Garten blog

Pricing, margin, and the math behind every quote.

Long-form articles for working landscape contractors. Written by Ty Hubley, founder of Garten and a contractor who learned this the hard way before selling his company.

Pricing10 min readFeatured

5 hidden costs killing your landscape contractor margin

Most landscape contractors quote on visible labor time and lose 15-25% of their margin to costs they never put in the spreadsheet. Here are the five biggest, with the math to fix each one.

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How much should I charge for lawn mowing? A real-world pricing guide

The honest answer: it depends on your real cost per visit, not the per-1000-sqft chart you saw in a Facebook group. Here's how to figure out your number with examples for residential and small commercial.

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Snow removal pricing: per-push vs per-season (and the math behind each)

Per-push protects you when winters are heavy. Per-season locks in revenue. Most contractors quote one or the other on gut. Here's the math behind both and when to pick which.

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