Edge & Hedge
Two core jobs with a rhyme that is easy to remember and fun on a truck.
§ 15Industry file · Landscaping
A landscaping name lives on lawn signs, trucks and mowers parked outside the client’s house, so it advertises while you work. It needs a natural, tidy feel, and the obvious puns on lawn and green thumbs have been used so many times that they now sound like noise.
§ 01Form BN-1
The industry is already filled in. Say what is particular about yours (the street, the customer, the thing you do better) and you get twelve more names with their domains checked, each typeset as a brand.
Or start from the twelve examples below.
§ 02Exhibits A to L
Chosen by hand, each with the reason it works here. Save the ones you like, or check which domains are free.
12 examples · save any to your shortlist
Two core jobs with a rhyme that is easy to remember and fun on a truck.
A hardy lawn grass that only people in the trade know; one calm word with a distinct, nearly unclaimed sound.
A line in the soil and a soft leaf; two F words that sound like a garden at two scales.
Patience as a promise, and a calm contrast to quick-turn mow-and-go competitors.
The quality of well-tended soil: one syllable and a word for gardeners who care.
A calm, traditional name for estates and commercial properties, with Grounds indicating the work.
Honest and plain, with a casual ampersand that suits residential work.
A small plant and a street: friendly and neighbourly, and nice on a vehicle.
Natural and neat, the planting and the patio; suits a design-and-build firm.
A plant that comes back each year, and a promise about relationships; one word and easy to say.
A hardy succulent, and Landscapes helps people searching for the service.
A plain, funny nudge that is easy to say on the phone; best for a simple residential lawn service.
Examples, not recommendations: they may already be in use. Search your trademark register before you commit.
§ 03House rules
Your name is read from the street while you work, so aim for something short, plain and bold. Most customers will not remember a long name or a pun they need to decode.
Fescue, tilth and stonecrop sound like expertise and are unclaimed. Avoid the first plants everyone thinks of (Oak, Maple, Evergreen) and look in the garden shed.
A name with “Lawn” will not suit a company that later does patios, irrigation or snow clearing. Choose a name that covers outdoor work, with the services on the website.
Landscaping is seasonal in many climates. A name that works in winter (for snow or leaf work), such as Perennial or Slow Garden, avoids a name that only sounds right in June.
Pesticide and irrigation work often needs a licence tied to a business name. Confirm the name is available as a registered trading name before you apply.
DoPatterns that work
Don’tThings to avoid
§ 05Next door
§ 06After the shortlist
A landscaping business name is easy to love in a list and hard to keep once it is on a door. Save the ones that slow you down, then put them through these.
Check a name before you file it