Free landscaper quote template

A free quote template for landscapers, visible in full below, downloadable as a PDF, no signup asked. It prices the job in stages, clearance then ground work then laying, and it leaves room for the two things every outdoor quote needs: what you are assuming is under the surface, and what happens to the dates when it rains for a fortnight.

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QUOTE

Your Business Name

Phone · Email

Address

Quote no.
Date
Valid until
DescriptionQtyPrice
Site clearance & waste removal
Patio: excavation & sub-base
Patio: paving supplied & laid (18m²)
Turf: supplied & laid
Excludes: drainage works if ground proves wet
Add your own lines…
Subtotal
VAT (if registered)
TOTAL
Terms & exclusions

What a landscaper's quote must include

  • Your business name and contact details (and logo, if you have one)
  • A quote number and the date
  • The client's name and the job address
  • Itemised lines: each piece of work and each material, with its price
  • The total, and whether VAT (or your local sales tax) is included
  • How long the price holds, where 30 days is standard
  • What's excluded, stated plainly
  • Deposit and payment terms, so the money conversation happens before the work
  • What you are assuming is under the surface, and a weather line covering dates for outside work

Tips from the trade

  • Price stages separately (clearance, ground work, laying) so you can invoice a deposit and then stage by stage.
  • Add a weather line to your terms: outside work moves when the rain does, and saying so upfront costs nothing.
  • Say what the price assumes is under the surface. Old concrete, a buried patio, clay that will not drain: the quote that names them is the quote that survives the digging.
  • Quote plants by what they are and how many. "Planting" is a number the customer cannot check, so it is the line they will ask about.

Common questions

How do I quote when I do not know what is under the lawn?
Write the assumption down. Old concrete, a buried patio or clay that will not drain are all common enough to name, and a quote saying what happens if you find them is a quote that survives the digging. Naming it costs a line. Finding out afterwards costs a day.
Should a landscaping quote include plants the customer might change?
Put planting on its own line and say the varieties are indicative, priced to a budget. People change their minds at the garden centre, and a quote that welded the plant list into one total turns a pleasant afternoon into a variation. A stated budget line means they can swap freely up to a number you both already agreed.
Quote or estimate: which should I send?
A quote is a fixed price for defined work; an estimate is an informed guess that can move. Customers prefer quotes, so quote whenever the scope is knowable and keep the genuinely unknown out as a stated exclusion or provisional line.
How long should my quote stay valid?
Thirty days is the common default. Shorten it when material prices are moving, and say so on the quote. A validity window also gives an undecided customer a gentle reason to stop drifting.

Won the job and ready to bill it? Landscaper's invoice template is the other half of the same paperwork, written for the same trade. Not a landscaper? The blank UK quote template works for any trade, in Word, Excel, PDF or Google Docs.

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Related reading: How to Write a Quote That Wins the Job

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