How can you earn a living writing about gardening? Freelance writers are people who pursue a writing career without a long-term commitment to any one employer. Some freelance writers specialize in writing about gardening and horticulture.



When thinking about what to write be sure to brainstorm all the possible topics, for example growing vegetables, growing herbs, organic gardening, trees or sustainable living.

There are several ways that you can be paid to write about gardening. Let's look at some of the more popular methods.

Write Articles about Gardening For Magazines

There are many magazines that pay freelance writers for feature articles on gardening and horticulture, including magazines such as “The American Gardener”, “Canadian Gardening”, and “Northwest Home + Garden”. At their web sites these magazines often provide guidelines for writers to follow when proposing an article or sending in any material.

If you want to be successful writing for gardening magazines you must study each publication carefully to see what type of article the editor is buying.

In addition to writing about gardening for magazines, freelance writers can write similar articles for newspapers and web sites. A good online resource to help you get started with freelance article writing is Worldwide Freelance Writer.

Write a Gardening E-book

Electronic books or “e-books” have revolutionized the publishing world. For more details visit to www.101-save-money.com you can write a gardening e-book and get it published far easier and in much less time than for a traditional print book. And e-books tend to be quite profitable since it is very inexpensive to make copies and deliver them through the Internet.

An example of a gardening e-book selling online is “Organic Food Gardening Beginners Manual” which is selling at Click Bank for around $24.

Many traditional book authors only earn a dollar or two for each paperback book that sells, but with a gardening e-book you will normally pocket 60% to 90% of the cover price for every copy sold.

A good online resource to help you get started writing and selling your gardening e-book is Publish Your Own E-books.

Write Articles to Promote Gardening-Related Products

this type of writing is referred to by many people as “article marketing”. It involves writing gardening articles for more details visit to www.insomnia-battle.com and offering the articles to webmasters and editors to publish for free in return for printing an author's “resource box” beneath the article.

You can include a link or two in your resource box to drive traffic to your web pages where you sell gardening-related products. If you don't have your own products to sell you can set up web pages that promote affiliate products so that you receive a commission every time someone you refer makes a purchase.

In closing, let me ask you one question. Would you like to work from home and have great lifestyle writing about gardening and horticulture? There are people doing it successfully right now and if you would like to join them, you can take the first steps today.