Built for UK gardeners and landscapers
Gardening job pricing software for UK gardeners
Check what a job needs to earn before you send the quote.
TradeNavigator helps gardeners and landscapers decide what to charge for a specific job. It looks at comparable completed work, estimates the labour, takes account of the things that make a job harder, and checks the price against what your own business needs to earn. You stay in control of the final quote.
Creating a quote is easy. Knowing what to charge is harder.
Plenty of software will help you write a quote, send it and chase it. The harder part comes first: working out the number. That’s the part TradeNavigator focuses on.
What TradeNavigator looks at
You describe the job the way you’d describe it to another gardener. TradeNavigator weighs up the things that change what it should cost.
The job itself
The type of work, your description of it and where it is.
Comparable completed work
Similar gardening jobs that have actually been done and priced, not online price lists.
The labour
An estimate of the worker-hours the job is likely to take.
Difficulty, access and risk
Awkward access, working at height and anything else that could catch you out.
Materials, waste and disposal
What the job uses, how much waste it creates and whether it needs a tip run.
Your business economics
What your working time needs to earn, so you can see whether the price works for you.
What you get back
Here’s a real TradeNavigator result for a sample hedge-cutting job. It matched 15 completed hedge-cutting jobs, set the most extreme rates aside, and used the remaining 11 to recommend £225, with a typical range of £209 to £258 at 90% confidence.
Example recommendation · Hedge cutting, LS15
What TN noticed about the job
This job and your number
What this job needs to carry for your business: at least £101.82–£105.15, before the items not pinned down yet (hedge trimmer sharpening).
At £225 it carries £195, after the waste and materials this job pays for directly. That’s £89.85–£93.18 over the current floor.
Why this price
Based on 15 completed hedge cutting jobs, including 7 validated. The most extreme rates at each end were set aside, leaving 11 to set the price, using a median net labour rate of £60/person-hour, adjusted for difficulty, customer type and waste removal.
Customer-ready wording
“Thank you for your enquiry. I’d be glad to carry out this hedge cutting job for you. Please get in touch with any questions.”
The figures are a real TradeNavigator result for a sample hedge-cutting job. The customer wording is illustrative.
A price can look reasonable and still be wrong for your business.
Two gardeners can price the same hedge identically and get very different results, because their vans, insurance, equipment and the hours they can actually work in a year are different.
If you set up your business numbers in TradeNavigator, it shows what a job needs to carry for your business and how far the price sits above or below that. That’s the “This job and your number” part of the example above.
It’s there to check a price, not to do your accounts.
Built by a working gardener
I’m Luke Garside. I’ve run LJG Garden Services in West Yorkshire for more than 10 years, and I still price and do the work myself. I built TradeNavigator because a lot of gardening jobs don’t have an obvious price.
In one case during testing, a gardener’s instinct for a pyracantha hedge prune was about £75. TradeNavigator suggested about £106. He quoted £106 and the customer accepted.
That’s one real example, not a promise, but it’s exactly the kind of pricing decision TradeNavigator is built to help with.
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What TradeNavigator is, and what it isn’t
If your main headache is scheduling, rounds, invoicing or managing staff, there are tools built around that. If the hard question is “what should I actually charge for this job?”, that’s what TradeNavigator specialises in.
It is for
Deciding what a gardening or landscaping job should be priced at, checking the reasoning behind a price, learning from the jobs you complete, and seeing what a job earns for your business.
It isn’t
Route planning, staff scheduling, accounting, a CRM or an all-in-one business management system.
Who it’s for
Self-employed gardeners, owner-run gardening businesses and small landscaping firms in the UK. It’s most useful where prices vary from one job to the next: hedges, clearances, pruning, lawn work and smaller landscaping jobs.
It suits newer businesses building confidence in their pricing, and established gardeners pricing one-off work. It isn’t built for large commercial estimating or take-off work.
Try it on your next job
Use TradeNavigator free for 14 days, with full access and no card needed. After that, membership is £19 a month. The first 50 members can join as Founding Members at £10 a month, a rate that stays for as long as they remain subscribed.
Frequently asked questions
What does gardening job pricing software do?
It helps you decide what to charge for a particular job. TradeNavigator recommends a price and a typical range from comparable completed work, estimates the labour, flags what could make the job harder, and shows the reasoning behind the number.
Is TradeNavigator quote or invoice software?
No. It helps you work out the price and gives you customer-ready wording to go with it, but it doesn’t send quotes, raise invoices or take payments.
Can TradeNavigator tell me exactly what to charge?
It gives you a recommended price, a range and a confidence level, with the evidence behind them. The final price is always your decision.
What types of gardening jobs can I price?
Lawn mowing, hedge cutting, garden clearance, general maintenance, scarifying and lawn renovation, pressure washing, light tree work, turfing, paving and patios, fencing, decking, gutter cleaning and soft landscaping.
Does it use my own business costs?
If you add your business numbers in My Business, it does. TradeNavigator then shows what a job needs to carry for your business. You can still price jobs without setting this up first.
Is it designed for UK gardeners?
Yes. It’s built for UK gardening and landscaping businesses and uses UK postcode districts when looking at comparable work.
How much does TradeNavigator cost?
After a 14-day free trial, membership is £19 a month. The first 50 members can join as Founding Members at £10 a month, for as long as they remain subscribed.
Do I need a card for the trial?
No. The 14-day trial gives you full access with no card needed.