This is a free landscape design proposal template with a design-and-install project already itemized: the design work as priced lines (site survey, concept and planting plan, revisions), site prep, planting by the plant, finishes from mulch to lighting, and the establishment care that keeps the plan alive. Load it in the builder, delete what the project doesn't include, and price the rest. Rates start empty, because a fifteen-gallon tree costs what your grower charges, not what a template thinks.
Design-build proposals fail in one of two ways: the design work is given away to win the install, or the install is a lump sum the client can't see into and therefore doesn't trust. This template does neither. Design fees sit at the top as real lines with a revision count, and the install below is itemized to the plant, so a client cutting budget trades visible things, three shrubs and the lighting, instead of negotiating a mystery total downward.
Every section below loads into the builder exactly as listed. This is the actual checklist, not a preview of one. Delete what your job doesn’t need and price the rest.
The survey and base map, the concept and planting plan, revisions priced each so round four has a number, and the sourcing work that turns a plan into a truck manifest.
Existing landscape out, grading and drainage corrected by the square foot, soil prepped by the cubic yard, and weed barrier down before anything photogenic happens.
Trees, shrubs, perennials, and annual color priced each by container size, with staking for anything the wind gets a vote on.
Stock priced each, by container size.
Mulch by the yard, decorative rock by the ton, edging by the linear foot, lighting per fixture, and a drip add-on for the beds that expect to survive August.
Final cleanup and haul-off, the watering-in and establishment care window, and a warranty walkthrough so done has a date on it.
Open it in the builder and the project is already sequenced, survey through warranty walkthrough: design and planning, site prep, planting by container size, finishes, cleanup and establishment. Delete what this project doesn't include. A planting-only refresh drops the design section in seconds.
Put in your rates and what each line costs you: design work flat with revisions each, trees and shrubs each, grading and fabric by the square foot, mulch by the yard, rock by the ton. The P&L updates while you type, so the nursery bill can't quietly eat the design fee.
Export a clean client proposal: scope, quantities, prices, one total. It's generated from a copy that never held your costs, margins, or internal notes, so there is nothing in the file to scrub and nothing for a curious client to find.
The full guide (units, tax math, deposits, exports) lives on the Help page. It’s genuinely thorough. We’re as surprised as you.
Five sections in project order: design and planning (survey and base map, concept and planting plan, revisions priced each, sourcing), site prep (removal, grading and drainage correction, soil prep, weed barrier), planting (trees, shrubs, perennials, and annual color priced each, plus staking), finishes (mulch, decorative rock, edging, lighting, a drip add-on), and cleanup and establishment. Design fees appear as their own priced lines, which is most of what separates a proposal that protects the designer from one that donates the design.
Standalone design fees typically run $700 to $3,000, with small-garden plans at $300 to $600 and designers billing $50 to $150 an hour. Full design-and-install projects average around $4,600, with a common range of roughly $1,900 to $7,300 and estates well past it. Per-plant installs commonly land at $25 to $85 for shrubs and $200 to $700 for trees, size and access depending. Wide ranges, which is the argument for itemizing: your proposal prices your plan, plant by plant.
Charge for it visibly, then decide what to do with it. A priced design line with a revision count sets the expectation that plans are work; some firms credit part of the design fee against the install when the client proceeds, which this document handles as a visible discount rather than a vanished fee. Folding design invisibly into the install teaches the client that design is free, and free design gets revised forever.
Yes, genuinely. The builder runs without an account, and the free plan includes every export: client PDF, Excel, CSV, an internal budget export, and a read-only share link that carries a client-safe copy inside the link itself. A free account adds one cloud-saved estimate. If the client calls it a landscaping estimate or a quote, same document, different header. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: your branding on client exports, no Estimatery footer, unlimited cloud saves, and a Saved Items catalog for the plants and lines you propose on every project.
Paver patios and walkways, excavation through sealing.
Tear-out, grading, and new sod, priced per square foot.
Sprinkler system install: design, zones, heads, startup.