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The garden center POS that runs the whole store.

Bill landscapers at their price, find any plant by any name, and keep counts right through spring.

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Alan Chan
Alan Chan Product Manager
An aisle of hanging baskets and benches of flowering plants under the open greenhouse roof at Christopher's Garden Center

Christopher's Garden Center, Bethesda, MD

Why garden centers choose Rundoo

Video thumbnail: the headline Run the whole store beside a Country Gardens & Nursery staff member ringing a sale at the Rundoo register

Everything your garden center needs, all in one place

1Charge accounts

Bill landscapers at their price

  • Set landscaper pricing tiers once
  • Set credit limits and finance charges
  • Run statements and let customers pay online
See customer workflows →
Cedarline Landscape Co.'s customer record in Rundoo on the Balance tab: a 518.26 balance with 1,681.74 available on a 2,200.00 limit, Tier 2 Landscaper pricing, Net 30 terms, and two open invoices, one partly paid

2Plant search

Find any plant by any name

  • Search by common, botanical or cultivar name
  • Ring every grower's barcode as one plant
  • Filter by tags like deer resistant or full sun
A product search in Rundoo for the botanical name acer, returning five Japanese maples in Bloodgood and Coral Bark from 5 gallon to a 24 inch box, each with a photo, on-hand count and price

3Units of measure

Sell by the flat, pack or cell

  • Sell a full flat, a pack or a single cell from one product
  • Sell mulch and soil by the yard
  • Conversions handled for you automatically
The Units of measure settings for Marigold, Durango Mix in Rundoo: a pack converts to 6 cells and a flat to 48 cells, the plant is stocked and sold by the cell, and it is ordered by the flat by default

4Inventory

Keep counts right through spring

  • Set min and max on every pot size
  • Dooey drafts the order on your schedule
  • Receive deliveries against the order
A draft purchase order to Half Moon Bay Growers for the Redwood City store, created by Dooey for nursery plants at or below min and ordered up to max: Palace Purple coral bells, Hot Lips salvia, Double Delight roses and Limelight hydrangeas, 204 plants and $2,378.25 in all

What sets Rundoo apart

The Rundoo Staff app on a phone listing a Bloodgood Japanese maple, Wave Purple petunias, Green Beauty boxwood, Endless Summer hydrangea and bulk bark mulch, each with its price and on-hand stock at the Redwood City and Chicago stores

Run the nursery from your phone

Price and stock at every location, counts and receiving, right from the bench or the yard.

See the Staff app →
Dooey answering which plants haven't sold in 60 days with a table led by Wave Purple and Wave Pink petunias in 4 inch pots, boxwood, lavender and a flat of Wave Pink, and advising marking the petunias down before they go leggy

Ask Dooey anything about your store

Which plants aren't selling, what to reorder before spring, which landscapers went quiet. Answers from your own sales.

Meet Dooey →

Also built in

  • Ring a sale in seconds

    Type a few letters of the name and it's on the ticket. No barcode needed.

  • Open a web store this season

    Your products online with the same prices and stock as the counter.

  • Sell gift cards and hold store credit

    Gift cards for spring and the holidays, and store credit for returns.

  • Print a label for anything

    Print a barcode label for anything that arrives without one.

  • Post every sale to QuickBooks

    Sales, payments and receivables flow to QuickBooks Online or Desktop. No re-keying.

  • Run your garden club Coming soon

    Points on every visit and a discount at the register. You choose what earns.

  • Schedule the delivery from the ticket

    Set the mulch or soil drop at the counter. The driver sees it on the phone.

  • Bill each landscaper job separately

    Jobs on one account, each with its own statement, so every client gets the right bill.

A Country Gardens & Nursery staff member smiling at the counter with a houseplant, the Rundoo screen and card reader beside her
Two Rusty Gate Nursery staff building evergreen arrangements on a bench inside the greenhouse
Rusty Gate Nursery
Five Country Gardens & Nursery staff in aprons standing in front of the store's sunflower mural in Heber City, Utah
Country Gardens & Nursery
The open nursery yard at Christopher's Garden Center, with benches of plants and a hoop house under a blue sky
Christopher's Garden Center
The white welcome stand in the gravel courtyard at Country Gardens & Nursery, with potted shrubs and the log storefront behind it

How this compares

Match the garden-trade systems on the basics. Pull ahead on everything else.

General POSSquare · Clover · Shopify · Lightspeed Garden-trade systemsNCR Counterpoint · VMX · ComCash
Landscaper charge accounts Limits, statements, finance charges Charge accounts are an afterthought
Contractor pricing tiers Set once, applies on every line Retyped on every line
Sell by the flat, pack or cell Order, stock and sell in different units One unit per item
Inventory built in, no add-on Min/max, orders, receiving, counts Basic, or a paid add-on
Every grower's barcode, one plant Many UPCs per product One barcode per SKU
Find any plant by any name Common, botanical or cultivar Name search only
Stock and counts on the phone Staff and customer apps included Runs on a phone Registers only
Support included US-based, most cases resolved within a day Paid, through a dealer
Cloud, no server to keep Most run on a server you keep
Ask your store in plain English Dooey, on every screen Basic
Loyalty program included Coming soon Usually a paid add-on Paid add-on or none

See the switch guides

Read the full garden center POS buyer's guide →

Garden centers and nurseries that love Rundoo

  • The storefront and sunflower murals at Country Gardens & Nursery in Heber City, Utah
    "I think every garden store should have your guys' system."

    McKenzie Mounteer

    Country Gardens & Nursery, Heber City, UT

    Switched from ComCash

    Read their story →
  • Pallets of bagged soil and mulch beside the hoop house and garden carts at Christopher's Garden Center
    "It's very easy. It works. It's user friendly."

    Glenna Christopher

    Christopher's Garden Center, Bethesda, MD

    Switched from Epicor Eagle

    See the Epicor Eagle switch guide →
  • Seed racks, garden statuary and heron sculptures inside the greenhouse at Rusty Gate Nursery
    "It is definitely much faster and more functional than the Square."

    Andrea Perkins

    Rusty Gate Nursery & Building Supply, Forks, WA

    Switched from Square

    Read their story →

Ask yourself these questions

Worth settling before you replace the system at your counter, whatever you choose.

01

How many landscaper accounts are past due right now, and how long does it take you to find out?

02

Your contractor tier is 15% off. Who remembers that at four o'clock on a Saturday in May?

03

A customer asks for a Sango-kaku maple. How long before the person you hired last week can say yes or no?

04

A customer wants one cell of marigolds from a flat of 48. How do you ring it up?

05

Does the count on your screen match the bench right now?

06

A customer in the yard asks if it's in stock. Does someone walk back to the counter to check?

If the answer lives in one person's head, ask what it costs you the week they're out sick in May.

Partners for garden centers and nurseries

Leading Pacific Northwest wholesale distributor

The national association for the horticulture industry

Plant information, care guidance and in-store signage for garden centers

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Frequently asked questions

Does Rundoo handle landscaper charge accounts and contractor pricing?
Yes. Set a pricing tier once and it applies on every line. The register enforces credit limits, statements and finance charges run themselves, and landscapers can pay from the app. See customer workflows.
Can staff find plants that have no barcode?
Yes. Search by common, botanical or cultivar name, so petunia, Petunia x hybrida and Wave Purple all find the same plants. Print a label for anything untagged.
How does Rundoo handle one plant in several sizes and from several growers?
Each size is its own item with its own price, count and photo, and one search returns the whole set. Every grower's barcode rings the same item. More in tracking nursery plants by variety, size and season.
Can I sell by the flat, pack or cell?
Yes. Set a flat to 48 cells and a pack to 6, and the clerk picks the unit at the register. Mulch and soil sell by the yard.
Is inventory better than Square, Clover or Shopify?
Yes, and it is included. Stock updates as you sell and receive, min and max flag what is running low, and Dooey drafts the order on your schedule for you to review.
Do you have a loyalty program?
Yes. Customers earn points on what they spend and redeem them at the register. You set what a point is worth and can leave out products or customers.
Can I sell online?
Yes, and it is included. Your online store sells from the same inventory as your counter. Connections to Shopify, WooCommerce and other platforms are on the way. See online store.
Does Rundoo work with QuickBooks?
Yes. Sales, payments and receivables post to QuickBooks Online or Desktop, with no re-keying. Still on QuickBooks POS, which Intuit discontinued in 2023? See the QuickBooks POS switch guide.
Is Rundoo easy for seasonal help to learn?
Yes. Type a few letters of a plant name and it's on the ticket. Counts start blind, so a new hire records what's on the bench, not last month's number.
How much does a garden center POS cost?
One software subscription plus integrated payments, priced to your store: locations, registers and the features you use. See how pricing works, then book a demo for a quote.

See Rundoo in your garden center

Book a demo and we will walk you through how Rundoo works for a garden center or nursery like yours, on the phone or at your store. Bring your hardest question.

Book a demo Call (312) 319-1142