Range from the cheapest, mostly independent, £33 per hour and £232 per day (Greenaway Garden Services based in KT13) to the dearest, normally the best, £34 per hour and £240 per day (Pure Form Garden Design based in KT8).
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Hi there, we are looking to pay someone about £40 per month for around an hour's work, maintaining our small front and back garden. This would involve mowing the lawns, weeding the paths ways and weeding a flower bed. It would be great if they could give it a good watering as well.
Weeding pruning generally tidying borders
Cutting the grass, tiding and clearing up, cuting the edges.
We need gardeners like you to help local homeowners with their jobs.
| Job details | Estimate |
| Cost to weed a garden | £53 |
| Cost to turf a lawn | £235 |
| Cost to prune a tree | £59 |
| Cost to plant shrubs | £29 |
| Cost to mow the lawn | £29 |
| Cost to remove a hedge | £52 |
| Garden clearance | £471 |
| Once off clearance - removal of ivy & weeds, hedge trimming | £94 |
| General garden maintenance, based on 2 hours of tidying | £59 |
| High pressure jet cleaning paths, drive, gutters, walls, patio | £129 |
| Levelling some of the garden, creating flower beds & a pathway | £471 |
| Levelling out a section and laying slabs to create a pathway | £353 |
| Digging out & levelling the area, laying slabs to create a patio | £353 |
| Dig a section of the garden and create a pond | £471 |
| Cutting down a small tree and removing the trunk as well as digging out some of the roots | £353 |
| Clearing a garden and laying artificial turf down | £71 per sqr metre |
| Replacing an old wooden fence for a new fence | £588 |
| Erecting a wooden shed on an existing base | £235 |