For landscaping contractors

Every added planting, irrigation zone, and drainage fix — approved in writing before the crew installs it.

Landscape installs collect small, reasonable-sounding asks once the beds are open — an extra tree, a second zone, a wet spot that needs drainage — that quietly become unpaid work. Swornbook turns each one into a one-tap approval link, keeps before-and-after photos on the job record, and ties the final invoice to exactly what was approved.

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The asks that quietly become free work

Every one of these gets agreed to verbally in the yard — and questioned at the final invoice. Typical value per ask:

Added plantings or larger specimen trees

$400–$5,000

Irrigation zone added or relocated

$300–$2,500

Sod upgrade or added square footage

$500–$4,000

Extra topsoil or soil amendment after grading

$400–$3,000

Drainage correction found during dig

$800–$4,500

Bed expansion, edging, or extra mulch

$300–$2,000

Ranges are illustrative — your market and scope will vary.

One real job, start to paid

The homeowner asks while the beds are open

“Since you're already digging — can we add a zone for the back border and a couple more trees?” You price it on the spot: +$1,400.

You send one link before the crew installs it

One-tap templates draft the change order. The homeowner taps approve on their phone — no app, no account. The yes lands on the job record with a timestamp and a name.

The invoice carries its own proof

Final invoice shows the original plan plus the approved zone and plantings, each traced to a documented approval — with before-and-after photos attached to the job. When the total gets questioned, the record answers in one message.

“Do I really need this?”

We walk the yard and mark everything before we start.

That walk covers the plan. What it can't cover is the “while you're here, can you also…” that shows up once the beds are open — the extra tree, the second zone, the wet spot nobody knew about. Those are the ones that need a written yes.

A few extra plants isn't worth the paperwork.

The extra flat of perennials, the added zone, the second yard of mulch — small on their own, and exactly the adds that fall off the invoice. Across a season of installs, that's real margin walking out the gate.

My clients won't want to deal with an app.

There's no app for them. They get a text with a link, tap approve, done. Nothing to download, no account to make.

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