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Does Anyone Employ a Gardener?

shaz77_2
shaz77_2 Posts: 1,881 Forumite
If so do you recommend it and what do they carry out and charge?

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  • Poppie68
    Poppie68 Posts: 4,881 Forumite
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    We do..he comes every 2 weeks and charges £15 to cut back and front gardens which are both fairly large and weeding of borders. He also plants the odd plants i buy. The most he has charged is £70 and that included the above and painting my fence panels and shed and summer house. It's a godsend for us as i am unable to do any gardening and my husband works away.
  • Fruittea
    Fruittea Posts: 957 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    A family member of mine is a gardener - she charges £10 an hour. She usually does anything people want from digging to planting and often works hand in hand with the customers as they seem to like this. She doesn't do more than 2 hours a week for any of them but usually every week from mid March. This is in the Gloucester area.
  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I take it handing out mattocks to the offspring in exchange for pizza doesn't count? Great way of putting all that teenage energy to use though.
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