Essex Business Forum

Ingatestone

Garden Designer seat open

Need a recommended garden designer in Ingatestone?

At Essex Business Forum, we only ever recommend businesses we’ve vetted ourselves. Right now, our garden designer seat is open.

Which one are you?

I know a great garden designer

Recommend them to us

I’m a garden designer

Claim the only seat

For everyone

Know a good garden designer in Ingatestone?

If you’ve used a garden designer you’d happily recommend, send them our way. They’ll be invited to a no-obligation breakfast meeting.
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For the right business

Are you a garden designer near Ingatestone?

There’s a seat with your name on it, and only one. EBF will only have one garden designer, so any garden design referral our members come across comes straight to you. Ingatestone is just about 12 minutes from our Thursday meeting along the A12.
Claim the seat – book a free visit
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Where the work comes from

Why introductions work for a garden designer

The warmest leads don’t often come from cold marketing. They come from businesses who already work with homeowners wanting more from their outdoor space. This is why landscapers, architects and estate agents make natural referral partners for any garden designer, in Ingatestone or anywhere in Essex.
Natural referral partners: landscapers, architects and estate agents

Members from across Essex

Our members travel in from across Essex, and Ingatestone is only about 12 minutes from the meeting along the A12. See all our current members in the directory.
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Getting there from Ingatestone

Ingatestone is a large village just off the A12 with its own railway station, a High Street of independent shops and the Tudor Ingatestone Hall on its edge.
Ingatestone is about 12 minutes from the meeting along the A12.
By train: Greater Anglia trains run from Ingatestone station.
Where we meet and where to park →

Membership

What members get

Once you join, you’ll have a dedicated profile on the EBF website and a 60-second slot each Thursday to promote your business, and a chance to appear on our podcast, The Referral Effect. Every meeting includes a short training session to help you grow your business. Once you’ve been with us a year, you can apply for our Mark of Excellence.

£25,000+

of new business a year, on average, for each member through EBF

Your own profile page

60 seconds or more every week

A spot on The Referral Effect podcast

Mark of Excellence after 12 months

The meeting room set out in a U shape with a member presenting

Inside a Thursday meeting

Members meet every Thursday between 6:30am and 8:30am, so it’s done before your working day gets going. Every week you have 60 seconds or more to present your services. Between meetings, you’ll book 1-2-1s to learn what each other is looking for, and we have a strong social side too.
Members having breakfast together at the long meeting table

What it costs

Visiting costs nothing. If you’d like to join, all fees can be paid monthly, including our 6-month trial, which makes it affordable for smaller businesses.
See membership details and costs →

Questions

Does the garden designer have to be based in Ingatestone?

No. Our members come from across Essex, so any great garden designer nearby is worth recommending.

Is there any obligation to join?

Not at all. Visiting costs nothing, and you’re under no obligation to join. Come along, see how the meeting runs and decide for yourself.
Members laughing together around the breakfast table

Recommend someone, or take the seat

Whichever side of the table you’re on, get in touch: introduce a garden designer you trust, or claim the seat if it’s yours.