Turning gardening into an NDIS microenterprise: start to finish
Lawn mowing, garden maintenance and yard tidy-ups are services people in every suburb already pay for - the demand isn't the hard part. What usually keeps a good gardener from becoming a running business is the admin: being found, booked, and paid without it all living in a notebook or a string of text messages.
Can NDIS funding help build a gardening microenterprise?
Yes. Where a participant's NDIS plan includes a goal related to employment or economic participation, this kind of NDIS microenterprise support is typically funded under support item 04_801_0133_5_1 Supports in Employment (Core Supports budget) or 10_016_0102_5_3 Employment Assistance (Capacity Building), delivered online and available Australia-wide to plan-managed and self-managed participants.
The skill is yours
What services are offered, what area is covered, and what it costs are the participant's calls. The program doesn't teach gardening - it builds the business around a skill that's already there.
What gets built around it
A website listing the services and service area, with a quote request or booking form so a new customer doesn't have to ring and hope for an answer. A booking system that handles recurring jobs - fortnightly mowing, seasonal tidy-ups - without needing to be re-booked by phone every time. Invoicing that goes out automatically after each job. And social accounts built around before-and-after photos, which do more selling for a gardening business than almost any other kind of marketing.
What it can look like
A simple local website: services, area covered, a few before-and-after photos, and a form that turns straight into a booked job. Regular customers on a recurring schedule, new enquiries landing through the site instead of word-of-mouth alone, and an invoice that goes out the same day the work is done.
Who delivers this support
Leah Justyce works 1:1 online with NDIS participants to build a real micro-business around whatever they already do well - delivered Australia-wide, to plan-managed and self-managed participants.
This article is general information dated 30 October 2026, not financial or planning advice. Juste is operated by Leah Justyce Art Gallery ABN 73 658 665 321.