Commercial Landscaping Contract
A balanced grounds contract — scope, season, and what needs approval first.
Who and where
This fills in your side and decides what we offer you at the end. It does not change a word of the agreement — both versions produce the same balanced document.
Contractoryou
Property
The property being serviced
Services in this agreement
Add snow & ice and the two become a single Grounds Maintenance Agreement.
The three things that actually go wrong
Grounds maintenance disputes are rarely about mowing. They are about scope creep, about pruning nobody agreed the height of, and about a contract that quietly renewed for another year. This agreement deals with all three in writing rather than leaving them to a phone call in July.
- Extra work has a price ceiling. Above the figure you set, it needs written approval first — and the contractor is not entitled to payment for unapproved work above it.
- Pruning is scoped by reach. "Shrub pruning" on its own is unbounded. The agreement states the height, and everything above it is tree work, which is excluded and quoted.
- Nothing renews itself. A fixed term that expires, then month to month only if both sides carry on, endable by either on notice.
You answer questions about grass, not about law
What is included, how often, which season, what needs approving. The indemnity, the mutual limitation of liability, the insurance requirements, the site-damage allocation and the term structure are written the same way every time, from both sides. Selecting fertilization or weed control inserts the applicator licensing representation on its own — you are not asked whether you are licensed, because a contract is the wrong place to interrogate somebody about their own compliance.
Add snow and it becomes one agreement
A property that buys mowing in July usually buys plowing in January, and two separate contracts with two sets of terms is two things to argue about. Add the snow module and the output is a single Grounds Maintenance Agreement: one core, one signature page, and a separate exhibit for each service with its own scope, season and pricing.
Related
- Snow removal contract — the same engine for snow and ice.
- COI tracker — the certificate the agreement requires, and when it lapses.
- Bid comparison — level the scopes before you sign one.
- Estimate maker — for one-off work rather than a season.
Questions people ask
- Can I use this for a house?
- No. This generates commercial and institutional contracts only. Residential grounds contracts are governed by home-improvement and cancellation-notice statutes that vary by state, and a contract missing them can be unenforceable — so the tool refuses rather than producing a risky document.
- How does the contract stop extra work turning into an argument?
- You set a dollar threshold. Work outside the agreed scope costing more than that needs the property's written approval before it is performed, and the agreement says the contractor is not entitled to payment for unapproved work above it. Both sides know where the line is before the season starts.
- What happens if I include fertilization or weed control?
- The agreement automatically carries the contractor's representation that it holds and will maintain the applicator licensing, certification and registration its state and locality require, and commits it to label compliance and the applicable posting and record-keeping rules. You are never asked a legal question about licensing — the clause is inserted because the service was selected.
- Can one agreement cover both landscaping and snow?
- Yes. Add snow and the output becomes a single Grounds Maintenance Agreement with one set of core terms and a separate exhibit for each service, each with its own scope, season and pricing. Ending one service does not end the other.