Landscape gardeners: booking garden design visits online

Every garden project starts with a visit: you walk the garden, see the soil, the light and the slopes, and hear what the owner wants. Let homeowners book that visit online, with a length matched to the garden size, so they book it on a Sunday evening when they think about the garden. You plan visits by area, arrive knowing the brief, and spend daytime hours on site rather than on the phone.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity. A courtyard and a large plot don't take the same time to survey.

Durations and prices are examples: set your own. Say in the description whether the visit fee is deducted if the project goes ahead.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the homeowner's calendar file. Ask in the description for:

Create one service per area if you cover a wide region, and open each area's visit slots on the days you work nearby. Slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Slots of different services can overlap, so keep visit slots at hours when you're not on a build.

Homeowners think about their garden when the weather turns. Open more visit slots in late winter and spring with an end date, and say in the description how far ahead you're booking work.

When the design is ready, book the presentation meeting yourself from your bookings list. First and last name are enough; if you enter the homeowner's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file. Rescheduling works across services, so a visit can move to another slot or service if plans change.

Homeowners can't move or cancel online: they contact you. Book doesn't email clients about changes, sends no reminders and doesn't take payments. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.