Write for Us Landscaping: Landscaping Blog Guest Post Guidelines

Ever searched for landscaping write for us and wondered why it keeps handing you gardening pages? That's most of what comes back, along with marketing posts telling landscaping firms how to fill their own blogs. Very little of it invites the people who design, build and maintain outdoor spaces for a living. I'd rather hear from them: the contractor who solved a waterlogged lawn, the designer who made a narrow garden feel bigger, the lawn care owner who's worked out a seasonal schedule clients stick to.

Picture a lawn care owner checking their phone between jobs, or someone weighing up whether to start a landscaping business. Both read this blog. They use my guides to AI tools for landscapers, lawn care software and robot lawn mowers. So a landscaping post here shouldn't be a mood board; it should give them something they can take to the next site.

60-second landscaping guest post check

A strong submission can answer yes to all five points:

• Do you design, build or maintain gardens and outdoor spaces for clients
• Is your advice drawn from jobs you've completed
• Does your opening answer the reader's question in the first two lines
• Have you avoided pushing a chemical, a product or a contractor listing
• Would a small landscaping crew be able to use it on Monday morning

Read the guidelines and submit your guest post.

What we publish

• Planning a garden layout for a small space
• Drainage and grading problems, and the fixes that held
• Choosing hardscape materials for patios, paths and walls
• Native and low maintenance planting plans
• Winning and quoting residential landscaping jobs
• Seasonal lawn care schedules clients will follow
• Running a landscaping crew through the busy months
• Design software and site surveys from a working designer

If your post could be published on any landscaping site with the logo swapped, it is not for us.

What we look for in landscaping posts

Landscaping pitches tend to fall on one side of a clear line, and this table shows where it sits.

Topic	What gets accepted	What gets declined
Design	A plan you drew for a real site, and why	A gallery of pretty gardens with no reasoning
Drainage	A water problem you solved, step by step	Guesswork on fixes you haven't tried
Hardscape	Materials you've laid, with what held up	A supplier's catalogue rewritten
Planting	Native or low maintenance schemes from your jobs	Plant lists copied from a nursery site
The business	Winning, quoting and scheduling landscaping work	A promo for your own firm

What we don't accept

• General gardening tips with no design or build angle
• Pesticide, weedkiller or chemical product adverts
• Real estate staging fluff
• Directory style promotion for one contractor
• Pieces that have run on another website before

What you get

• Your article in front of an engaged audience of business owners, marketers and founders
• One relevant, contextual link back to your own site
• A byline and the credibility of an established, high-traffic blog
• Editorial help to make the piece as strong as it can be before it goes live

How to submit

Send your pitch or draft through the contact form. Include the topic, the one specific problem the post solves, and a line on your first-hand experience with it. One idea per pitch works best. You will hear back on whether it is a fit before you write the full draft.

What a strong landscaping pitch looks like

A weak pitch says "I want to write a post called ten beautiful garden ideas." A strong one says "I run a small landscaping firm, and I want to walk through a sloping back garden we regraded, why the first drainage plan failed, and the checklist we now use before quoting any job on clay." One is a brochure. The other is worth reading.

The angles that get accepted fastest

• Fixing a soggy lawn and what we dig before we plant
• Patio materials that suit a shady, damp garden
• How a designer plans a tiny courtyard
• Quoting a residential job without guessing
• Planting plans that need little watering once settled
• A lawn care calendar clients read and follow
• Keeping a crew busy when the weather turns
• Site surveys and the questions to ask before drawing anything

Looking for more places to pitch? The sites that accept guest posts page helps you build a shortlist of blogs in your niche.

The traffic behind a placement here

Straight from Google Search Console, 3 to 30 October 2026: this site was shown 3.6 million times in Google results and received 23,300 clicks. That is the readership a landscaping post joins. Want a firmer route than a pitch? Sponsored posts and link placements in articles that already rank are available too, and here is how to partner with me.

Frequently asked questions

Does Lilach Bullock accept landscaping guest posts?

Yes. Landscaping guest posts are welcome from garden designers, contractors and lawn care business owners who write from real projects. We publish practical design, build and maintenance advice and decline chemical product ads and contractor promotion.

What landscaping topics do you accept?

Garden layouts for small spaces, drainage and grading, hardscape materials, native and low maintenance planting, seasonal lawn care and running a landscaping business, from winning jobs to scheduling crews. Each pitch needs a lesson from work you've done.

Do you accept gardening or outdoor guest posts too?

Yes, but pitches about growing plants as a hobby suit the gardening pages, and outdoor activity pitches suit the outdoor page. They all land with the same editor, who's looking for the same thing: tested, specific and useful.

How long should a guest post be?

Most accepted posts run between 1,200 and 2,000 words. Length matters less than usefulness: a tight 1,200 word post with one clear lesson beats a 3,000 word overview every time. Use short paragraphs, clear subheadings and at least one real example.

Can I include a link back to my own site?

One contextual link back to your own site is fine when it is relevant and helps the reader. Posts written purely to build a backlink with no real value for the reader are not published.

Do you accept previously published content?

No. Every submission must be original and not published anywhere else first, including your own blog, Medium, LinkedIn or a guest slot on another site. Republished or lightly reworded content gets declined, and we check before anything goes live.

Can I use AI tools to help write my guest post?

You can use AI to help with research or tidying your draft, but the experience, examples and opinions must be yours. Posts that read like generic AI output, with no first-hand detail, are declined.

Do you accept sponsored or commercial partnerships?

Commercial and partnership enquiries are handled separately from editorial guest posts. If you are a brand or agency wanting to work together rather than pitch an article, say so in the contact form and you will get the right details back.

How long does a decision take?

We aim to come back to you within a few working days. If the pitch is specific and clearly written, with the result in the first line, the decision is much faster.

Do you edit guest posts before they go live?

Yes. Every accepted post gets an editorial pass for clarity, structure and accuracy, and you may be asked for an extra example or a missing number. The aim is to make your piece as useful as it can be, not to change your voice.

Can I pitch more than one idea?

Yes, but send them one at a time or as a short numbered list with one line each. The strongest pitch goes first, and a single clear idea with a real result almost always beats several vague ones.

How do I submit a landscaping guest post?

Send your pitch through the contact form with the topic, the specific result or lesson you will cover, and a line on your own experience designing, building or maintaining outdoor spaces. One idea per pitch works best, and you will hear back before you write the full draft.

Related pages in the write for us family: outdoor write for us, gardening blogs that accept guest posts, home renovation write for us.