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Gardening services

31 jobs gardeners and landscapers are hired for, each with what the work involves, what it typically costs, and what to ask before you book.

Every service, by job

A lawn cut in stripes on one side and still long on the other, with a mower at the edge

Grass cutting

Weekly or fortnightly cuts through the growing season, edging along borders, paths and walls

£25 to £45 a visit

A lawn treated on one half and thin and weedy on the other, with a spreader at the edge

Lawn treatment

Four or five treatments a year to a programme, selective weedkiller that leaves the grass

£30 to £70 a treatment

A lawn cut in stripes with a planted pot at the edge of the grass

Lawn care

Mowing to a set height through the season, edging and strimming what the mower misses

£30 to £70 a visit

A lawn raked into lines with the thatch pulled out and gathered into piles

Lawn scarifying

Raking thatch and moss out of the sward, hollow tine aeration on compacted ground

£55 to £240 a lawn

Turf laid across half a garden with bare soil beyond it and rolls waiting to go down

Turfing

Stripping the old lawn and grading the ground, rotavating and raking to a level bed

£15 to £30 a square metre laid

Artificial grass laid over half a prepared base with a roll still to go down

Artificial grass

Lifting the existing lawn and excavating, laying a compacted and levelled sub-base

£50 to £90 per square metre

A long hedge with one half clipped square and the other still shaggy, with cuttings on the grass

Hedge cutting

Regular trims to hold a hedge at its height, cutting back a hedge that has outgrown its space

£60 to £150 a hedge

Clipped box balls along a wall and a cone half cut, one face square and one rounded

Topiary

Clipping balls, cones, spirals and cloud forms, maintaining established shapes to their outline

£25 to £100 a piece

A tree with the crown reduced on one side and the cut limbs lying on the grass

Tree surgery

Crown reduction, thinning and lifting, deadwooding and removing hazardous limbs

£150 to £3,500 a job

A standing tree beside the sections of one already down, the saw cut faces showing

Tree felling

Felling in one piece where there is room, sectional dismantling over buildings and fences

£150 to £4,800 a tree

A tree stump half ground away with the chippings heaped beside it

Stump grinding

Grinding a stump below the surface, taking out surface roots that lift paving

£60 to £500 a stump

A tree with its crown cut back inside its old outline, and the cut limbs on the grass

Crown reduction

Reducing a crown within its natural shape, thinning to let light through without changing the outline

£250 to £1,400 a tree

A young tree staked and tied in a prepared hole, with more waiting in pots

Tree planting

Choosing species for the soil and the space, planting bare root and containerised stock

£75 to £1,500 a tree

Half a garden cleared to bare soil, with the overgrowth still standing on the other side

Garden clearance

Clearing an overgrown garden back to ground, cutting down brambles, nettles and scrub

£150 to £600 a garden

A tipper body loaded with hedge cuttings and branches, ready to be taken away

Green waste removal

Taking away cuttings, prunings and arisings, clearing a garden's waste after somebody else's work

£70 to £250 a van load

Fencing

Close board, panel and picket fencing, concrete and timber posts set in the ground

£110 to £120 per metre

A fence panel blown flat in the garden beside the run still standing, and a snapped post

Fence repair

Replacing panels blown out in a storm, concreting or replacing a snapped post

£60 to £150 per panel replaced

A pair of wooden gates hung open between two fence runs, with the brace and the hinges showing

Garden gates

Side gates and pedestrian gates, driveway gates in timber and metal

£250 to £700 supplied and fitted

Deck boards laid across half a frame with the joists still showing beyond them

Decking

Ground preparation and a levelled frame, softwood and hardwood boards

£40 to £110 per square metre

A composite deck laid in boards with no screw heads showing, against a low wall

Composite decking

Frame and ground preparation to the board maker's spec, laying capped and uncapped composite boards

£65 to £110 per square metre

A paved patio with two slabs lifted out, the bedding showing and more slabs stacked beside it

Patios

Excavating and laying a compacted sub-base, laying natural stone, porcelain and concrete paving

£60 to £120 per square metre

Block paving laid in courses with the last few blocks still to go on the sand

Block paving

Excavating to depth and laying the sub-base, laying blocks to a chosen pattern

£50 to £120 per square metre

A driveway with the old surface broken out on one side and new blocks laid on the other

Driveways

Excavating and removing the old surface, sub-base, edging and drainage

£45 to £125 per square metre

A resin bound driveway poured in one piece, with the aggregate showing through

Resin driveways

Checking the existing base is sound enough to overlay, laying resin bound aggregate in one seamless piece

£40 to £120 per square metre

A garden half built: a paved terrace laid, a string line across bare ground, and planting in

Landscaping

Whole garden design and build, levelling, retaining and reshaping ground

£2,500 to £25,000 for a whole garden

A designed garden with a paved terrace, planted borders and clipped shrubs against a stone wall

Garden design

Measured survey and a scale plan, layout, levels and circulation

£600 to £4,500 for a design

Paving cleaned on one side and green with algae on the other, with the lance in between

Pressure washing

Cleaning paving, patios and paths, driveways in block, concrete and tarmac

£100 to £900 a job

A patio washed clean across half its width, the rest still dark with moss

Patio cleaning

Washing natural stone, porcelain and concrete, lifting moss and algae from joints

£80 to £400 a patio

A herringbone block drive cleaned on one side with the lance working across it

Driveway cleaning

Washing block paving, concrete and tarmac, removing weed growth from the joints

£100 to £650 a driveway

Japanese knotweed canes with their shovel shaped leaves, growing against a fence

Japanese knotweed

Identifying knotweed and mapping its extent, herbicide programmes over several seasons

£1,500 to £20,000 a site

A large lawn cut in stripes in front of a building, with clipped trees along the edge

Grounds maintenance

Grass cutting to a written schedule, hedge, shrub and border maintenance

£800 to £8,000 a year