# Build a landscaping website

Generate a landscaping or garden design site on the Grove template, lead with photos of your projects, and publish it with enquiries going to your Inbox.

Landscaping is sold with pictures. A site for it needs your best project photos, a clear list of services and a way to start a conversation. The generator writes the words and lays out the pages, and you bring the photos.

## Which templates fit

| Template | What the generator uses it for |
| --- | --- |
| Grove | Landscaping, including design, construction and maintenance. The generator's landscaping template. |
| Datum | Trades such as plumbing and electrical work. See [Build a trades website](https://www.uova.com/help/use-cases/trades-website). |
| Capitol | The general-purpose template and the fallback if a build fails. |

To compare other looks, browse the [Templates](https://www.uova.com/help/build/templates) gallery and press **Use Template**.

## What a generation includes

- One multi-page site on the template the generator matches to your prompt. The pages follow that template's own page plan, plus the template's legal pages. The exact set depends on the template.
- Copy written by the model from your description. The brand name and contact details come only from your prompt and the **+ Add** tray. Anything that was not supplied is removed or shown in the editor as an "Add your …" instruction, and those lines are hidden on the public site. Read every line before you publish.
- Legal pages as drafts for you to fill in. An unfilled one is left off the live site, with its links, until you edit it. Capitol has none.
- Images: when you are signed in the build may add fresh images, and your own photos (up to 20) and logo are carried in.
- One language per site, detected from your prompt: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German or Italian. Writing "in Portuguese" settles it.

## What to put in the prompt

A prompt can be up to 6,000 characters. Plain sentences work. This is a sample you can adapt:

```
Fernhill Landscapes designs and builds gardens in Bristol. Services: garden design, patios and decking, planting, and seasonal maintenance. Twelve years in business. We work in Bristol and Bath. Email hello@fernhill.example. Phone 0117 555 0145.
```

- Separate design, building and maintenance if you offer all three. The generator writes to what you list.
- Attach project photos. You can attach up to 20 per upload, and they are carried into the build.
- Give the areas you serve, a phone number and an email address. Contact details come only from you.

See [Write a prompt that works](https://www.uova.com/help/build/writing-a-good-prompt) for the full list of what the generator reads.

## Editor features to use

- [Images, video and the media library](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/images-and-media): upload your project photos and replace stock images.
- [Add elements](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/add-elements): add a block for a project you finished after the first build.
- [Site styles](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/site-styles): adjust colours and fonts to match your vans and signage.
- [Forms and contact blocks](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/forms): set the address that receives enquiries.

## Publish and connect

- Select **Publish** and choose the address. A `uova.io` address is included on every plan, and it cannot be changed after the first publish. See [Publish your site](https://www.uova.com/help/build/publish/publish-your-site).
- Add your own domain on a paid plan, either one you own or one you buy through UOVA. See [Connect a domain you own](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/connect-your-own-domain) and [Buy a domain](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/buy-a-domain).
- Messages from your site's forms arrive in your Inbox and are emailed to you. The default is up to 20 message emails per site per day, then one summary. The visitor gets no automatic confirmation email. See [Inbox and form messages](https://www.uova.com/help/account/inbox).
- Set a title and description for each page in [SEO settings](https://www.uova.com/help/build/seo).
- Enquiries from the contact form reach your Inbox, and you answer them from your own email. See [Inbox and form messages](https://www.uova.com/help/account/inbox).

## What UOVA does not do here

- Taking payment on the site is not covered by this guide. Quotes arrive as form messages for your own follow-up, and you can add a Book section for site visits with a Cal.com, Calendly or Square Appointments link.
- You cannot choose which template the generator uses. To pick a design yourself, start from a template instead. See [Start from a template](https://www.uova.com/help/build/templates/use-a-template).
- You cannot import an existing site. Rebuild it from a prompt and paste in your own wording. You can give the generator one link to an existing site or Google listing, which it reads for facts only, not for style.
- Scripts and iframes are not allowed in your own HTML, so third-party widgets cannot be embedded. The one supported embed is the Book section, which works with Cal.com, Calendly and Square Appointments only. For any other tool, link a button to its web address.
- You reply to form messages from your own email program with **Reply by email**. There is no in-app reply and no Inbox export.
- UOVA does not host email at your domain or forward it. See [Email and forwarding](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/email-and-forwarding).

## Common questions

**Can I use my own photos instead of stock images?**

Yes. Attach them when you generate, or upload them later in the editor. See [Images, video and the media library](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/images-and-media).

**Can I show more projects later?**

Yes. Add elements or a page in the editor. Changes reach the live site when you select **Update**.

Source: https://www.uova.com/help/use-cases/landscaping-website