Specialist horticulture · Garden design · Expert maintenance
Services & pricing
Expert garden care and maintenance, plus native garden advice. No travel fee on the North Shore.
Garden care & maintenance
Most of my work is hands-on garden care for North Shore homes: comprehensive care for native, perennial and ornamental plantings, done well and on time.
Native garden advice
On-site advice for people who want a garden of local natives, with something written to keep.
Pricing
| Service | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Garden care & maintenance | $83.50 per hour | Pruning, hedging, planting, weeding, mulching, soil and irrigation work, and dry stone retaining walls. Quote first. |
| Regular garden care plans | $83.50 per hour, hours agreed at the quote | Fortnightly, monthly or seasonal visits with seasonal jobs planned ahead. See care plans. |
| Planting & installation | By quote | Labour at the hourly rate, plus plants and materials. Site prep, soil improvement, planting and mulching. |
| Native garden advice | See options | On-site advice and written plans for a local native garden. |
No travel fee on the North Shore. Quotes for garden care, maintenance and planting work. RF Horticulture is not registered for GST, so no GST is added.
Regular garden care plans
Ongoing visits from the same qualified horticulturist, charged at the normal rate of $83.50 per hour. We agree the visit length and frequency when I quote, then the seasonal jobs are planned ahead from the care calendar.
| Plan | What's included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Fortnightly | Weeding, pruning, edges, leaf clean-up and the seasonal jobs from the care calendar | $83.50/hr. For example, 2 hours = $167.00 per visit |
| Monthly | The same, plus a short seasonal note: what was done and what is coming up | $83.50/hr. For example, 3 hours = $250.50 per visit |
| Seasonal / quarterly | Bigger pruning, a soil and mulch check, and a weed sweep each season | $83.50/hr, quoted per visit |
| Native establishment care | After new planting: watering checks, weeding, formative pruning and replacing any failed plants | $83.50/hr, quoted |
Examples are illustrative: your visit length is set at the quote.
Good to know
- Trees: large trees often need council approval before pruning or removal (in Ku-ring-gai, any tree 5 m or taller, or with a trunk 150 mm or wider at ground level). I'll flag these and refer tree work to a qualified arborist.
- Weed control: hand removal first. Where herbicide is the right tool, I'm ChemCert accredited and follow the label or permit.
- Advice is horticultural advice: it isn't an arborist report, a bushfire assessment or a landscape plan for a development application.
Get in touch for a quote
Call, text or send a quick enquiry. Quotes for garden care, maintenance and planting. No travel fee on the North Shore.