How much should you pay a gardener?

My DD has just moved house. Her neighbour's back garden is a mass of ivy, which has smothered her garden shed, which is now on the verge of collapse, climbed to the top of 2 tall conifers, and is forcing its way through the whole length of the dividing fence.
She has reluctantly admitted that it has to go, but they are unable to find anyone who will tackle the job. Heaven knows how much it will cost, if they ever find someone.
I suggested dousing the whole garden in strong weed killer, but the neighbour complained that it would kill her shrubs - which are also covered in ivy!

We often employ tree surgeons to take down the ash trees which are dying from ash dieback. For the group of three men,using their own equipment including a chipper, who cut down the trees, cut them into wood stove size logs,chip all the debris and stack everything, they charge £500 per day. We live in Sussex.

£500 a day for a group of tree surgeons is really good value. I had a quote of £1650 for a diseased beech tree . The cheapest was £800 for a day which included cutting a very small tree down too . Replacement trees are £500 each plus delivery. I don't want to replant but an order from the local authority.
We must move to Sussex!

My daughter pays £30 every 2 weeks for for 3 sloping lawns cutting and any weeding cutting back that needs doing. They do some themselves but with 3 children and both working shifts time is limited. I have done nothing in my garden this year due to extreme mobility problems and my garden having steps! It’s not large and I have finally got someone coming to cut the grass , cut back the beautiful but very overgrown shrubs and and clear the brambles which are absolutely rampant this year. Will also clear and treat the weeds and grass on my driveway. The same on the patio at the back. Also take away all waste including stuff that I have dumped between the back of the shed and the back fence. He seems to know what he’s doing and is charging £604 which seems reasonable. Hoping he will continue once a fortnight with grass cutting and general maintenance while I am having such difficulties. We shall see.

I recently had a Gardner who is retired.

A very nice man and he only wanted £12 per hour.

He finished the job before the hour was up and tried to give me back £2. I refused it of course. I only hope he’s available if or when I need him again.

£15 per hour but he's in his 70s and works rather slowly....

BigBertha1

I sleep with my gardener that seems to satisfy him.

Me too, he does other jobs as well!.

Our gardener has just retired and I think we paid him £19 per hour. The gardener who might take over is asking £25!

My husband is a gardener, however he does bigger estates and tends to do 2 days monthly, he does 6 hour days and charges £100 per day, he does spend virtually the whole time working, he is in his 70s but hasn't slowed down much. He also doesn't cut grass (contractors come in for that)

I wish we lived in the countries where you can hire a gardener for only about $40-$50 an hour. My husband hired a 3 man crew last summer and when he told me he paid them around $300 for trimming the 2 to 3 foot wide area surrounding our yard on two sides, plus the men showed up with no yard equipment of their own to use so he loaned them ours--I said something like, "What?!"
We've never had to hire anyone to help with anything but tree removal, so it's all very new to us--yet, I know he was taken to the proverbial cleaners! This year he did it all himself, in spite of the high heat and humidity, and he's going on 78 in 2 months--he's stubborn, so I couldn't talk him out of it! We have a large corner lot with lots of trees, and plenty of vines--wild vines--so the yard needs constant work all summer long. Before I began becoming disabled, the yard was my pride and joy--now, the size of it has become a very real problem for the both of us.

Sago

BigBertha1 Could you please clarify? I need to know how many hours gardening for a “sleep”. Is it just a normal sleep or can you do some special tricks?
If you needed a small tree felling or a trench dug what would be expected?
Are the lights on or off?
I’m asking for a friend.

BigBerthal I love that info.
Sago you really made me laugh, especially you asking for a friend.