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Landscaper Invoice Template

This landscaper invoice template is already filled in with the line items the job usually carries. Change the numbers, add your details, and download the PDF. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed.

A landscaping invoice usually mixes recurring maintenance with one-off installation, and the two need to be legible as separate businesses on the same page.

Your details

Bill to

Invoice details

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Line items

Amount
$580.00
Amount
$620.00
Amount
$585.00
Amount
$120.00

Tax & discount

Subtotal
$1,905.00
Total due
$1,905.00

Notes & payment details

INVOICE
Invoice no.
Issued
Due
From
Your business name
Bill to
Client name
DescriptionQtyRateAmount
Monthly maintenance, 4 visits4$145.00$580.00
Planting: shrubs and perennials (materials)1$620.00$620.00
Planting labour (hours)9$65.00$585.00
Green waste removal1$120.00$120.00
Subtotal
$1,905.00
Total due
$1,905.00
Notes

Maintenance visits are listed by date above. Plant material is guaranteed for one growing season when the watering schedule provided is followed. Green waste removal is charged per load and is billed only when a load is taken.

Prefilled as a landscaper invoice. The rates shown are round placeholder figures to make the document readable, not rate guidance. Saved in this browser only.

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How landscapers usually bill

Billing conventions for a landscaper
ConventionValue
Billed byPer visit for maintenance, per project for installation
Usual payment termsMonthly in arrears for maintenance, staged for installation
Money up frontMaterials deposit for planting and hardscaping projects
Also calledlandscaping invoice, lawn care invoice, gardening invoice
These are the common conventions in the trade, not rules. The terms that matter are the ones in your own agreement with the client, and this template will carry whatever you set.

What belongs on a landscaper invoice

Maintenance and installation split
One is a subscription and the other is a project. Combining them makes the monthly figure look volatile and makes the project look like a rate rise.
Plant material separately from labour
Plants are goods with their own tax treatment and their own guarantee, and clients want to see what the greenery cost.
The plant guarantee and its condition
A one season guarantee conditional on watering is standard, and it only protects you if the condition is written where the client will see it.
Waste removal per load
Disposal is a real cost that varies by visit, and billing it per load rather than folding it into the rate keeps a heavy month from looking like overcharging.

The mistake that costs landscapers the most

Charging one seasonal rate across a year of uneven work

Growth is not evenly distributed, so a flat monthly rate means the client pays the same in July as in January and concludes in January that they are being robbed. Either bill per visit, or bill a flat annual figure divided monthly with the visit schedule shown, so the winter invoice carries the explanation on its face.

Sales tax on a landscaper invoice

Plants and hard materials are goods and are often taxable where the labour to install them is not, and some states tax landscaping services outright. A mixed invoice can have two different treatments on it.

The template has a tax field with an editable label, so it will say VAT or GST if that is what you need, and it applies the rate to the subtotal after any discount. Leave the rate at zero if you are not registered to collect. Nothing here is tax advice, and a question about your own registration is one for your state's department of revenue or your accountant.

Templates for related work

Quoting the job before you bill it is what the quote generator is for, and working out what to charge in the first place is what the freelance rate calculator does.

Questions about landscaper invoices

Should landscaping be billed monthly or per visit?

Per visit is easier to defend, because the invoice matches the work. A flat monthly rate is easier to budget for and is what commercial clients usually want, but only works if the invoice shows the visit schedule so the quiet months are visibly part of an annual arrangement.

Is landscaping taxable?

Often partly. Plants and hard materials are goods and are taxable in most states, while the labour may not be, and some states tax landscaping services in their own right. A single invoice covering both can carry two treatments, which is a good reason to itemise them.

Should I guarantee the plants I install?

One growing season is the common term, conditional on the client following a watering schedule you provide in writing. Without the condition stated you are insuring against a client's neglect, which no margin covers.