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Landscaper websites for Atlantic Canada’s short season, built to book jobs.

The growing season here is short, so every spring enquiry counts. Your site hands homeowners an instant ballpark for lawn care, patios and garden work, then drops the lead in your dashboard, so it is yours and not the next crew’s.

$800 to build From $99/mo Live in 1 to 2 weeks

In the trade

Landscaping demand arrives all at once.

The season across the region is short, and when spring arrives everyone wants their yard done at once. If you are on a job site or behind a mower, the work goes to whoever quotes first.

Lawn care, patios and gardens
Estimator tuned to your pricing
Every enquiry in one dashboard

01 A short, busy seasonWhen spring hits the phone explodes. A site that quotes around the clock captures every enquiry while you are out on site getting work done.
02 Big-ticket hardscape comparisonPatios and retaining walls get compared. An honest ballpark up front builds trust and filters out the tire-kickers before you spend time quoting.
03 Recurring maintenance workLawn-care and seasonal contracts sit in the dashboard alongside one-off jobs, so none of them slip away in the rush.
04 Snow keeps the trucks busyIf you plow in winter, the same site sells it in the fall, which gives the business a reason to be found twelve months a year.
Through the year

When homeowners search for a landscaper.

Most of the year’s quote requests arrive in a few weeks, and the planning starts before the snow is gone. The site is ready before each wave, not during it.

  1. February to April Planning and quote requests The busiest searching happens while the yard is still white. Homeowners planning a patio or a new lawn ask for quotes early so they get on the schedule, and the crews with a working quote form in March fill their spring first.
  2. May and June Peak season Spring cleanups, mulch, sod, planting and the first mowing contracts all land at once. You are on site from dawn, so the estimator and the automatic text-back handle the first reply while you work.
  3. July and August Maintenance and hardscape builds Weekly mowing and hedge work keep going, and patio and retaining wall builds peak. Searches slow down but jobs get bigger, so photos of finished hardscape do more than anything else on the site.
  4. September to November Fall cleanups and snow contracts Leaf cleanups, aeration and overseeding, then snow removal. Most residential snow contracts are signed in October and November, so the snow page has to be current by late September.
The quote estimator

What the landscaping estimator asks.

Landscaping prices depend on size, materials and access more than anything. The estimator asks about those three, then shows the range you set.

01

Which service?

Weekly or biweekly mowing, spring or fall cleanup, sod or seeding, garden beds, a patio or walkway, a retaining wall, or snow removal.

Question 1
02

How big?

Approximate lawn size, or the square footage of the patio, or the length and height of the wall. A homeowner who is not sure picks small, medium or large and the range widens to match.

Questions 2 and 3
03

Materials and access

Pavers, natural stone or concrete, and whether a machine can reach the backyard. Wheelbarrow-only access changes the price more than most homeowners expect.

Hardscape
04

Season and town

A one-time job or a seasonal contract, the start date, and which town. Seasonal contracts land in the dashboard with the job and the range attached.

Last step

The estimator, the automatic text-back and the owner lead dashboard come with the Lead Machine, $800 to build and $399 a month, and run for as long as the plan does.

Site map

The pages a landscaping website needs.

Maintenance customers, hardscape customers and snow customers search at different times for different things. The five-page Starter plan suits a maintenance crew; the Lead Machine has room for every service.

Lawn care and maintenanceWhat weekly or biweekly service includes, the season it runs, and a sign-up for the year.
Spring and fall cleanupsLeaves, beds, edging, aeration and overseeding, with a ballpark for a typical lot.
Patios, walkways and wallsPavers, natural stone and retaining walls, with photos of finished builds.
Garden design and plantingBeds, shrubs and full layouts, from a weekend refresh to a new yard.
Snow removalThe area you plow, residential and commercial contracts, when trucks go out, and when sign-ups close.
Project galleryBefore and after pairs of the same yard, which persuade more than any other page.
Worked examples

What a landscaping website costs, worked through.

Three landscaping businesses and what each would pay. These are Alp’s published prices, month to month, with no off-season charges.

Maintenance and snow route
Starter
Build$800 once.
Monthly$99, hosting and changes included, including the seasonal swap from mowing to snow.
First year$1,988 all in.
PagesHome, lawn care, cleanups, snow removal and contact.
Hardscape and design crew
Lead Machine
Build$800 once.
Monthly$399, which keeps the estimator, text-back and dashboard running.
First year$5,588 all in.
What it addsAn estimator that asks about size, materials and access, a text back to every new enquiry during the spring rush, and up to fifteen pages.
First season in business
Starter + profile
Build and monthly$800 once, then $99 a month.
Google Business Profile$199 once, so the new business shows on the map with the right category and service area.
When it fitsYou are starting out and need to look established before the spring rush.
TimingBuilds take 1 to 2 weeks, so January or February is a comfortable start.
Proof on the page

Certifications, insurance and storm response on the page.

A homeowner is letting your crew and your machines onto their property. A few plain facts on the site settle the questions they will not always ask out loud.

Reviews matter more than anything in a referral trade. Read how trades get more Google reviews, and why a fast first reply wins the spring quotes.

01 Pesticide certificationIf you apply pesticides or herbicides, provincial rules require certification, and cosmetic use is restricted in parts of the region. Saying what you hold, and what you use where it is restricted, answers a question careful homeowners now ask.
02 Insurance and workers’ compensationEquipment on a client’s property means insurance questions. Liability coverage and workers’ compensation get a line on the about page and on the snow removal page, where commercial clients look first.
03 Storm response for snow clientsYour emergency calls are storms. The snow page states when the trucks go out and how clients reach you during a storm, so you are not answering the same question all night.
04 Association membershipsIf you belong to a provincial landscape association or hold an industry certification, it goes beside the services it applies to. It is a quick signal for a homeowner choosing between crews they have never heard of.
Recent work

Sites built for other local businesses.

A framing crew, a body shop and a charity event. Each one needed to show the work clearly and make it easy to get in touch, which is most of what a landscaping site does.

Questions

Landscaping website questions.

What landscaping owners ask before they get started.

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Q.01

When should a landscaping website be live for spring?

By February. The planning searches for patios and new lawns start before the snow melts, and a site that goes live in May has already missed the quotes that fill a spring schedule. Builds take 1 to 2 weeks, so January is a comfortable time to start.

Q.02

What does a landscaping website cost from Alp Web Studio?

Starter is $800 to build and $99 a month for up to five pages, which covers most maintenance crews. The Lead Machine is $800 to build and $399 a month for up to fifteen pages with the quote estimator, automatic text-back and lead dashboard. Both run month to month, so there is no charge for a contract you cannot use in winter. See the full pricing breakdown.

Q.03

Can the site sell seasonal maintenance contracts?

It can explain them and take sign-ups. A page that lays out what weekly maintenance includes, how often, and the range for a typical lot lets a homeowner commit without a site visit, and the enquiry lands in the dashboard with the details attached.

Q.04

How should snow removal show up on a landscaping site?

On its own page, with the area you plow, residential and commercial options, when trucks go out, and when contracts close. Snow customers search in the fall, so that page earns its keep months before the first storm.

Q.05

How many photos does a landscaping website need?

Fewer, better ones. A dozen finished patios and walls shot in good light do more than a hundred phone snaps. Before and after pairs of the same yard are the most persuasive thing a landscaper can show.

Q.06

Most of my work comes from word of mouth. Do I still need a website?

Yes, because people who hear your name still look you up. A site with your work, your service area and a quick way to request a quote turns that referral into a booking instead of a lost phone number. Google reviews do the same job on the map.

Ready when you are

Be ready before the spring quotes start.

Tell us what you need, it takes about two minutes. We will show you a live landscaping site with the estimator working and tell you straight whether it will pay for itself.

Most enquiries get a reply the same day, usually within a couple of hours.