Range from the cheapest, mostly independent, £22 per hour and £170 per day (Av Arboriculture Ltd based in EH10) to the dearest, normally the best, £25 per hour and £192 per day (Capital Gardening Service Ltd based in EH13).
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" Hello, Services required are, Grass cutting, lawn & border feeds, weeding, tidy ups, herbicide application. There is a small bit of grass in the middle surrounded by paths that has some overgrown weeds. If you offer a jet wash that would..."
SAMMIE, EDINBURGH
"Cut small front and back grass garden . Used to get garden aid but for some reason it Stopped. Not been cut for about a month "
ALISON, EDINBURGH
"Clear and level garden to lay app 12 2x2 slab path and lay artificial grass in 2sections app 24sq mtrs repair or replace fence "
JIM, EDINBURGH
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| Job details | Estimate |
| Cost to weed a garden | £42 |
| Cost to turf a lawn | £185 |
| Cost to prune a tree | £46 |
| Cost to plant shrubs | £23 |
| Cost to mow the lawn | £23 |
| Cost to remove a hedge | £41 |
| Garden clearance | £369 |
| Once off clearance - removal of ivy & weeds, hedge trimming | £74 |
| General garden maintenance, based on 2 hours of tidying | £46 |
| High pressure jet cleaning paths, drive, gutters, walls, patio | £102 |
| Levelling some of the garden, creating flower beds & a pathway | £369 |
| Levelling out a section and laying slabs to create a pathway | £277 |
| Digging out & levelling the area, laying slabs to create a patio | £277 |
| Dig a section of the garden and create a pond | £369 |
| Cutting down a small tree and removing the trunk as well as digging out some of the roots | £277 |
| Clearing a garden and laying artificial turf down | £55 per sqr metre |
| Replacing an old wooden fence for a new fence | £462 |
| Erecting a wooden shed on an existing base | £185 |