What Is YardPal? Close Landscaping Jobs Before You Leave the Driveway

You show up to an estimate.

Nice house. Motivated buyer. They want a new patio, maybe a retaining wall, some plantings along the fence.

You walk the property. You know exactly what it'll look like when it's done.

But they don't.

So you tell them it'll look amazing. You promise to send over a detailed quote. You leave.

Two days later you follow up.

We went with someone else.

That job was yours to lose. And you lost it in the driveway.

What Is YardPal?

YardPal is design and proposal software for landscaping and hardscape contractors.

You snap a photo of the customer's yard. Design the finished project on a tablet using drag-and-drop tools. Generate a professional proposal. Get a signature.

All before you leave.

Three things in one:

• A visual design app built for outdoor contractors
• An AI proposal writer that creates the scope from your design
• Built-in e-signatures so you close on-site

No design degree. No Photoshop. No waiting 48 hours for a freelancer.

How It Works

1. Take a photo of the yard

Open YardPal on your tablet or laptop. Take a photo of the customer's yard and upload it. Takes under 30 seconds.

2. Design right on the photo

Drop plants, pavers, mulch, turf, fencing, and hardscape materials onto the photo. YardPal has 3,000+ plants and materials. Drag them into place. Scale them. Swap them out.

Show the customer what their yard looks like with the project done.

Most contractors build a full design in 5 minutes.

3. Generate the proposal

Click one button. YardPal reads your design and writes a professional proposal. Scope, materials list, plant names, line items. Edit anything you want. Most contractors send it as-is.

This saves 1-2 hours per estimate.

4. Get the signature

Show the customer the design while you're still there. Watch them lean in. When they say yes, hand them the tablet.

They sign. You leave with a signed contract.

Why This Closes More Jobs

Customers buy what they can see. That's it.

A written quote with line items doesn't help anyone picture anything. It just gives them something to compare prices on.

A visual mockup of their actual yard changes the whole conversation. They stop evaluating your quote. They start thinking about furniture placement.

Contractors using visual proposals close 50-70% of their estimates. Contractors using text quotes close 25-35%.

That gap isn't about skill. It's about what you show people.

What's Inside YardPal

Design canvas with 3,000+ plants and materials

Most landscaping and hardscape jobs are covered without adding custom items. The catalog includes trees, shrubs, ground covers, perennials, ornamental grasses, pavers, stone, mulch, turf, and more.

Photo background upload

Drop the customer's actual yard photo into the canvas. Design on their real space, not a blank template.

AI-written proposals

One click and the app writes the full scope from your design. Takes a job that used to eat 2 hours and makes it a 2-minute task.

E-signatures built in

Capture signatures on-site. Works offline too. Syncs when you get a signal. No app download required for the customer.

Satellite measurement view

Use aerial imagery to measure the property before you visit. Know the square footage before you arrive so you're not guessing on-site.

Proposal analytics

See exactly when your customer opens the proposal, how long they spend reading, and which sections they look at. Know when to follow up. And when to give them space.

Automated follow-up sequences

Proposals that don't get signed on-site get a 4-step email sequence automatically. Day 3, 5, 8, and 13. You don't have to remember.

Client CRM

Track leads, properties, hardiness zones, and soil data. Every customer in one place.

Invoicing

Create invoices straight from your proposals. Track payment status without a separate app.

Voice notes

Record a voice note on-site and YardPal transcribes it for you. Capture details without stopping to type.

Who It's Built For

YardPal is for solo contractors and small crews who handle their own sales.

If you're doing 3-15 estimates per week and losing more than you should, this fixes the root cause: customers can't picture what you're describing.

Not for large firms with dedicated design teams or CAD setups. Those companies have different problems.

This is for the contractor doing the estimate and the job. The person who needs to close deals without losing momentum between the site visit and the follow-up.

The Math

YardPal is $497 per year. Your whole team uses it. No per-seat fees.

Say you do 10 estimates per month. The industry average close rate is about 30%, so you're closing 3 jobs.

Move to 50%. Well below what visual mockup users report. And you're closing 5 jobs. That's 2 extra jobs every month.

If your average job is $6,000, that's $12,000 more per month. Same number of estimates. Same skills.

One extra job covers the software for the year.

Before You Go

One more feature worth knowing: YardPal lets you pull up a satellite view of any property before you visit. Measure square footage from your phone on the drive over.

Walk into the estimate already knowing the property dimensions. Customers notice when you show up prepared.

Try It

YardPal runs in the browser on any tablet or laptop. Nothing to install. Most contractors are building their first design within an hour of signing up.

Your next estimate is a good time to try it.

Close the job before you leave the driveway.