For gardeners

The mower is running. You would not hear the phone if it were in your hand.

Gardening is two businesses at once: a round of regulars who cannot be let down, and one-off work that has to be quoted and booked. Adminmate takes the calls for both, and tells people when the rain moves them.

Sound familiar?

The bits of being a gardener nobody pays you for.

A mower and a strimmer mean you would not hear the phone in your own pocket.

The round has to happen whatever else does, and every new enquiry lands on top of it.

Rain moves half the week, and every one of those customers needs telling.

The regulars are small amounts, often, which is exactly the money that goes uncollected.

What it does for you

Built round how gardeners work.

  • Answers over the mower, which is the whole reason these calls get missed.
  • Asks about access and what is actually growing, because both decide the kit and the day.
  • Spots the one-off clearance that wants to become a regular visit, and tells you.
  • Keeps the small regular invoices going out, which is where this trade quietly loses money.
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Adminmate
Quote Mrs Hughes. New shower and two basin taps, one day, parts £320
Quote · Mrs Sarah Hughes
Labour, one day£380.00
Shower and two basin taps£320.00
Fittings and waste£56.00
Total£756.00
From your rate card. Nothing guessed.
Dean's timeForty seconds, from the van.
Add call answering

Hear it answer as a gardener.

An overgrown garden, while the mower is running.

Size, growth, access and a possible regular customer all captured, a visit booked for Friday, and Gareth never turned the mower off.

An example call, written out. Not a recording.

  1. AssistantHello, Tomlin Garden Care, this is Gareth's assistant. How can I help?
  2. CallerThe back garden has completely got away from us. It needs clearing.
  3. AssistantWe can help with that. Roughly how big is it, and how long has it been left?
  4. CallerMaybe eight metres by twelve. Best part of two years, honestly.
  5. AssistantThat's more common than you would think. Is it mostly grass and weeds, or is there brambles and woody stuff in there?
  6. CallerBrambles. An awful lot of brambles.
  7. AssistantWorth knowing, because that changes the kit and the time. Is there access round the side for a barrow, or does it all come through the house?
  8. CallerThere's a side gate.
  9. AssistantThat helps a lot. And would you want it kept on afterwards, or just the one clear?
  10. CallerProbably keep it on, once it's sorted.
  11. AssistantI'll tell Gareth both. He'll come and look on Friday to price the clear, and talk to you about regular visits while he's there.
Questions

Questions gardeners ask

Can it work around my regular round?

It only offers hours you have actually opened, so a new job does not get booked on top of a round you have kept free. Moving the round itself stays your call.

What happens when it rains?

You tell it what is moving and it messages the affected customers with the new day. It will not reschedule a week of people on its own, because that is a decision about your week rather than a message that needs sending.

Is it worth it when the jobs are small?

The regulars are exactly where it pays. Lots of small amounts, often, is the hardest money to stay on top of, and it is the money most likely to be sitting unpaid without anybody noticing.

Pricing

From £99 a month. Nothing to add.

Two plans, printed in full. No tier you have to call to find out the price.

Solo

You, your van and your phone.

£99a month
  • Quotes from a text, built from your own prices
  • Invoices with VAT, CIS and deposits done right
  • Chasing, politely, until they pay
  • Your diary, kept and confirmed
  • Call answering for the calls you don't pick up
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Team

Up to ten of you, ten diaries.

£169a month
  • Everything in Solo
  • A diary each, and work put on the right person
  • One view of who is where and what is owed
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  • From £99 a month
  • The price you see is the whole price
  • We set it up with you
  • Cancel any time

Pay for the year at ten months' price. Cancel any time and the unused time is refunded.

Fifteen minutes, and you see it run your office.

A real person shows you it working on a real job, then sets it up around your trade. No pressure, no card details.

Book a demo
  • From £99 a month
  • The price you see is the whole price
  • Cancel any time