Landscaping Website Tips

By Nick Petersen | November 21, 2025

Landscaping Website Tips

Uncover the Website Issues
You Didn’t Know You Had

Your website should help you bring in work, not chase it away. This hub shows you what’s holding your site back and how to fix it without requiring you to become a web expert.

Once you clear those roadblocks, you’ll open the way to more warm leads and more revenue.

Prefer to have somebody do a deep dive of your site for you?

That’s where we come in.

Request a free website audit, and we’ll take a quick look, then send back what’s working, what’s slowing you down, and what to fix first.

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Why Landscaping Websites Lose Jobs

Homeowners don’t browse websites the way they browse plants at a nursery. They don’t wander. They get in, skim fast, and make a decision.

If your site loads slowly, buries your services, or feels clunky on a phone, people bounce before you ever get a chance to earn their business.

Here’s where most landscapers lose leads online:

Slow pages that frustrate visitors

Services hidden behind confusing menus

Weak or outdated Google signals

Mobile layouts that make your work hard to see

Contact buttons that are hard to find or broken

This hub gives you the lay of the land and shows you how to clean things up so you can stand out when people in your area are ready to hire.

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What’s Slowing Your Landscaping Website Down

(And How to Fix It)

Below are some of the things we may check out when we review your site. You’ll get any mix of them, depending on what we find.

Page Speed

What’s wrong: Heavy images and bulky themes slow your site like a mower stuck in wet grass.

How to fix it: Compress your photos, delete old plugins, and upgrade budget hosting to something built for speed.

Mobile Experience

What’s wrong: Most homeowners check out landscapers on their phones. If the page layout jumps around or your call button is buried, they won’t stick around.

How to fix it: Pull your site up on your phone. If your services or CTA aren’t visible right away, rearrange your layout.

Local SEO Signals

What’s wrong: If Google isn’t sure who you serve or where you work, it can’t send local traffic your way.

How to fix it: Make sure your business info matches everywhere, refresh your Google Business Profile, and create location-based pages.

Service Page Gaps

What’s wrong: One big “services” page won’t rank for everything you do because Google won’t be able to match it to a potential customer’s search. 

How to fix it: Give landscaping, lawn care, irrigation, fertilization, and other major services their own dedicated pages.

Thin Content

What’s wrong: If your content is vague or feels copied from a competitor, Google pretty much ignores it.

How to fix it: Write like you’re explaining your work to a neighbor: materials, process, timelines, pricing factors, and common questions.

Navigation Issues

What’s wrong: If people can’t find what they’re looking for in a couple of clicks, they leave.

How to fix it: Clean up your menu, shorten long dropdowns, and make your contact or request-a-quote option impossible to miss.

Tracking Problems

What’s wrong: If your site isn’t tracking calls or forms, you’re guessing about what’s working.

How to fix it: Set up analytics and phone call tracking so you can actually measure progress.

Ultimate Website Checklist

Whether you're a landscaper, contractor, or home service pro, customers judge you by your website long before they contact you. This checklist helps you spot the issues that frustrate visitors and gives you the steps to fix them.

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Your Free Tools

Use these resources to clean up your website and get more eyes on your business.

Infographics
Checklists
Video tutorials
Webinars
Website Teardowns

Real landscaping websites reviewed to highlight wins, misses, and quick fixes.

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Quick Fixes You Can Do Today

  • 1
    Test your mobile layout
    Pull up your site on your phone. If you can’t immediately see your main services or your call button, move them up.
  • 2
    Run a speed check
    Use PageSpeed Insights. Focus on slow images and heavy plugins first.
  • 3
    Review your Google Business Profile
    Match your business info to your website, upload fresh photos, and update your service list.
  • 4
    Count your service pages
    Make sure every major service has its own page.
  • 5
    Test every contact path
    Click your own click-to-call buttons. Fill out your own contact forms. See what breaks or feels frustrating.

Want Your Site Reviewed?

Want some quick clarity? We’ll take a look at your site and send back:

  • What’s working
  • What’s slowing you down
  • What we’d fix first for the biggest impact

How to Put This Hub to Work

If You Run the Company

Use this hub to see what’s slowing your website down. Share your top issues with whoever manages your online presence.

If You’re Doing the Marketing Yourself
If You Have a Small Team

Why We Built This Hub

Most landscapers don’t have the time (or desire) to become website pros. You’ve got crews to manage, estimates to write, weather to outrun, and customers to keep happy.

We built this hub because too many great landscaping companies get passed over online simply because no one ever walks them through what’s breaking behind the scenes.

This page gives you the same lens we use when we review home service websites: Simple. Helpful. Straightforward. And focused on helping people find you when they’re ready to hire.

Get a Free Review of Your Landscaping Website

We help landscaping companies fix what’s keeping their website from showing up for the work that actually pays. Instead of attracting “quick mow” tire-kickers, you’ll get a clear, strategic SEO plan that strengthens the parts of your site holding you back, so your business can grow as intentionally as the lawns you care for.

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