circulated AgendasHot SeatsFacilitated

Private Member Portal

A private, secure portal for all board materials, benchmarking data, action logs and member resources — accessible between meetings.

Secure AccessFull HistoryBetween Meetings

Curated Peer Group

Carefully selected non-competing members in a similar revenue band. The integrity of the room is everything — we reject more than we accept to keep the quality high.

Non-CompetingSize-MatchedInvitation Only

Landscape Business AI Assistant

Access to the Landscape Business AI Assistant — trained on Nick's methodology to support strategy, operations and decision-making between sessions.

Industry-SpecificStrategy & Ops

What This Would Cost You Separately

Every component of the board is included in a single monthly investment — no bolt-ons, no extras.

Monthly board meeting facilitation (expert chair)
£600/mo
KPI dashboard & benchmarking software
£200/mo
Strategic planning consultancy (annual + quarterly)
£250/mo
Focus sheets & accountability system
£100/mo
Action tracking & follow-through software
£75/mo
Private member portal & resource library
£50/mo
Landscape Business AI Assistant
£495/mo
Curated peer group membership
£500/mo
If purchased separately£2,270/mo

Your membership investment

£795+VAT/mo

Per company. Up to 2 directors included.

All 9 features included from day one
Up to 2 directors per company
No contract. No lock-in.
Cancel anytime with 30 days' notice

Not Everyone Gets a Seat.

Membership is selective. The quality of the room depends on the quality of the members. We reject more applicants than we accept — and that is exactly the point.

£500k–£5M Revenue

You are running a genuine landscape business at scale, not in the early startup phase.

Profitability Focused

You want to scale profitability, not just top-line vanity metrics.

Non-Competing Territory

Members are drawn from non-competing geographic areas to maintain full trust and openness in the room.

Committed to the Process

You attend consistently, submit your data monthly and hold yourself accountable to the group.

Take Your Seat

Membership is strictly limited.

Submit your application to join the waiting list for our next board cohort. Membership is limited to maintain trust and intimacy within the group.

Invitation only. Applications reviewed individually.