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Lawn care software for mowing routes and treatment rounds

Lawn care and landscape maintenance companies with mowing crews, especially those that also sell seasonal services.

  • Weekly and biweekly mowing
  • Edging and blowing
  • Fertilization rounds
  • Aeration and overseeding
  • Shrub trimming

Updated

  • Mowing on a plan

    Every 1 or 2 weeks, with the usual crew, weekday and time. Visits land in the tray ahead of time.

  • Rounds with their own services

    Round 1: pre-emergent. Round 2: fertilizer and weed control. Each visit in the rotation carries its own work and price.

  • Rain days in one move

    Move a wet day's jobs to each crew's next open day and email the customers, with 10 minutes to undo.

  • Per-visit invoices

    Each visit drafts its invoice when the crew marks it done, so a rained-out mow isn't billed.

  • Upsells that come due

    Aeration and cleanups come back on the due list each year, ready to quote from last time.

  • Crew hours and pay

    Clock in the crew in one tap, see drive and on-site time per stop, and pay hourly, per job or by crew split.

Birdy is lawn care software for the recurring side of the work: weekly or every-other-week mowing on a plan, treatment programs where each round has its own services, rain days moved in one go with customers told, and an invoice drafted after each visit. It does not yet keep state pesticide application records or bill a flat monthly amount, so read the fit section before you switch.

How do I schedule weekly mowing customers?

Put each customer on a service plan that repeats every week or every two weeks, with its price per visit, preferred crew, weekday and start time. Each visit becomes a job in the dispatch tray ahead of time, and the schedule dialog opens with the usual crew and day filled in.

Each truck's day is drawn on the map along the roads with its drive time and miles, and waiting jobs show as grey pins, so a new customer on the same street is easy to slot in. Birdy draws the route in the order you schedule it: it does not reorder a mowing route for you yet.

Can a plan have different services each round?

Yes. A plan's rotation holds up to 12 visits, each with its own services and price. A skipped round never shifts the order, so the fall round stays in the fall.

An example treatment program (made-up prices; your products and timing will differ)

1

Month
February
Services
Pre-emergent and fertilizer
Price
$65

2

Month
April
Services
Fertilizer and weed control
Price
$65

3

Month
June
Services
Fertilizer and insect control
Price
$70

4

Month
September
Services
Fertilizer and weed control
Price
$65

5

Month
November
Services
Winterizer
Price
$60

The customer signs the program from a link that lists every round and the yearly figure, and you can change it later without cancelling.

How do I handle rain delays on a mowing route?

Click Move them on the wet day. The National Weather Service forecast flags jobs at risk, and Birdy moves each one to its crew's next open day (skipping full days and days also forecast wet), then emails each customer once. Because invoices are drafted when a visit is done, a skipped mow is never billed. See rain day rescheduling.

How do I sell more to mowing customers?

Give seasonal services a "comes due again" interval, such as aeration every 12 months. Customers show up on Due for service when they're due, and one click makes a quote from last time at today's prices. Quotes can offer good, better and best (a cleanup, a cleanup with mulch, or the full spring package), and the customer signs on their phone.

Is it a fit?

A good fit when

  • Mowing and maintenance companies paid per visit
  • Companies selling treatment programs where each round is different
  • Owners who want rain days moved, and customers told, in one step
  • Lawn companies that also sell cleanups, mulch, aeration or holiday lighting

Not the right tool yet when

  • Pesticide and fertilizer application records with EPA registration numbers, rates per 1,000 sq ft and applicator licences for state reporting
  • Flat monthly billing spread over the season, prepay, or card on file (each visit is invoiced when done; card payments are coming)
  • Automatic route reordering for long mowing routes
  • Measuring lawn areas from satellite images
  • Crew GPS tracking

Questions

Can I bill lawn customers per cut?

Yes. Each visit drafts an invoice when the crew marks it done, so customers pay for the cuts they got.

Can I bill a flat amount every month?

Not yet. Flat monthly billing and card on file are not built. Each visit is invoiced on its own today.

Does it keep pesticide application records for the state?

No. The chemical log is built for soft wash mixes and does not hold EPA registration numbers or produce state usage reports. Lawn companies that apply regulated products need another way to keep those records.

Can a plan skip a week in a dry spell?

Yes. Skip a visit and it won't be added again, with Undo. Or pause the plan with a date it starts again.

See it on your own customers

Create your account. We set it up with you, with your customers and your price list, before your team starts.