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Hiring a gardener in Ireland
No licence applies. These checks do.

45 guides for hiring gardeners in Ireland, each one checked against the regulator, the statute or the official consumer guidance, with the sources and the month at the end. What to check, what to ask, what a fair quote looks like and what you should be handed when the job is done.

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Grouped the way you would ask for them. Every guide covers the checks, the questions and the quote for that job — then takes you to the gardeners who cover your area.

Upkeep. You book a person for a set number of hours and they do what you ask: there is no scope and no quote, just the rate, the hours and the list.

Skilled, deep and specialist work. These are priced as a job, not as an hour, because they need equipment, a method or a team — and the quote is the thing to compare.

Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.

Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.

Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.

What every garden & outdoor guide covers

The checks that apply

No insurance is required by a register, trader status under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, photo ID and references. No register covers this work, so each guide says what to check instead.

The questions worth asking

Six to eight questions for the job — what is included, who actually comes, what happens if something is damaged — each with what a good answer from a gardener sounds like.

What a fair quote looks like

What the written quote should contain, the warning signs, and what you should be handed when the job is done — the invoice, and the specified certificate for professional pesticide use where the job produces one.

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How these guides are made

Checked at the sourceEvery legal, safety or qualification point is taken from the regulator or the statute itself, linked in the guide's sources with the month it was reviewed.
IndependentNo provider is named or recommended. The guides describe what to look for; the search shows who is near you, nearest first.
Kept currentEach guide shows the month it was last reviewed. When a rule changes, the guides it affects are updated and the date moves with them.

Questions people ask

No. No register or licence applies to gardeners in Ireland, and nobody can be struck off a register that does not exist. The checks that matter are trader status, insurance, references and a written scope — each guide sets them out for its own job. 1 guide in this category covers work that IS restricted, and names the register.

The work itself, what is not included, the materials, the call-out if there is one, the dates, and the total with VAT shown separately. The quote should state the VAT rate; most work in this family is at 20%, so a price 'plus VAT' is that much dearer than it looks. In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts.

specified certificate for professional pesticide use, issued by the person who did the work, on completion. Keep it: it is the record that the work was done properly. Plus the invoice and any guarantee.

Say what is wrong in writing first: under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 a service must be carried out with reasonable skill and care, and work that is not must be put right. If that fails, the Small Claims procedure handles consumer claims up to £10,000 in England and Wales, £5,000 (Simple Procedure) in Scotland and £5,000 in Northern Ireland.

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Sources — checked October 2026

  1. HSE — FAQ: agricultural, horticultural and amenity use of pesticides
  2. HSE — guidance on the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012
  3. Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012, regulation 1
  4. DAERA — operator responsibilities regarding pesticides
  5. gov.uk — register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)
  6. Environment Agency — public register of waste carriers
  7. Natural Resources Wales — register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer
  8. SEPA — waste carriers and brokers
  9. DAERA — registration of carriers and brokers
  10. Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 34 — duty of care
  11. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 49 — reasonable care and skill
  12. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 55 — repeat performance
  13. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 56 — price reduction
  14. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 29 — right to cancel
  15. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 30 — cancellation period
  16. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 31 — extended period
  17. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 36 — services started in the cancellation period
  18. Civil Procedure Rules Part 26 — small claims track
  19. gov.uk — make a court claim for money: court fees
  20. mygov.scot — make a court claim for money
  21. Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service — Sheriff Court fees
  22. nidirect — small claims process
  23. Department of Justice NI — small claims fees
  24. Department of Justice NI — small claims limit raised to £5,000
  25. Citizens Advice — more help with a consumer issue (England)
  26. Citizens Advice — more help with a consumer issue (Wales)
  27. mygov.scot — consumer rights (Advice Direct Scotland)
  28. nidirect — about Consumerline
  29. gov.uk — VAT rates
  30. gov.uk — VAT registration threshold
  31. gov.uk — VAT Notice 708/6 energy-saving materials
  32. gov.uk — National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates