Answering service · Landscaping
Answering service for landscapers.Estimates booked while you work.
Landscaping is a first-reply business. A homeowner who wants turf or a drip system fixed messages a few companies, and the walk-through goes to whoever answers first.
An answering service for landscapers answers calls and quote requests while you and your crews are in someone's yard. Viridia's AI receptionist replies 24/7, confirms you do the work and books the on-site estimate. For TFP Landscaping in Phoenix, the AI booked 28 estimates in 30 days. It's a flat $897 a month, month to month, as part of The Viridia Partnership, which connects your marketing too.
A real Phoenix landscaper
TFP Landscaping went from 4+ hours to replyto instant.
TFP is a Phoenix landscaper with 18 years in business: one owner running multiple crews, and no office staff. Before Viridia, their average response time was over four hours, and leads went cold before anyone could reply.
In the first 30 days on the Viridia setup they had 242 leads, 179 of them from Yelp. The AI booked 28 estimates end to end inside Yelp quote requests, and TFP reported a 39.95% close rate on the estimates that were booked. That was the full Viridia setup, including Yelp ads management, not the receptionist alone.
“I'm getting more jobs with the same ad spend. The auto response system is booking me almost 10 new estimates per week, and almost half of them become clients.”
The landscaping year in Phoenix
Two rushes, a monsoon,and a phone you can't hear over a mower.
The calls change with the season. The receptionist is set up for each one, and it doesn't care that it's Sunday night.
The spring rush
Turf installs, new plants, front-yard redos, irrigation turned back on after winter. Everyone wants it done before it gets hot.
Irrigation and heat
Leaking drip lines, broken timers, plants dying in the heat, and monsoon cleanups when a storm drops branches across a yard.
The fall rush
Overseeding, fall planting and getting yards ready for winter visitors. The second busy season of the year.
Repairs and upkeep
Fountain repair, maintenance plans and one-time cleanups. Among the rising searches TFP captured on Yelp: fountain repair up 87%, turf installation and irrigation up 50% each.
What it asks
Three plain questions,then the estimate is booked.
Landscaping gets priced on site, so there's no quiz on the phone. It confirms you do the work and books the walk-through into the windows you set, like early mornings before the crews head out.
What do you need?
One sentence from the caller, like “I want turf put in my backyard.” It confirms you do that work.
Where are you?
The city or area, so it only books inside your service area.
When works for you?
It offers your next open time, or texts your booking link.
Your rules
Landscaping has few emergencies.You still choose them.
Most landscaping calls get booked. These are examples of what landscapers ring through or write down.
Rings your phone now
The words you pick as emergencies
- A broken main line flooding the yard
- A tree down on a house after a storm
Gets booked
Into the slots you open
- Turf and landscape estimates
- Irrigation repair visits
- Cleanups
Gets written down for you
With the full transcript, in your inbox
- Billing questions
- Work you don't do, with an honest no to the caller
What it doesn't do
It doesn't price a yard over the phone or promise a crew start date. It books the estimate, writes down what the homeowner wants, and leaves the number to you after you've seen the yard.
Side by side
How landscapers handle leads, compared.
A live answering service is better than voicemail. It doesn't answer Yelp quote requests, and it can't book a walk-through.
| Question | Voicemail | Live answering service | Viridia AI receptionist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers while you're on a mower | No | Business hours, or an extra fee | Yes, 24/7 |
| Replies to Yelp quote requests | No | No | Yes, in seconds |
| Books the on-site estimate | No | Takes a message | Yes, on your calendar |
| Texts back a missed call | No | No | Yes |
| Shows you which homeowners went quiet | No | No | Yes, and drafts the follow-up |
| Pricing | Free, and it costs you jobs | Per minute, so spring costs the most | Flat, $897 a month, with your marketing |
What it costs
The same price in the spring rush and in August.
No per-minute billing, no contract.
The Viridia Partnership
Vesaya with the AI receptionist and missed-call text-back, your Google Business Profile and Yelp page connected, custom setups, monthly and quarterly check-ins, and Kevin's direct line. Month to month. No setup fee, no contract.
FAQ
Questions landscapers ask
What is the best answering service for landscapers?
What results did TFP Landscaping get?
Does it answer Yelp quote requests as well as calls?
I'm a one-man operation. Is this for me?
Can it turn down work I don't do?
How much does it cost?
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