How much should you pay a gardener?

Chestnut ; I wouldn't worry too much about the buddleia. My now deceased DH was a gardener for the council for years, and used to prune ours back to about a foot tall every autumn. It grew back to about 8 feet tall every time.

I live in West Yorkshire. My gardener charges £18 an hour…cuts large area of grass at front of house & smaller area at the back, tidies up hedges &weeds if necessary. He also does light DIY work…Has erected two garden fences in past year.

My sister - who lives in the Kingston upon Thames area- pays her gardener £25 per hour.

As mentioned before, gardeners are like hens teeth!

I am a member of a tiny gardening co-operative company, founded in 2010; I mainly do the admin and payroll. We all work part-time, as and when the work is there. We charge £18 per worker per hour. We have our own tools and encourage our customers to compost their waste. We can also install greenhouses, replace fencing and do other small garden construction jobs.

I broke my shoulder a few weeks ago. Whilst in hospital they discovered I have hypotension a condition which causes my blood pressure to drop by 30 to 40 units when I stand up. The GP is reluctant to prescribe anything because it could send my blood pressure too high and I could have a stroke or too low and I could have another fall. Has anyone had experience of this? I would very much appreciate any suggestions.

A lot of this comes down to geography. You'll obviously pay more in the south than three Midlands and the North, so realistically, oh, and I'm only talking about the UK, so it would be helpful to have an idea of where you are.
I'm in Birmingham and my ex is a gardener who charges £15/hr although sometimes he'll charge based on the job of there's a particularly big job that needs doing.

when l retired we had our garden,that had been neglected for 30+ years, totally renovated and it cost more than what we paid for our house back in the day. My mobility is reduced so can't do what l want. The landscaper also does regular maintenance and two men come for 2 hours once a fortnight and that cost £200 a month. They do everything including planting and tree maintenance. l live in Wiltshire. Like everyone else finding gardeners, as opposed to handyman / grass cutter, is very difficult.

If this is going to be just a man who can, someone from your village who is doing odd jobs, then for a general tidy up, maybe grass cutting, £15.00 per hour in cash. If something more specialist, by a company or business, then I guess they tell you how much!

Iam, not only is our gardener young and enthusiastic, she learnt it all from a grandad - best of both worlds.

We had a gardener once who talked to the plants - it seemed to terrify them. We had another who kept a supply of sherry tucked away in the back of the shed.

Our garden here is a small paved one with no grass to cut but a fair few pots.

I live on a 21 acre estate and we employ 2 full time gardeners. Additionally we have tree surgeons visit and felling 25 trees and pollarding others this year cost £ £ 100.000.

I pay our gardener £40 per visit but he cuts three lawns trims bushes n generally keeps it tidy. Our original gardener retired but recommended someone. It had been raining but just cut lawns actuslly two of them all done very fast and wanted £60 far too much. Our current gardener actuslly is a massive help n very knowledgeable bout plants.

£180 for a day's work - obviously numer of hours depens on time of the year - he is a fully qualified horticulturist. Unfortunately he doesn't do the steep 'wild' bank behind my house which gets overrun with brambles from the fields. He also doesn't do the grass strimming on my long driveway. Prices for those jobs depend on who 'wants' the work and those who claim they will tackle 'anything'! We have so many people offering their services in the area but, if the work is more than mowing a lawn, they lose interest!!

Think it's depends on what you want and whereabouts in the country you are.
£15 ph if you just want the grass cut or a bit of " muscle " for what you can't do . Otherwise , people with skills are in high demand , so probably £20 ph .

I pay £20 an hour.I struggled to find a gardener last year,all I managed was somebody who was always too busy,or some conmen who wanted £350 to tidy my garden,I told them to go away.But I now have one who I pay £20 an hour.She does a very good job,she digs,tidies, works really hard.

I charge £20 per hour, normally go once per fortnight. I have all my own tools and clear up afterwards.

I also recycle plants from my own garden and give them away to my clients.

Thank you all for this information, now I have to find a gardener !

I live in Southern California. My gardener comes weekly and tends to the lawn, flower beds, bushes and trees on my suburban plot of a little less than 1/4 acre, some of which is taken up by an in ground pool and concrete decking.

He comes weekly and we pay him $150 US per month.

Hampshire. 6hrs every 4 weeks throughout the whole year.
£215 for 6hrs incl petrol. He is registered with HCC and is a qualified horticulturist. I can leave him to do whatever he thinks needs doing ( my husband knows the lawns). If there's anything in particular that I want done I email him.
Back garden can only be accessed via the garage, so we've given him his own garage keys as he arrives as soon as it's light enough to garden and then leaves after 6 hours. We've had him for the last 10 years. Long may he last!

If you have trees which need cutting down, check if they are near electricity transmission lines. The electricity company here will cut them down FOC as they don't want trees falling on lines.

My daughter is a gardener and charges £15 per hour but because of the soaring fuel prices there is a separate charge for petrol, So depending on how much travelling she has to do for a job her rates now range between £15-£18 per hour. She cleans up and takes away the debris as well as using her own tools.

She works very hard and is always busy throughout the year, with an ever growing waiting list.

My gardener has just put his prices up from £25 to £30 an hour (in London). I am sad because I used to enjoy chats about the meaning of life with him. Now I scuttle indoors so as not to waste any of his time.

My gardener uses his own tools.
He also is the only person I know that kneels down and hand weeds our massive 6- 8ft deep beds. We have 30+ roses between the front and back gardens which he feeds, sprays etc. He's fantastic and we wouldn't be without him. £215 for 6 hours incl petrol.

I think that price is cheap to fell a tree. that is usually outside normal gardening . I've had quotes for trees varying between £750 -£1500 plus vat.

Not an answer but did you see the interview on BBC breakfast with a junior Dr when she said the hourly rate was less than £15 an hour ?

@ Sago I love this line of enquiry! ??