A website for garden centres, live in minutes
Your stock changes every fortnight and the season decides what anybody is even looking for.
A real Clay site, built from a Google listing
A garden centre is the most seasonal business on the high street: what somebody wants in March and what they want in September have almost nothing in common, and a fixed page is wrong eleven months of the year.
So the page is what is in now, changed from the yard in a minute. Clay builds it from your Google listing, and around the seasonal line go the things that do not move, which are delivery, the planting service and the fact that you are open on a Sunday when nobody else is.
Why Clay
It pulls your info from Google
No blank page. Clay reads your Google business listing and fills in your name, photos, hours, map and reviews automatically.
A real website, not just links
Menus, bookings, a shop, a gallery, contact, Clay is a full site that also works as a link-in-bio, not a list of buttons.
Live in minutes, free to start
Search, pick a style, publish. No signup to see it, no credit card, and a free live address at name.clay.site.
Yours to grow
Bring a custom domain, add pro widgets, run multiple sites. It scales from a bio link to a full business site.
Your photographs, already sorted
Clay reads the pictures on your Google listing, grades them, crops them for the shape each band needs and puts the best one at the top. Nothing to upload, nothing to resize.
The line worth changing every fortnight
Bare root season, the tomatoes going out, the Christmas trees arriving, the bedding that has just come in. One line, changed from your phone, is the reason somebody checks the page rather than driving over on spec.
It is also the only thing a chain cannot copy, because a chain's page is written in advance for the whole country and yours is written on Tuesday for your own weather.
What people ring about between seasons
Delivery of anything heavy, planting and landscaping if you do it, tool hire, the coffee shop, whether dogs are allowed. Half a garden centre's visit is a day out and the page should say so.
Workshops and talks fill their own diary and are the reason somebody comes back in February.
What you can switch on
Every one of these is part of your site, not a plugin to install. Turn on what you use and leave the rest off.
What it looks like when it is live
Drawn rather than described, the page, the address, and what it can switch on.
How it works
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Search your business
Type your name, Clay pulls your photos, hours, reviews and contact details straight from your Google listing.
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Pick a style
Choose a look and Clay builds a full site around your content. Change anything with a tap, no code, no templates to wrestle.
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You're online
Publish to your own name.clay.site in minutes. Add a custom domain and connect your own tools whenever you're ready.
What you get
- What is in now, changed from the yard
- Delivery of anything heavy, and how far
- Planting and landscaping, if you do it
- Workshops and talks, with dates
Questions
How long does it really take?
Most people are live in two to three minutes, search your business, pick a style, publish. There is nothing to install and no signup needed to see your site first, because it is built from your Google listing rather than from a blank page.
Is it free?
Yes. You get a live site on your own name.clay.site address with a small badge in the footer, and nothing expires. The paid plan is your own domain, the badge removed and the pro features.
Do I need any tech skills?
None. If you can type your business name, you can build a Clay site: the live page is the editor, so you tap the thing you want to change. There is no code anywhere, and nothing to install or keep updated, see the WordPress comparison for what that saves.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, buy it wherever you like and point it at Clay on a paid plan; the certificate is issued for you. Until then the free name.clay.site address is a real one you can print, and it keeps working afterwards.
How often should I change the page?
The one seasonal line, every fortnight. Everything else stays put, which is what makes changing that line a minute rather than an afternoon.
Can I take bookings for workshops?
Yes, with dates and places, and they are the reason somebody comes back in the quiet months: how booking works.
Is it worth listing plants?
Not individually. Nobody reads a plant list and it is out of date in a fortnight. What is in flower or ready this week is the useful version of the same information.
Try it with your business
Search your business and see your site in seconds, free, no signup.