Practical guides for owners, estimators and operations managers who price landscape work for a living. Every article works through real arithmetic: square feet, cubic yards, man-hours, overhead recovery and target margin, so you can check the method against your own numbers and use it on the next bid. When you want the same math done for you on a traced property, the landscape estimating software runs it from your own cost library.
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Pricing guides worked through with real arithmetic.
A step-by-step way to price a mowing visit for a company, not a solo operator: measure the turf, apply an obstacle factor, add trimming and edging, allocate drive time, cost the crew and equipment, recover overhead and set a target margin. The worked example takes a 9,000 sq ft lawn from man-hours to a per-visit price and a season total.
Read the guideWhat belongs on each line of a landscape estimate (quantity, unit, waste factor, production rate, labor, material, disposal) and why an estimate that skips any of them leaks margin. Includes a worked mulch-and-edging estimate laid out as a table, from bed areas to cubic yards to the final price.
Read the guideThe structure of a quote a property owner can read, compare and sign: a clear scope of work, good / better / best options, optional add-ons, explicit exclusions, payment terms and a signature block. Includes a copyable outline you can adapt to your own proposals.
Read the guideHow to turn direct costs into a price that actually pays for the business: recovering overhead per man-hour, costing labor from production rates, and the difference between target margin and markup. A worked sod installation example shows what the wrong formula costs on a single job.
Read the guideHow to build production rates from the hours your crews actually log, why a weighted rate beats a simple average, how job size and site conditions move the number, and how often to review the library. Starting points are framed as numbers to replace with your own measured data.
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The guides explain the method. Landscapeestimating applies it on every bid: trace the property on satellite imagery, price it from your cost library with your production rates and margin, and send a branded proposal the property owner signs online. See the landscaping estimate example, compare plans on the pricing page, or try the yard measurement tool on a real property.