If you built your landscaping business website more than three or four years ago, it is worth spending half an hour looking at it the way a new customer would. This checklist tells you what to look for and what to fix first.
Sign 1: It does not answer landscaper near me within ten seconds
Open your homepage on a phone. If a stranger cannot tell what you do, where you work and how to call you before scrolling, the structure needs work, not the colours.
Sign 2: The photos are stock, or five years old
A landscaper website should show gardens six months after completion when planting has filled in, plus before and after pairs. Replacing stock images with your own is the single highest-impact change most refreshes make.
Sign 3: Prices have quietly disappeared
Give per-square-metre ranges for paving and turf, per-metre ranges for retaining walls, and monthly maintenance plan prices. Sites lose their prices over time because nobody wants to update them; a refresh is the moment to put them back.
Sign 4: The mobile version feels like a compromise
Tap targets too small, menus that hide the phone number, text that wraps badly. Most of your visitors are on phones, so the phone version is the website.
Sign 5: It describes last year's business
Services have changed, areas have changed, the team has changed. Check that garden design, paving and retaining walls and turf and irrigation and the suburbs you actually cover are what the site says. Design enquiries arrive in late winter as people plan for spring; maintenance sign-ups peak when lawns get away from owners in November.
Sign 6: The trust signals are missing or hidden
Customers look for a portfolio organised by garden type, structural landscaping licence where your state requires one and plant knowledge specific to local soil and climate. If those are in a footer or an about page nobody reads, move them to where decisions are made.
Refresh or rebuild?
A refresh keeps your domain, structure and useful content while fixing presentation, mobile usability and outdated sections. A rebuild makes sense when the information architecture itself is broken — visitors cannot tell what you sell — or when you need features the current site cannot support. For most landscapers, a refresh is enough. See website refresh for how that works.
What to fix first
- Phone number, hours and service area visible on the first screen of the homepage.
- Replace stock photos with your own.
- Put prices or ranges back on the service pages.
- Check every page on a phone and fix the three worst problems.
- Match every detail with your Google Business Profile.
Common questions
Can I show prices for landscaping?
Yes for maintenance plans and per-metre construction ranges. Design fees can be quoted after a site visit, but say so plainly.
What makes landscaping photos convincing?
Return visits. A garden that has grown in tells customers far more than a fresh install.
Will a new website guarantee Google rankings?
No one can guarantee rankings, and anyone who does should be avoided. A well-structured site with honest local content and a complete Google Business Profile gives you the best foundation; results depend on competition and time.
If you would like a second opinion on your current site, send the URL through the contact page and we will reply with three practical fixes. New builds start at $499 for a one-page site and $999 for a site with service pages — see pricing.
