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Pre-Task Quality Checklist for Landscaping

The Pre-Task Quality Checklist workflow supports landscaping contractors by confirming readiness before outdoor work begins. It includes reviewing designs, staging materials, verifying equipment, and checking safety protocols. By standardizing this process, landscaping companies reduce mistakes, prevent delays, and protect profitability. Clients benefit from confidence in well-executed, compliant outdoor projects. Teams gain accountability through documented checks. With this workflow in place, landscaping contractors can strengthen credibility, improve efficiency, and deliver projects more reliably with consistent quality and long-term durability.

Review planting layout and plant list

Prep soil/bed and remove waste

Check mulch, plants, and materials staged

Check shovels, rakes, sprayers

Clarify spacing, placement, and edging

Review plant spacing, watering, depth

Confirm bed depth and trench width

Confirm irrigation runs before hardscape

Confirm safe plant transport practices

Log planting checklist in tracker

Notify landscape lead prepped for planting

Review planting layout and plant list

Prep soil/bed and remove waste

Check mulch, plants, and materials staged

Check shovels, rakes, sprayers

Clarify spacing, placement, and edging

Review plant spacing, watering, depth

Confirm bed depth and trench width

Confirm irrigation runs before hardscape

Confirm safe plant transport practices

Log planting checklist in tracker

Notify landscape lead prepped for planting