TextTheCaller

Missed call text service
for landscapers & gardeners

Landscaping and gardening is done outdoors, usually next to something loud, usually with both hands occupied. The phone rings in your pocket under a waterproof and you hear it about a third of the time. Meanwhile enquiries are seasonal and clustered — you get a run of calls in spring and lose the ones you cannot answer to whoever picks up first.

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Why landscapers and gardeners miss so many calls

A mower, a strimmer, a chipper or a digger drowns out a ringtone completely. Your hands are filthy and you are not getting your phone out. You are working at the bottom of a garden and the phone is in the van. And in peak season you are quoting in the evening and working flat out during the day, so the calls arrive at precisely the times you cannot take them.

The maths

What one missed landscaping enquiry is worth

A regular grass-cutting round is modest per visit but recurring across a whole season. A one-off hard landscaping project — patio, decking, fencing, full garden redesign — is a serious job worth thousands. Because both types ring the same number, you cannot afford to let either ring out.

TextTheCaller is £6.49 a month. Set against the value of the work above, it only has to keep one caller from ringing the next name on the list to have paid for itself several times over.

What to write in your text

You write the message once and it goes out on every missed call. Here's one that works for landscapers and gardeners:

Thanks for calling Rowan Landscapes. I'm out on a job with machinery running. I'll get back to you this evening. Recent work: rowanlandscapes.co.uk

Landscaping is sold on what your last job looked like, so a link to photos of recent work does more here than asking for details would — and since the caller cannot reply to the text, giving them something to look at keeps them warm until you ring back.

It sends from your business name

The caller sees your business name, not a phone number — so there's nothing for them to reply to. Give them something they can act on instead: a booking link, an email address, or a time you'll ring back.

160 characters

One SMS segment. The example above fits with room to spare, and we'll show you the count as you write so nothing gets cut off.

How it works

No app, no new number, no contract.

  1. 1

    Sign up with your mobile number

    Enter your number, pick your network and set your business name. No password — we email you a magic link.

    About 30 seconds

  2. 2

    Dial one code from your phone

    We give you the exact code for your network. It tells your network to send unanswered calls to us.

    One time only

  3. 3

    Write your text-back

    Use the example above or write your own. Next time a call rings out, the caller gets it within seconds.

    Change it any time

It works on your existing number on every compatible UK network, and only ever triggers on calls you don't answer. Pick up as normal and nothing happens at all.

Questions from landscapers and gardeners

There is no contract, so you can cancel and restart whenever you want. To stop the forwarding itself, dial ##61# from your phone and the line goes back to normal voicemail.

Yes, and in peak season it is a sensible thing to say. A text explaining you are booked until a given month is far better than silence — it keeps you in the running for later work instead of looking unresponsive.

No. We only text real UK mobile numbers, so landline callers, withheld numbers and international callers are skipped automatically rather than wasting your allowance.

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Every missed call is a job someone else gets

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