PRICE GUIDE · GARDEN & OUTDOOR · 2026–2027
Garden Maintenance cost in the UK
£30–£90 per visit. Typically £50.
Garden maintenance in the UK costs £30–£90 a visit, and about £50 is the usual spend for a small or medium garden. Size and condition decide most of it, then how often the gardener comes, whether green waste is taken away and whether you live in London.
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HOW MUCH IT COSTS
How much does garden maintenance cost in the UK?
| Low end | £30 | a regular visit to a small, tidy garden |
|---|---|---|
| Typical | £50 | what most people pay |
| High end | £90 | a one-off visit to a large London garden |
Locufy guide prices for 2026–2027. Updated 2026. A national range, not a quote — enter your town above for real prices from the gardeners and landscapers near you.
What moves the price
- Garden size — a small town garden is an hour's maintenance, a large plot takes most of a morning
- Condition — a garden that has been let go needs a slower, dearer first visit
- How often — a regular fortnightly garden maintenance slot costs less a visit than one-off calls
- Green waste — taking clippings away instead of composting them adds to each visit
- Season — spring and early summer, when everything grows fastest, are the busiest weeks
- London and the South East — gardeners there charge more per visit than in the rest of the UK
Domestic and garden services prices in the UK are up 24% over five years (ONS Consumer Price Inflation, Domestic services and household services, to 2026 August). Five years ago a typical garden maintenance would have cost about £45 — an estimate from today's guide price and that index, not a recorded price. Source: ONS MM23 D7E6 →
WHAT YOU GET
What a garden maintenance visit includes
Takes: One to two hours for a small garden; three to four hours for a large one. Not included: Big hedge cuts, tree work, garden clearances and new planting schemes are priced separately — see the related guides below.
WHAT PEOPLE BOOK
Common garden maintenance jobs
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How to pay less
- Book regular garden maintenance rather than one-off visits so each visit is shorter and cheaper
- Compost the clippings and weeds in the garden instead of paying to have them removed
- Agree a seasonal list of jobs so the gardener spends the visit on what matters most
Before you book
- Agree which garden maintenance jobs each visit covers and how long the gardener will stay
- Ask whether the gardener brings a mower and tools or uses the ones in your garden shed
- Check the gardener has public liability insurance before work starts near windows and cars
- Leave side gates unlocked and pets indoors on the day of the visit
Garden Maintenance cost: questions people ask
£30–£90 a visit, with around £50 the usual spend for a small or medium garden. A regular slot on a tidy plot costs least; a London garden with waste taken away costs most.
A small garden takes one to two hours. A large garden with borders and hedges takes three to four.
It is worth it. A gardener with public liability insurance is covered if a mower throws a stone through a window or a car is damaged.
Often, yes. A contract spreads the visits through the year and usually brings a lower rate a visit than booking one-off tidies.
Big hedge cuts, tree work, clearances and new planting are normally priced as separate jobs.
They are Locufy guide prices for the UK, based on published gardening cost guides — a national range, not a quote. Garden size and visit frequency decide what you pay.
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