A landscaping website costs £495 ($625) fixed for up to 5 pages and is typically live in about 7 days, or £1,495 ($1,895) for up to 15 pages with a CMS you can update yourself. For a landscaper, the gallery does the selling: a homeowner weighing up three quotes for a patio or a full garden build wants to see finished gardens near them, and the accreditation that backs the work.
What is the best website for a landscaping business?
The best one is a site you own, built around the four things a garden client checks before picking up the phone. Whether we build it or you use a website builder, these are the best practices that matter:
- A page per finished garden, not one photo wall. Before and after shots, the town, the materials (porcelain, sandstone, composite decking, planting) and what the brief was. Individual project pages rank for searches like “garden design [your town]” in a way a single gallery never will.
- Design, build and maintenance split clearly. Someone after a fortnightly maintenance contract is a different customer from someone planning a full redesign, and each should land on a page written for them.
- Accreditation badges that link to proof. A logo anyone can copy; a link to your live listing is what a careful client clicks.
- An enquiry form that triages for you. Ask for garden size, rough budget band and preferred start month, so the spring rush sorts itself into a list you can work through.
Which landscaping accreditations should a website show?
Show only what you genuinely hold, name it exactly, and link each one to your listing.
- APL (Association of Professional Landscapers). Members are inspected before joining and then every year, covering insurance, health and safety and the quality of their work. The APL also says it is the only landscaping scheme operator of TrustMark (landscaper.org.uk, checked October 2026).
- TrustMark. TrustMark describes itself as the Government Endorsed Quality Scheme covering work a consumer has carried out in or around their home (trustmark.org.uk, checked October 2026). If you are registered through the APL, say so and link your TrustMark profile as well.
- BALI. BALI’s homepage lists 900+ accredited members out of 1,800+ total members (bali.org.uk, checked October 2026). Be precise on your site: “BALI member” and “BALI accredited member” are not the same claim, and clients who know the difference notice.
Does paving a front garden need planning permission?
Only when it is impermeable and covers more than 5 square metres. In England, a new or replacement driveway of any size needs no planning permission if it uses permeable surfacing such as gravel, permeable concrete block paving or porous asphalt, or if rainwater runs off to a lawn or border. Laying more than five square metres of traditional impermeable paving that does not drain to a permeable area does need permission (Planning Portal, checked October 2026). The rule has applied since 1 October 2008, and the government’s permeable surfacing guidance explains the options. The caveat: those allowances apply to houses, not flats or maisonettes, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own rules.
Why this belongs on a landscaper’s website: it is one of the first questions on any driveway enquiry. A driveways page that answers it in one line, names the permeable systems you lay and links to the official guidance reassures the customer, and gives Google and AI assistants a clear, checkable answer to quote with your business name beside it.
Is Bark worth it for a landscaper, or do I need my own website?
Bark can fill a quiet month, but it is a different thing from a website. Bark says it charges “a small fee for each introduction” (bark.com, checked October 2026), so every lead has a price and the customer has often asked other firms too. Your own site is paid for once, every enquiry from it comes to you alone, and your project pages and reviews keep working for years. Most landscapers who rely on lead sites do so because their own site is not pulling its weight; our list of signs a website is costing you customers covers the usual reasons.
How much does a landscaper’s website cost, and how long does it take?
£495 ($625) buys our Starter site: up to 5 pages, custom design, mobile-first, contact form and basic SEO, typically live in about 7 days once we have your photos. Landscapers who want a page per project, separate design, build and maintenance pages and the ability to add new gardens themselves usually need Business at £1,495 ($1,895), with up to 15 pages and a CMS, typically live in two to three weeks. Both are fixed before we start. Compare them on our packages page, or read what a website should cost in 2026. Local search matters most for garden work, so our local SEO guide is worth ten minutes, and every site we build is mobile-first.
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