Trades & home services
AI receptionist for landscapers and gardeners
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How it works for landscapers and gardeners
Two businesses on one phone: regular rounds and big projects.
Landscaping calls are either quick maintenance bookings or design-and-build enquiries worth thousands, and spring brings both at once. FirstVoice sorts them on the first call so the big jobs get your attention.
- Separates regular mowing and maintenance from project enquiries
- For projects, asks about the section, what they want built and their budget
- Books quote visits and maintenance rounds into your calendar
- Handles rain-day rescheduling calls without you stopping work
- Sends fallen-tree calls to an arborist, and flags flooding from a burst irrigation line straight away
Try it
Ring a landscaping business and hear it answer.
Play a customer calling Greenbank Landscapes. Ask for a quote, book a job, describe something urgent, or ask if it’s a robot. It's the same setup your own callers would get, with your prices, hours and rules.
Live demo: landscaping
Ring Greenbank Landscapes, an example landscaping business, and play a customer. Hear how Mark handles it, right here in your browser.
Try saying
- “We need the section tidied before we sell”
- “Can I get a quote for a retaining wall?”
- “Do you do regular lawn mowing?”
Uses your microphone. Demo calls are recorded and last up to ten minutes. It never asks for card details. Greenbank Landscapes is made up for the demo, and anything you book with it is pretend.
Calls we handle
Calls landscapers and gardeners get, answered.
Answered day or night, with the caller's details sent straight to you.
- Landscape design-and-build quote
- Regular garden maintenance or lawn mowing
- Hedge trimming
- Section tidy-up before a sale
- Retaining walls and paving
- Irrigation
- Rescheduling because of weather
Urgent calls
Escalated to you.
These don't wait for the end-of-call summary. You're told straight away.
- Fallen tree (refer to an arborist).
- Irrigation leak flooding the property.
- Underground services damaged during work.
Software
Works with Fergus, Google Calendar, ServiceM8, Jobber and more.
Fergus
Books directlyYes. FirstVoice connects straight to Fergus, finds returning customers, creates the enquiry or job and books it into your Fergus calendar.
How it connects to FergusGoogle Calendar
Books directlyYes. FirstVoice connects to Google Calendar, checks when you're free and books appointments straight into your calendar during the call.
How it connects to Google CalendarServiceM8
Books directlyYes. FirstVoice connects straight to ServiceM8, recognises returning customers, creates the job and puts it in the schedule during the call.
How it connects to ServiceM8Jobber
Syncs every callCreates jobs and client requests directly in Jobber during the call using Jobber's public GraphQL API.
How it connects to Jobber
Also: Xero, Quotient, Tradify, NextMinute.
What a missed call is worth
Typical prices for landscapers and gardeners in NZ.
Landscaper $60-90/hr, projects $5k-30k; gardener $45-70/hr, $80-200 per visit
Estimate
Missed-call calculatorFAQ
Landscapers and gardeners: questions.
What does FirstVoice do with urgent calls for landscapers and gardeners?
It follows the urgent-call rules you set and flags those calls to you straight away, or transfers them live on Growth and Scale. For landscapers and gardeners that usually means calls like fallen tree, irrigation leak flooding the property and underground services damaged during work. Life-threatening emergencies are directed to 111.
Does FirstVoice work with Fergus?
Yes. FirstVoice connects straight to Fergus, finds returning customers, creates the enquiry or job and books it into your Fergus calendar. It also works with Google Calendar, ServiceM8, Jobber and Xero.
How much does an AI receptionist cost for landscapers and gardeners?
Connecting Fergus is included from Growth at $597 a month. Starter is $297 a month with calendar booking.
Free 2-week trial for landscapers and gardeners
Try it free for two weeks, on your real calls.
We set everything up for you and connect it to your calendar and the tools you already use. Then it answers your real customers for two weeks. No credit card, nothing to pay. If it's not for you, walk away.
- 01We build it for youYour greeting, your questions, your prices and your booking rules. You don't touch a thing.
- 02Connected to your systemBookings go into your calendar or job system, and summaries come to you by text or email.
- 03Live on your real callsForward your number and it answers your customers for real, day and night, for two weeks.
- 04No card, no costYou don't pay anything for the trial. Keep it after that from $297 a month, month to month, or walk away.