Landscape gardeners: seasonal maintenance rounds

Garden maintenance follows the seasons: mowing from spring, hedges in summer, leaves and pruning in autumn. Regular clients want their visit on a set day, and one-off jobs pile up at the same time of year. With Book, regular visits go into your calendar from your list, and seasonal jobs are booked by clients on your own booking page, on the days you're in their area.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations and prices are examples: set your own. Say in each description what's included and whether green waste is taken away.

Create seasonal services per area, such as hedge cutting in the village on Tuesdays, so jobs booked online land on days you're already nearby. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date: set the end date to the end of the season for each service. A booked slot leaves your page.

Book regular clients' visits yourself from your bookings list for the season, weekly or fortnightly. First and last name are enough; with their email, the client gets a confirmation with a calendar file for each visit. Don't open public slots at times already given to regulars.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. Ask for the address, garden size, hedge length and access for equipment. Ask for photos by email for larger jobs.

Say in the description what happens in rain or frost, for example the visit moves to the next suitable day. Move bookings from your list and tell clients yourself, since Book doesn't email clients about changes.

Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the booking from your list. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars.

Book doesn't plan routes, issue invoices, take payments or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field: with a team, create services per crew. See the guide on garden design visits. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.