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AI receptionist for gardeners and lawn mowing

It picks up when the mower’s running, says it’s your assistant and gets the details. A tree down after a storm gets texted to you. Regular mows get booked.

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0485 000 166

It’s set up as Mario’s Plumbing, a made-up plumber. Yours answers as your business, with your jobs and your prices.

See what your customer gets
A tradie in hi-vis walking past a site fence with a blue sign that reads THIS PHONE IS ANSWERED.
  • Says it’s your assistant
  • Set up and watched by us
  • Books into ServiceM8 and Fergus
  • From A$299 a month

You can’t hear the phone over a mower

Lawn mowing, hedges, a yard clean-up before the rental inspection. The calls come while you’ve got earmuffs on.

Miss one and they ring the next gardener on Google.

The assistant answers, asks what needs doing and how big the yard is, and books the quote or the first mow.

Lovely voicemail message. Shame nobody listens to it.

What missed calls cost a gardener

Put in your own numbers. It works out what missed calls are worth to you a month and a year.

Filled in with our estimate: about 5 calls a working day with nearly 1 in 5 missed (figures published by Chime Labs and AIIMS Group), over about 22 working days. Change it to yours.

Filled in with a typical job: the middle of the typical prices in What’s The Damage’s lawn mowing cost guide (October 2026), rounded. Change it to yours.

Filled in with our estimate: 7 in 10 calls are new customers (AIIMS Group, 207,000 calls), and you’d win about 3 in 4 of those (Tradify’s quote figures), so about 1 in 2 calls is a job. Change it to yours.

What missed calls could cost you

About A$1,500

a month, or about A$18,000 a year

What OffsiteMate costs

A$299 a month

for a sole trader, minutes and texts included. The missed calls cost about 5 times that.

Your numbers stay on your screen. We don’t save them.

Three ways it answers for you

All three come in Core. Same assistant, same knowledge of your business, whether they ring, miss you or text.

The AI receptionist

  • Picks up when you can’t, day or night
  • Says it’s your assistant, never pretends to be you
  • Asks what needs doing, how big the yard is and the suburb
  • Books quotes and regular mows at times you’re free
  • Texts you storm damage straight away
Your caller hears (example)You’ve reached Rosa’s Gardening. I’m Rosa’s assistant. What can I help with?

Missed-call text back

  • For when you’d rather it rings you first
  • Miss the call and they get a text from your business name
  • It asks what they need and which suburb
  • Their reply goes straight to the text assistant
Your customer gets (example)Hi, it’s Rosa’s Gardening. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need done, and what suburb are you in?

The text assistant

  • Answers texts and the chat on your website
  • Knows your services and where you work
  • Books the job from the chat
  • Takes their details if they’d rather talk to you
Website chat (example)Yes, we do regular mows. Want me to book a time for Rosa to come and quote? What suburb are you in?

What gardeners use it for

  • Answering calls on the tools

    It picks up when you can’t, as your assistant, and gets the job details.

  • After-hours calls

    Emergencies come to you. The rest get booked for the morning.

  • Booking jobs

    Only at times you’re free, with a confirmation and a reminder.

  • Texts and website chat

    The same assistant answers texts and the chat on your website.

  • Following up quote requests

    Two follow-ups if they go quiet, then it stops.

  • Getting more Google reviews

    Happy customers get your review link after the job.

What gets texted to you, and what waits

This is the first thing it asks. You decide what counts as an emergency; this is where we start for gardeners.

“Has a tree or a big branch come down, or is one hanging after a storm?”

Texted to you straight away

  • Tree or big branch down after a storm

Then it rings you, so you can’t miss it.

Booked in for later

  • Lawn mowing
  • Garden maintenance
  • One-off clean-up
  • Tree or stump work

You get the details by text, and the job lands in your diary.

What your customers ask it

It answers from what you’ve told us: your services, your area, your prices. If it doesn’t know, it says so and takes their details.

What happens if it rains?

It gives your answer.

Do you take the clippings and green waste away?

It checks your services and tells them.

Do I have to sign up for regular visits?

It gives your answer, word for word.

Do I need to be home?

It gives your answer.

Examples. Yours use your own prices, services and suburbs.

What your customer sees

Texts come from your business name, in plain words. No jokes, no robot voice. The emergency comes to you.

Missed call · 10:23am (example)

Hi, it’s Rosa’s Gardening. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need done, and what suburb are you in?

Lawn’s got away on us, front and back. Forest Hill.

Thanks. I’m Rosa’s assistant. Is it a one-off mow, or would you like it done regularly? I can book a time for Rosa to come and quote.

What you get after a storm (example)

Urgent: big branch down across a driveway in Forest Hill. Dave is waiting on your call.

Lands in the job app you already use

On ServiceM8 or Fergus? Connect it once. From then on it only offers customers times you’re actually free, and the jobs it books land straight in your schedule.

  • ServiceM8
  • Fergus

On something else? It books into Google Calendar, Outlook or a calendar on your phone instead. Tell us what you use and we’ll make it work.

  • A reminder text the day before the job
  • Quote follow-ups, so a maybe doesn’t go quiet
  • After the job it asks how it went, and happy customers get your Google review link

We set it up. You keep mowing.

Set up in days, not weeks. We do the setting up and test it with you, and you don’t touch any software.

  1. We have a chat

    You tell us what you do, your hours, your area and what counts as an emergency. Phone or text, whichever’s easier.

  2. We set it all up

    The text replies, the assistant and your calendar. You don’t touch any software.

  3. It answers. We watch it.

    We read what it says to your customers and fix it when it stuffs up. Want something changed? Text us.

Hi, we’re the humans behind the robot.

The robot answers your phone. We set it up, keep an eye on it, and we’re the ones you ring when you want a human.

We don’t sell leads, and you won’t have to learn any software. If you want something changed, text us. We’ll only ring you when there’s a reason to.

What it costs a gardener

Pick the one for how many people work in the business. Prices in Australian dollars.

Just you

Sole traders on the tools

A$299a month

About A$9.83 a day. Plus A$299 setup, once. Month to month.

Talk to the humans
  • 100 minutes of calls a month
  • 150 texts a month
  • The AI receptionist, any hour
  • Missed-call text back
  • Emergencies texted to you
  • Text and website chat assistant
  • Booking, confirmations and reminders
  • Review booster for happy customers
  • Set up and watched by us

2 to 4 people

A small crew

A$449a month

Plus A$499 setup, once. Month to month.

Talk to the humans
  • 300 minutes of calls a month
  • 450 texts a month
  • The AI receptionist, any hour
  • Missed-call text back
  • Emergencies texted to you
  • Text and website chat assistant
  • Booking, confirmations and reminders
  • Review booster for happy customers
  • Set up and watched by us

5 to 10 people

A bigger team with more phones ringing

A$799a month

Plus A$499 setup, once. Month to month.

Talk to the humans
  • 750 minutes of calls a month
  • 1,100 texts a month
  • The AI receptionist, any hour
  • Missed-call text back
  • Emergencies texted to you
  • Text and website chat assistant
  • Booking, confirmations and reminders
  • Review booster for happy customers
  • Set up and watched by us

Go over your minutes or texts and it keeps answering: A$0.49 a minute and A$0.25 a text. It’s month to month, because 12 months is a big commitment to make to a robot. That’s the whole price. Nothing gets added on top. Questions? Ring us on 0468 075 000 or email hello@offsitemate.com.au.

Optional extras

WebsiteOne-off. As many pages as the job needs. What you get
A$500just you · A$1,000 for 2 to 10 people
SEOEvery month. Gets you found on Google. What you get
A$149 a monthjust you · A$249 for 2 to 4 people · ask us for 5 to 10
Google profile setupOne-off. Set up and verified in your own Google account. What you get
A$290one-off
Fixing a Google profile you already haveOne-off. What you get
A$250one-off

Gardeners ask us

Is OffsiteMate an answering service for gardeners?

Sort of. An answering service takes a message for you to deal with later. Ours answers as your assistant, gets the job details, books the routine work and texts you the urgent ones.

Can it tell a storm job from a mow?

It asks. A tree or big branch down after a storm gets texted to you straight away. A mow gets booked.

What gardening calls can it handle?

Lawn mowing and edging, garden maintenance, hedges, weeding, green waste, yard clean-ups, end of lease clean-ups, mulching, lawn care, planting, gutters, NDIS gardening, tree pruning and removal, stump grinding and storm clean-ups. It answers from your services and prices, and books a time to look or quote.

Will my customers know it’s not me?

Yes. It tells them straight up it’s your assistant. If they want you, it takes their number and you ring them back.

Does it answer after hours and on weekends?

Yes, any hour. During the day you can have it ring you first, so it only picks up when you don’t.

Does it book into ServiceM8 or Fergus?

Yes. It only offers times you’re free in ServiceM8 or Fergus, and the job lands there by itself.

Do I have to learn any software?

No. We set it up and keep it running. Job details come to you by text, and bookings show up in an app on your phone.

What if it says something wrong?

Text us. We read what it says to your customers, and we fix it.

What does it cost a gardener on their own?

A$299 a month and A$299 to set up, with 100 minutes and 150 texts included. Over that it’s A$0.49 a minute and A$0.25 a text. Month to month.

This phone is answered.

By a human. Ring us and we’ll set it up for your gardening business.

0468 075 000

Or email hello@offsitemate.com.au