Quoting systems for landscapers
Areas, volumes, plant schedules and site access priced the same way on every job — so quotes go out faster and margins hold.
What you price
Areas and volumes
m² for paving, lawn and planting; m³ for excavation, soil, mulch and aggregate.
Hardscape materials
Pavers, timber, concrete, retaining blocks and edging, with waste allowances.
Softscape & plant schedules
Plants by grade and pot size, priced from nursery lists.
Labour
Crew rates and production rates per m² or per item.
Machinery hire
Diggers, compactors, bobcats and trucks by the hour or day.
Site access
Tight access, wheelbarrow-only and steep sites reflected in labour and hire.
Disposal & delivery
Green waste, spoil cart-away and delivery charges.
What we build
Area & volume takeoff
m² and m³ converted straight to materials, labour and hire.
Assembly rates
A paved patio per m² built from base, bedding, pavers and labour — reusable.
Plant schedule pricing
Plant lists priced from nursery supplier pricing.
Access allowances
Site difficulty applied to labour and hire automatically.
Options & variations
Good, better and best options in one quote for the client to choose.
Branded client quote
Professional quote with optional extras and terms.
Web application and AI
Plant schedules and landscape specs can be processed by AI into priced line items for review. A web or tablet-friendly version lets you measure and quote on site.
How this is built
Most landscaping projects start in Excel and move to a web app only when one file is holding the business back.
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Related reading
- How to stop re-keying quantities from drawings and schedulesRe-keying is where hours go and where quantities get typed twice. Structure the takeoff so a quantity is captured once.
- Margin drift: how small estimating errors erode job profitMargin is not a percentage typed at the end. It erodes in waste, prelims, missed exclusions and rates that were copied forward.
- Quotes take days? How to get construction quotes out in hoursSpeed comes from reuse: assemblies, rate libraries and a quote that is generated, not retyped.
Common questions.
Quoting landscapes from a spreadsheet that's slowing you down?
Send us the file. We'll tell you what to keep, what to fix and what to automate — free, and confidential.
We typically reply the same business day. Fixed-price quotes after scoping. Your files stay confidential.