AI made simple for landscapers
Mower’s running.
Phone’s in the truck.
Booked picks up.
Spring calls stack up while you’re behind a mower. Booked answers, books the estimate, and puts it on your phone before the next yard.
Free demo. No signup. The demo line is a sample plumbing shop. Yours answers as your business.
What your callers hear
Here’s how a call goes. Short, friendly, and the job ends up on the schedule.
- Gets the name, number and address
- Offers only your open windows
- Sends you the job the second it’s booked
An AI receptionist for lawn care and landscaping companies
Landscaping calls pile up in exactly the season you have the least time to answer them. From the first warm week of spring you're on a mower or a skid steer all day, and every new customer who hears voicemail calls the next lawn company instead. Booked answers those calls with your company name and books an estimate visit into the windows you set.
A landscaping lead is worth more than one job. A new weekly mowing account pays every week for the whole season, and a good one stays for years and buys the mulch, the cleanups and the aeration. Missing that call in April costs you the whole year of it, not one visit.
Booked doesn't price lawns it hasn't seen. It repeats what you tell it to say about pricing, books the estimate, and turns skip-week requests, complaints and out-of-area calls into messages with a name and number, so your regulars still reach you without you stopping the mower.
Landscaping calls, and what Booked does with each
Every caller is walked through the same short list: what they need, their name, a good number and the property address with the city. Gate codes and dogs get noted, which matters when a crew pulls up to a locked backyard.
New weekly mowing customers
EstimateBooked books an estimate visit into one of two open windows, and whatever the caller said about the yard, like a corner lot or a steep backyard, comes through in the alert. You measure and price it when you see it.
Your settings: If you price small lawns without a visit, write your starting price and what it includes in your pricing notes.
Spring and fall cleanups, mulch and beds
EstimateSeasonal work arrives in waves. Each caller gets two open windows for an estimate or for the cleanup itself, depending on how you set up your services.
Your settings: Open extra estimate windows in March and October, then close them once the crew calendar is full.
Broken sprinkler line
UrgentIf the caller says water everywhere, flooding or a burst line, the call is flagged urgent, your safety step is read, and your phone gets an URGENT alert. One broken head spraying the driveway books as a normal repair.
Your settings: Only list irrigation repair if you do it, and write a step like "turn off the irrigation shutoff, usually near the backflow device."
Regulars: skip weeks, gate codes, a missed mow
MessageExisting customers calling to skip a week, change a gate code or say the crew missed their yard become messages with their name, number and reason. Complaints come straight to you, not to a script.
Your settings: Check messages at lunch and at the end of the day during the season, when skip-week requests affect tomorrow's route.
Storm cleanup and fallen limbs
BookedAfter a wind storm, callers want branches hauled and beds cleared. Cleanup visits book into your open windows. Booked won't treat a tree on a house as urgent by itself, and it won't book tree removal unless you list it.
Your settings: If big trees go to a tree service you trust, leave removal off your list so those calls become messages you can pass along.
"How much do you charge to mow?"
BookedBooked answers from your pricing notes, like a minimum per visit or "we price after a quick look at the yard," then offers an estimate window. It only quotes the per-cut price you give it.
Your settings: A per-visit minimum is the easiest number to give on the phone, so write it down if you have one.
Hardscape and design projects
EstimatePatios, retaining walls and full installs start with a site visit. Booked books an estimate window if you offer them, or takes a message if you'd rather talk budget before you drive out.
Your settings: Use longer estimate windows for these, since a design walk-through runs well past a mowing measure.
In most landscaping businesses the only urgent calls are water breaks, and Booked's fixed word rules catch the usual ways people describe them. Every transcript is on your phone.
The landscaping year, and when the phone rings
Landscaping demand follows the weather more than the calendar. These are the waves most crews feel, even if the dates shift by region.
- First warm weeks
Everyone wants on the mowing list
New homeowners and people switching companies call in the same few weeks. The crews that answer and book estimates fast fill their routes, and the rest spend May chasing leftovers.
- April and May
Cleanups and mulch
Bed edging, mulch, pruning and spring cleanups land on top of the first mows. Crews are at capacity, which is exactly when calls go unanswered.
- Summer dry spells
Irrigation and brown lawns
Heat brings sprinkler repairs, controller questions and callers who want the lawn green again. A broken line running into the street turns urgent fast.
- October and November
Leaves and fall cleanups
Leaf removal, aeration and overseeding, and the last round of bed work before winter. In snow markets, these are also the weeks people start asking about plowing.
What one missed spring week can cost a lawn care company
Mowing is recurring, so a missed call costs a season, not a single cut. Use your own weekly price and season length.
- Missed calls in one busy spring week
- 8
- Say half hire whoever answers first
- 4
- Say 2 of those become weekly mowing accounts
- 2 accounts
- Your weekly mow price (use yours)
- $45
- Mows in your season (use yours)
- 30
One season of mowing lost from one week of missed callsabout $2,700
That's before the cleanups, mulch and aeration those customers would have bought, and before year two. If they'd have stayed three seasons, the same missed week is worth three times as much.
Set up in 5 minutes
No tech skills needed. Hear your receptionist yourself before a single customer does.
- Keep your number
- Turn it off with one dial code
- No contract. Cancel anytime.
- Tell it about your businessServices, service area, hours, what to say about price.
- Forward your missed callsKeep your number. One dial code and unanswered calls roll to Booked. See the codes for your carrier.
- Get jobs on your phoneName, address, problem and arrival window, the second it’s booked.
One plan
$15 to activate, then
No contract. Cancel anytime.
Landscaping FAQ
Can Booked give mowing prices over the phone?
Only what you write. If you have a per-visit minimum or a starting price for small lots, add it to your pricing notes and Booked repeats it. Many landscapers write a line saying they price after a quick look at the yard, then let Booked book the estimate. It doesn't guess a number from an address.
What if a regular customer calls to skip a week?
Skip-week requests, gate code changes and complaints become messages with the customer's name, number and what they need. It shows up on your phone right away, so the crew isn't surprised when they pull up. Booked doesn't change your route for you.
Does it know which neighborhoods I service?
It knows the service area you enter. List towns or ZIP codes, and callers outside them get a message instead of a booking, which keeps you from driving half an hour for one lawn. Tighter areas mean denser routes, so be specific.
Can it book estimates only on certain days?
It books only into the windows you open. If you do estimates Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, open windows then, and those are the only times callers hear. Booked offers two of them and lets the caller pick.
Is a broken sprinkler really treated as urgent?
When the caller describes it that way. Water everywhere, flooding, a burst line, or the word emergency trips the urgent rules, so you get an URGENT alert and the caller hears your safety step. A leaky head or a zone that won't come on books as a normal repair.
Is it worth it for a small mowing business?
It's built for the owner running one crew or mowing solo, who can't hear the phone over the equipment. At the example price above, one extra weekly account from a call you would have missed brings in more over a season than Booked costs for that season. Run the numbers with your own prices.
What happens with calls in the off season?
Set your hours and after-hours mode for winter. Booked can keep booking estimates into the windows you open, book only urgent calls, or take messages. Winter callers planning spring installs are worth catching, since they tend to book early.
Do I keep my number?
Yes. You forward calls you don’t pick up to your Booked line. Turn it off anytime with one dial code.
How long does my phone ring first?
Your phone rings first. On AT&T and T‑Mobile you pick 2, 3 or 5 rings. Verizon rings 4 to 6 times, or tap decline to send it to Booked right away. You can also have it answer every call.
Will customers know it’s AI?
It sounds natural and keeps it short. If someone asks, it tells them it’s the virtual receptionist. Honesty builds trust.
Landscaping business guides
Straight answers to the questions landscapers ask about pricing, hiring, calls and growth.
- How to price weekly lawn maintenancePrice weekly lawn mowing from your crew's real cost per hour: a worked example, the details that move a lawn's price, and how drive time changes it.
- How to price mulch jobsPrice mulch installs per cubic yard: a coverage table by depth, what the installed price has to cover, common ranges, and the extras worth quoting separately.
- How to qualify landscaping estimate requests on the phoneA phone script for landscaping estimate requests: questions that sort mowing quotes from installs, how to ask about budget, and when to skip the visit.
From Booked Learn
- The fall cleanup playbook for landscaping companiesA fall playbook for landscaping companies: which fall services to sell, the order to run them, how to pitch next season at the cleanup, and mistakes to avoid.
- Route density: the lawn care number that matters mostRoute density is the lawn care number that decides profit. Measure your drive minutes, see what tightening a route is worth, and grow street by street.