Landscaping spans two very different businesses: recurring maintenance rounds, where the problem is volume of small invoices, and design-and-build projects, where the problem is material cost and scope. They need different billing approaches, and this template covers both.
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Key takeaways
The mistake almost every maintenance round makes is invoicing per visit. Rain cancels a cut, the customer queries why they were charged three times in March and five in May, and you spend your evenings reconciling a diary.
Instead, price the season and divide it: annualise the round, charge one twelfth each month, and state the visit pattern on the invoice.
| Description | Detail | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Garden maintenance — monthly instalment (Sep 2026) | Fortnightly Mar–Oct, monthly Nov–Feb | $160 |
| Hedge cutting — beech, front and side (agreed extra) | Completed 12 Sep | $180 |
| Green waste disposal — 3 loads | $45 |
Twelve equal invoices, predictable cash flow both ways, no arguments about weather. Set it up as a recurring invoice and it issues itself.
| Description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and setting out | 1 | $450 | $450 |
| Site clearance and excavation — 2 operatives | 3 days | $540/day | $1,620 |
| Indian sandstone paving, 22m² incl. wastage | 24 m² | $38 | $912 |
| Sub-base, sand and cement | $385 | ||
| Planting — see schedule B | $740 | ||
| Skip hire and waste removal | 2 | $220 | $440 |
| Machine hire — mini digger, 2 days | 2 | $190 | $380 |
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Landscapers under-bill four things more than any other trade:
Sell them in advance as a scheduled package rather than pitching them on the day. Leaf clearance, winter protection, spring feed and mulch, gutter clearing on garden buildings — offered in a single “seasonal schedule” alongside the maintenance contract, these convert far better than an in-the-moment upsell, and they smooth the winter revenue trough that hits every landscaping business.
Per month. Annualise the total number of visits, divide by twelve, and bill a flat monthly figure. It removes weather disputes and gives you income through winter when visit frequency drops.
List them on a planting schedule with species, size and quantity, and bill at cost plus a markup covering sourcing, transport and establishment risk. A 25–40% markup on plant material is normal.
Yes. Licensed green waste disposal is a genuine cost and customers expect to see it. Show it as a separate line rather than hiding it in labour.
With flat monthly billing this stops being a problem — you simply catch up on the next dry day. That is the main practical reason to move away from per-visit invoicing.
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