Whether you want to get your garden ready for the outdoor season when you want to enjoy your garden or whether you want to prepare your garden for hibernation so that next year everything will be in bloom again, a gardener knows exactly what your garden needs every season. What can a gardener do for you and what does a gardener actually cost? In this article we will tell you all about it.
What does a gardener cost per hour?
On average, hiring a gardener costs between £35 and £55 per hour. Bear in mind that this includes travel and material costs. The total cost depends on the type of garden maintenance and the size of your garden. See the price list below for average garden maintenance prices.
| Service | Average price |
|---|---|
| Gardener | £35 – £55 per hour |
| Tree felling | £400 – £800 |
| Lawn mowing | £25 – £30 for a 100 cm lawn. £30 for a lawn of 100 m² |
| Dethatching | £100 – £140 for a lawn of 100 m² |
| Trimming | £35 – £55 per hour |
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What are the activities of a gardener?
A gardener is a very versatile person with green fingers who knows what to do with any garden. This guarantees a renewed, liveable garden. It is precisely because of this versatility that many jobs can be done. Perhaps not all tasks are relevant to your garden. This is why it is important to know what you want to change or improve in your garden and what the gardener can do for your garden. Discuss how often the gardener will carry out your preferred work.
The following are the most common tasks of a gardener:
- Cleaning the paving in your garden.
- Trimming and pruning trees, hedges and shrubs.
- Pre-identifying and eliminating weeds and any plant diseases in advance.
- Taking care of and checking the health of plants and/or trees.
- Rolling, aerating and mowing landscaped lawns.
- Self-planting hedges, trees, shrubs and flowers.
- Cleaning the garden by removing weeds and debris.
- Placing plant protection and plant supports.
- Removing trees.
- Felling of trees.
Pricing structure of a gardener
What does a gardener cost for creating a garden design?
Are you not looking for garden maintenance, but would like a garden design to give your entire garden a makeover? In some cases, a gardener can be the answer, but most of the time you need to hire a landscaper or garden architect to create a design specifically for your garden. This way, your ideas are incorporated into a design and the gardener can then carry out the project.
When it comes to the cost of a garden design, the size of your garden again plays an important part. For a smaller garden of up to 100 square metres, costs average between £200 and £500. A larger garden? Then the costs can average up to £ 900.
| Product | Average price (incl. VAT and labour costs) |
|---|---|
| Garden design up to 100 m² | £ 200 – £ 500 |
| Garden design 100 – 200 m² | £ 500 – £ 600 |
| Garden design 200 – 400 sqm | £ 650 – £ 750 |
| Garden design 400 – 800 sqm | £ 800 – £ 900 |
| Planting plan | +50% of the design costs |
What does it cost to build a garden?
Or would you still like to have a new garden laid out? This too can be realised by a landscaper. Average costs range from a minimum of £ 400 up to as much as £ 20,000, depending on the type of garden you want to have laid. If you want to be cheaper, you might opt for laying grass, a few plants and inexpensive paving. Would you like to go a bit further with a new garden? Then choose, for instance, a new fence, new paving and a pond. So all these options affect the average cost of building a garden.
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| Projects | Average price incl. VAT |
|---|---|
| Price per hour | |
| Hourly rate for gardener | £ 35 – £ 75 |
| Fixed price per project | |
| Garden design | £ 200 – £ 900 |
| Garden house installation | £ 200 – £ 10.000 |
| Erecting a pond | £ 1,000 – £ 40,000 |
| Placing a pergola | £ 800 – £ 5,000 |
| Erecting an arbour | £ 1,000 – £ 6. £ 10 per m² |
| Placing planting | £ 10 – £ 30 per m² |
| Placing lighting | £ 80 – £ 100 per m² |
| Wood terrace | £ 75 – £ 200 per m² |
| Wood terrace | £ 75 – £ 200 per m² |
| Paving | £ 50 – £ 150 per m² |
| Price per metre | |
| Fence installation | £ 50 – £ 150 per m² |
| Fence installation | £ 50 – £ 250 per m² £250 per metre |
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