Ah, how hard it is to find a status that matches the activities we offer!
When I created my company, the person from the CCI who followed me asked me the main question:
I have a feeling that the Administration is going to annoy me... it's going to annoy me deeply.
In self-employment, gardening is an activity that must be associated with other proposals such as DIY and household maintenance. We only charge for “personal services” work.
What you have to understand is that gardening is in principle covered by the MSA. So the self-employed gardener, affiliated with the RSI, can only claim small gardening AND DIY jobs, but in no case creation.
Raking leaves, considered "small gardening" for self-employed status
When you want to start a business, everything comes into play:What do I want to do, compulsory insurance, protection, retirement, civil liability...
Do not forget that originally the status of the autoentrepreneur was made for salary supplements; it's ideal when you're already an employee (or compensated by Pôle emploi, which is my case) and it's worth it because, even with a turnover of 0€, there are costs to pay …unless waived.
For more information, and I imagine you have a host of questions in store, take a look at the autoentrepreneur portal. Their video will tell you more about how to become self-employed.