Learn AI for Landscapers

You build retaining walls, paving and lawns on bare and sloping blocks. Nine short courses teach the business around that work, and Smoko, the AI agent, builds each piece.

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What AI can do for landscapers

Build Your Landscaping Brand with AI

  • 56 min
  • 4 modules

A front yard rebuild is on show for days. Neighbours see your trailer, the job sign on the fence and a crew in matching shirts. AI uses your answers and photos of finished paving and planting to draft logo options, a colour palette and a way of writing that suits your business.

  1. Brand Basics

    13 min
    1. What is a brand?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Brands
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Mission, Vision, Values

    19 min
    1. MVV vs Brand: What's the difference?
    2. Define Your Mission
    3. Create a Vision
    4. Write Your Values
    5. What makes you, you?

  3. What Makes a Brand

    15 min
    1. Logos
    2. Colours
    3. Icons, Elements, and Imagery
    4. Tone of Voice
    5. Consistency is King

  4. Let's Implement: Build Your Brand

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Brand
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Brand Bible

Smoko builds your brand bible: a logo that works on a trailer tailgate and a site sign, colour codes for the shirt printer, a photo style for finished yards and replies in your voice.

See the course: Build Your Landscaping Brand with AI

Discover Your Landscaping Offer with AI

  • 61 min
  • 4 modules

A sleeper wall on a steep block with no side access, a strata mowing round, a turf job across town and a hedge trim all fill the diary. List a year of jobs with materials, skip bins, machine hire and travel, and AI shows what each one earned per hour. Then it helps turn the best into an offer.

  1. Offer Basics

    14 min
    1. What is an offer?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Offers
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Find the Jobs Worth Chasing

    19 min
    1. Services vs Offers: What's the difference?
    2. Know Your Numbers
    3. Which Jobs Pay?
    4. Which Jobs Sell?
    5. What to Put First

  3. What Makes an Offer

    19 min
    1. Take the Hassle Out
    2. Pricing Your Offer
    3. Guarantees
    4. Bonuses and Add-ons
    5. Naming Your Offer

  4. Let's Implement: Discover Your Offer

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Offer
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Offer Sheet
Example offer
  • Front yard refresh: old garden beds cleared, steel edging laid, new plants in and mulched.
  • Green waste carted off, and a watering guide for the new plants left behind.

Smoko builds your offer sheet: a named backyard makeover, every inclusion down to the mulch, a clear start window, extras like the first mow on new turf, and a seasonal upkeep plan for body corporates.

See the course: Discover Your Landscaping Offer with AI

Launch a Landscaping Website with AI

  • 55 min
  • 4 modules

Someone searching 'backyard landscaping ideas' is collecting pictures for later. Someone searching 'landscaping cost' wants a ballpark first. AI drafts a page for each service you offer, from retaining walls and paving to decking, pergolas and irrigation, adds the price ranges and reasons you supply, and captions every photo with what was built and where.

  1. Website Basics

    13 min
    1. What Is a Website For?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Websites
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Plan Your Website

    17 min
    1. Who Is Your Website For?
    2. Your Domain Name
    3. Pick Your Pages
    4. Answer Their Questions
    5. Words That Win Work

  3. What Makes a Website Work

    16 min
    1. Your Homepage
    2. Make It Easy to Call
    3. Photos of Your Work
    4. Reviews and Trust
    5. Mobile and Speed

  4. Let's Implement: Launch a Website

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Website
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Website

Smoko builds your website: pages for retaining walls, paving and patios, turf, decking and pergolas, a before and after gallery, the suburbs you cover and a quote form asking about slope and access.

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SEO Basics for Landscapers Using AI

  • 55 min
  • 4 modules

When a homeowner searches 'landscaper near me', Google shows a map with a few businesses, photos and stars. AI drafts your profile with Landscaper as the main category, and Paving contractor only if paving is regular work. It writes a page for each service and each suburb you've worked in, plus a review request for when the turf is down.

  1. Search Basics

    12 min
    1. What is SEO?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. How Tradies Get Found Now
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Get on the Map

    16 min
    1. How Google Picks Local Results
    2. Your Google Business Profile
    3. Categories and Service Areas
    4. Keywords Your Customers Use
    5. Directories and Listings

  3. What Makes You Rank

    18 min
    1. Service Pages That Rank
    2. Suburb Pages Without the Spam
    3. Reviews That Move You Up
    4. Show Up in AI Answers
    5. Tracking What Works

  4. Let's Implement: SEO Basics

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your SEO
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Local SEO Setup
Example search
  • turf laying Narre Warren
  • Behind it: an owner who wants a new lawn down before summer
  • The page that fits: recent turf jobs in nearby streets, with photos of each

Smoko builds your local SEO setup: a Google profile set to a service area, not your home address, Retaining Walls and Turf Laying pages, suburb pages backed by real jobs and a review link.

See the course: SEO Basics for Landscapers Using AI

Automated Adwords for Landscapers Using AI

  • 55 min
  • 4 modules

A search for 'retaining wall builder' and a suburb often means a slope is causing trouble, and 'turf laying' usually means someone wants a crew. 'Sleeper wall DIY' is a weekend project. AI groups your keywords into walls, paving and turf, blocks DIY and supply searches, and drafts ads naming the work and suburb within your daily cap.

  1. Google Ads Basics

    11 min
    1. What is Google Ads?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Google Ads
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Budget, Tracking, and Targeting

    19 min
    1. Know Your Numbers
    2. Tracking Calls and Leads
    3. Your Service Area
    4. Keywords: The Jobs You Want
    5. Negative Keywords: The Jobs You Don't

  3. What Makes an Ad Work

    17 min
    1. Writing Ads That Get Calls
    2. Landing Pages That Convert
    3. Quality Score
    4. Smart Bidding
    5. Keeping It in Check

  4. Let's Implement: Automated Adwords

    8 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Campaign
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Google Ads Campaign
Example ad groups
  • Retaining walls: retaining wall builder, sleeper retaining wall, block retaining wall
  • Turf: turf laying, new lawn installation, turf installation
  • Blocked: DIY, how to, turf supplier, landscaping jobs, wages

Smoko builds your Google Ads campaign: ad groups for retaining walls, paving and turf laying, DIY and supply words blocked, an ad for each job and suburb, call tracking, a daily cap and spend warnings.

See the course: Automated Adwords for Landscapers Using AI

Social Media for Landscapers Using AI

  • 56 min
  • 4 modules

A backyard build changes each week, and each stage is a post: string lines on bare clay, road base compacted for the path, the wall going up, then turf rolled out. AI writes a short caption for every stage, a bio with your services and suburbs, and replies to homeowners and property managers for you to send.

  1. Social Media Basics

    13 min
    1. What is Social Media?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Platforms
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Setting Up Your Profiles

    17 min
    1. Business Page vs Personal Profile
    2. Set Up Your Facebook Page
    3. Set Up Your Instagram Account
    4. Profile Photo, Cover, and Bio
    5. Connect Facebook and Instagram

  3. Keeping It Fresh

    17 min
    1. Job Photos That Sell
    2. Before and After Posts
    3. Writing Captions
    4. Reviews, Comments, and Messages
    5. How Often to Post

  4. Let's Implement: Social Media

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Profiles
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Social Profiles
Example post
  • Before: a sloping Baldivis backyard where the garden bed kept sliding.
  • During: limestone blocks laid, ag pipe behind them, then the wall backfilled.
  • After: level lawn below and a paved sitting area above.

Smoko builds your social profiles: a page category and bio naming your suburbs, your logo cropped for the profile picture, your best finished backyard as the cover, first posts and saved replies for quote requests.

See the course: Social Media for Landscapers Using AI

Meta Ads for Landscapers Using AI

  • 59 min
  • 4 modules

Many owners plan a backyard makeover over winter and want the work done when it warms up. Facebook and Instagram ads show your finished yards while they plan. AI writes ad copy around those photos, suggests suburbs worth the drive for a big job and drafts form questions about slope, access and timing.

  1. Meta Ads Basics

    12 min
    1. What Are Meta Ads?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Meta Ads
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Setting Up Your Ads

    19 min
    1. Boosting vs Ads Manager: What's the Difference?
    2. Your Business Portfolio and Ad Account
    3. The Meta Pixel and Conversions API
    4. Targeting Your Service Area
    5. Setting Your Budget

  3. What Makes an Ad Work

    19 min
    1. Ads That Stop the Scroll
    2. Lead Forms vs Landing Pages
    3. Calling Leads Back Fast
    4. Reading Your Results
    5. Testing and Improving

  4. Let's Implement: Meta Ads

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Ads
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Ad Campaign

Smoko builds your ad campaign: an enquiries campaign over your travel area, ad copy for makeovers, pergolas and paving, your strongest garden photos across the ads and a short form asking about the block.

See the course: Meta Ads for Landscapers Using AI

Creative Content for Landscapers Using AI

  • 57 min
  • 4 modules

A landscaping job gives you clear stages to film: the mini excavator cutting into the slope, the plate compactor on crushed rock, pavers laid to a string line, sprinklers watering new turf. AI picks the clearest clips, crops them for feeds and stories, writes on-screen words for people scrolling on mute and pairs each review with its job.

  1. Creative Basics

    13 min
    1. What is Creative Content?
    2. Why it matters?
    3. Types of Creative
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Capture Your Jobs

    18 min
    1. Every Job is Content
    2. Photos on Your Phone
    3. Before and After Shots
    4. Short Videos
    5. Reviews and Testimonials

  3. What Makes Creative Work

    17 min
    1. The Hook
    2. Words That Sell
    3. Proof and Trust
    4. Call to Action
    5. Test and Refresh

  4. Let's Implement: Creative Content

    9 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Creative
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Creative Pack

Smoko builds your creative pack: before and after pairs, clips from the dig to the final sweep, headlines for walls and paving, review cards beside matching jobs and a closing ask for a site visit.

See the course: Creative Content for Landscapers Using AI

Build a Landscaping Proposal with AI

  • 58 min
  • 4 modules

On a retaining wall, the important work ends up buried: footings, ag pipe and drainage gravel behind the sleepers. Once it is backfilled the homeowner can't check it, and a cheaper quote can leave it out. AI turns your rates and site notes into a proposal that lists each part, with two or three choices, staged deposits and follow-up texts.

  1. Proposal Basics

    12 min
    1. What is a Proposal?
    2. Why It Beats a Quote
    3. Types of Proposals
    4. Mistakes to Avoid

  2. Price It Right

    20 min
    1. Know Your Numbers
    2. Markup vs Margin: What's the Difference?
    3. Price the Job, Not the Hour
    4. Give Them Choices
    5. Deposits and Payment Terms

  3. What Makes a Proposal

    16 min
    1. Start With Their Problem
    2. Scope of Works
    3. Photos, Reviews and Proof
    4. Guarantees and Warranties
    5. Follow Up and Close

  4. Let's Implement: Build a Proposal

    10 min
    1. Smoko Builds Your Proposal
    2. How to Edit or Improve with Smoko
    3. Approving Your Proposal Template
Example options
  • Treated pine sleepers: the lowest outlay, with a shorter life in wet ground
  • Concrete sleepers: no rot, in a colour to suit the house
  • Concrete and planted: the same wall, plus a bed and drip line along the top

Smoko builds your proposal template: your licence number, if your trade needs one in your state, beside your business details, choices with prices, a scope naming sleepers and gravel, a deposit schedule and follow-up texts.

See the course: Build a Landscaping Proposal with AI

One membership. All nine courses.

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$299a month

AUD, GST included. Cancel any time.

  • All nine courses, from Build Your Brand to Build a Proposal
  • Smoko, your AI agent, in every lesson
  • Templates and launch checklists
  • The members' community
  • Live Q&A with the Tradie School team
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Owner's Club

$1,997a month

Invite only. Members first.

  • 1:1 consulting with guest instructors and Tradie Team experts
  • Courses on taking a $1m business to eight figures and an exit
  • Guest lessons from nine-figure founders
  • Its own members' community
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Questions landscapers ask

Does Tradie School teach landscaping work or licensing?

No. Every course is about running the business: brand, website, Google, ads, offers and proposals. Wall design, drainage, paving methods and any licence your work needs stay with you, your regulator and your state's rules. The lessons show where your licence number belongs, if your trade needs one in your state.

My week is mostly mowing and garden maintenance. Is this still for me?

Yes. Regular work suits a clear offer: Discover Your Offer shows how to turn a mowing round into a plan with set visits and listed inclusions. The website, Google and social courses apply to a fortnightly mow as much as a new patio, and Smoko drafts each piece for you to approve.

I mostly work for builders on new estates. Why market myself?

Builder work runs on the builder's rates and timelines, and it stops once the last house on the estate is handed over. The owners who move in often start with a bare yard and plan walls, paving and turf once they settle. When they search for a landscaper, a Google profile and a gallery of finished yards nearby give them a reason to call you. Smoko drafts both.

Can Smoko help when work slows down over winter?

Yes. He drafts the work that suits the quiet months: ads that catch owners planning spring builds, a maintenance plan offer, fresh suburb pages from autumn jobs and follow-ups on open quotes. Nothing goes live, gets posted or spends money until you approve it, and the digging and laying stay yours.

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