Landscaping
Early accessHire landscapers by text.
Spring hiring starts before the grass does. Crew members text the number on your job post or your trailer, and GuavaHire runs the first interview in Spanish, English or whatever language they write in, so the season starts with a full crew.
Roles you can screen
- Crew members
- Mower operators
- Irrigation techs
- Tree care helpers
- Crew leads
- Snow removal crews
Screening real applicants for Qinti Cleaning today
LandscapingExample conversation
José Ramírez: Hola, vi su anuncio en Facebook
Greenline Landscaping: Greenline Landscaping: ¡Gracias por escribirnos sobre nuestra vacante de Landscape Crew! Son solo unas preguntas rápidas. Normalmente toma unos 5 minutos. Primero, ¿cuál es tu nombre y apellido? Pueden aplicarse tarifas de mensajes y datos. Responde STOP para cancelar o HELP para ayuda.
José Ramírez: José Ramírez
Greenline Landscaping: Gracias, José. ¿Qué equipo has usado? Por ejemplo podadora, desbrozadora o sopladora.
José Ramírez: Podadora zero-turn y desbrozadora, 3 años
Greenline Landscaping: ¡Excelente! ¿Puedes llegar al taller a las 6:30 a. m., de lunes a sábado?
José Ramírez: Sí, sin problema
- First and last nameJosé RamírezCaptured
- EquipmentZero-turn and trimmer, 3 yearsMeets
- 6:30 a.m. startsMonday to SaturdayMeets
The hard part
Where hiring slows down for landscaping companies.
Everyone hires at once
Most companies staff up before spring, so you’re looking for crews in the same weeks as every competitor in town. The company that answers first gets the first conversation.
Early starts, long days
Crews roll out early and work outside all day. Start times, a license for the truck and the physical side of the job need answers before the first call.
Spanish-speaking crews
Some of your most experienced crew members would rather talk in Spanish. An English-only phone screen loses them before they ever see the yard.
What we screen for
What landscaping companies screen for.
You choose which ones each job asks, and how much each counts.
“The work is outdoors in the heat and includes lifting heavy bags and equipment. Can you do that, with or without reasonable accommodation?”
Summer routes mean heat and heavy bags; asking whether someone can do that work is fair, asking about their health isn’t.
Set up with you in early accessUsually: Deal breaker“What landscaping equipment have you used? For example a zero-turn mower, string trimmer, blower or hedge trimmer.”
Equipment experience cuts training time and tells you where someone fits on a crew.
Set up with you in early accessUsually: Strongly preferred“Do you have a valid driver’s license? Some routes mean towing a trailer.”
Crew leads drive the truck and trailer between properties.
Set up with you in early accessUsually: Strongly preferred“Do you have a pesticide applicator license, or would you be willing to get one?”
Most states require a license to apply pesticides commercially, so licensed techs can take on treatments.
Set up with you in early accessUsually: Nice to have“Are you looking for something long-term or temporary?”
Seasonal work runs through the fall; this shows who wants the whole season, and who might stay on for winter work.
GuavaHire asks this todayUsually: Nice to have
Plus work authorization, availability and start date, asked today in every trade.
After the text screen: interview questions for landscapersTiming, reach and pay
Be ready before the rush.
When you’ll be hiring
Spring through fall
Landscaping is busiest from spring through fall, so most companies staff up before spring. In snowy markets, many keep crews on through the winter with snow removal.
Where applicants look
- Indeed
- Facebook groups
- Craigslist
- Spanish-language classifieds
- Referrals from your crew
- Signs on your trucks
What the work pays
$19.49 an hour
The median for landscaping and groundskeeping workers at landscaping companies, May 2025.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
48%
of U.S. landscaping and groundskeeping workers are Hispanic or Latino.
Hiring rules
What landscaping companies should know.
Rules for every job are in the fair hiring guide.
No one under 18 can run or help with chain saws, wood chippers or power saws, apart from approved apprentices and student-learners 16 and older.
Tree and brush work depends on this equipment, so a teen hire needs a role that stays clear of it.
Workers who are 14 or 15 can’t run power mowers, trimmers or edgers, and have limits on their hours for the rest of the yard work.
Mowing and trimming fill most of a maintenance route, so under-16s can cover only a small part of it.
Ask for a pesticide applicator license only on crews that treat lawns. Restricted-use products need a certified applicator, or someone 18 or older working under one.
Asking every applicant screens people out for a license their job doesn’t use.
General information, not legal advice; state rules can be stricter.
Questions landscaping companies ask
- Can GuavaHire ask about the equipment my crews use?
- Yes, in early access. We set up equipment questions with you, such as zero-turn mowers, trimmers or skid steers, and GuavaHire asks them by text, one at a time.
- When should I start hiring for the season?
- Most landscaping companies staff up before spring. Put your GuavaHire number on your posts early: applicants who text in the off-season get their first interview right away, not whenever you’re free to call.
- Can I ask applicants how old they are?
- In general, no. The exception is work federal child labor rules bar for anyone under 18, such as running chain saws and wood chippers, where you can confirm an applicant is 18 or older. State rules can be stricter.
- What about snow removal?
- Ask whether applicants want work through the winter. In snowy markets, it helps you keep good people on all year instead of hiring again every spring.
- Can my crews answer in Spanish?
- Yes, or in any language they write in. GuavaHire follows along if they switch halfway through, so no one needs a bilingual friend to apply.
Your next great hire is already texting.
Landscaping is open for early access.