Baluu supports The Botanical Boys in opening their new shop!

Growing businesses will be no stranger to the trials and tribulations of time consuming admin. What seem like straightforward organisational tasks often slip through the cracks or take up too much valuable time. 

Luckily, an all in one booking software like Baluu can drastically reduce your time spent organising timetables, rescheduling bookings, sending emails and so much more!

Many businesses which run events, experiences and classes are already using Baluu to cut down their admin time. Ben and Darren at the Botanical Boys have already benefited from Baluu and its ability to take care of their business’ admin!

Company Profile

Workshops with the Botanical Boys aim to help plant lovers flourish their budding gardening skills. Within their classes, students will learn how to build their own terrarium, care for succulent plants and so much more.

Their passion, talent and gardening expertise has been recognised nationally! In 2015 Ben and Darren were selected to appear on the BBC Great British Garden Revival program and they have featured in several books and publications.

Instead of running terrarium workshops and spending time maintaining and growing their gardens, Ben and Darren at the Botanical Boys found that as their business increased, so did the amount of admin they had to do! Fortunately, Baluu is here to take care of their admin so Ben and Darren can get back to teaching and doing what they love!

The Challenge

With the growing success of their classes, the Botanical Boys noticed a steady increase in the amount of time they were spending doing admin. From rescheduling students to managing teachers and instructors, organising every aspect of their teaching business meant the Botanical Boys couldn’t spend as much time teaching as they would have liked.

‘We love teaching terrarium design workshops because it gets people motivated and makes them feel good and when we see students smile it makes us feel so appreciative of being able to share our knowledge and passion with others.  I would not change my career choice for the world.’ - Darren, Botanical Boys

Ben and Darren were looking for a comprehensive yet simple booking system that would help them with many of the admin tasks which make running workshops possible.

Solution

Ben and Darren at the Botanical Boys significantly reduced their admin time once they started using Baluu. This all in one booking system has helped the Botanical Boys with almost every element of their teaching business.

‘Baluu was easy to join and they helped us set up a class structure and we just followed their easy templates, uploaded some images of our home made terrariums and put a class structure together and we were ready to take bookings from prospective students wanting to learn how to build terrariums.’ - Darren, Botanical Boys

From easily listing classes with a variety of ticket type options to creating waiting lists and marketing discount codes, the Botanical Boys are able to use Baluu to meet all of their admin needs!

Baluu has many features which will drastically cut down time spent doing laborious administrative tasks. Since using this booking system, the Botanical Boys have been able to send customised automated emails to students, effortlessly reschedule and cancel bookings and easily organise instructors.

As Baluu also has a seamless website builder, the Botanical Boys are able to build their customised website and manage their bookings all on one platform.

Results

Since using Baluu, instead of spending thirty hours a week on organisational admin tasks, Ben and Darren now spend no more than three hours a week on admin!

As a result of this extra free time, the Botanical boys have been able to expand their business and explore different avenues of income. Ben and Darren have now not only opened a plant shop and an interior shop but they have also secured multiple contracts doing gardening for property developments.

Without Baluu, Ben and Darren wouldn’t have been able to cut down their admin time, efficiently manage their bookings and launch new aspects of their business. With Baluu, the opportunities to grow your business are endless! Get started using Baluu today and discover how this powerful booking software can grow your business.

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