How Much Does a Gardener Cost in the UK? (2026 City-by-City Guide)
The cost of hiring a gardener in the UK varies considerably depending on your location. Gardeners in the UK should hold None required; RHS-qualified or British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) recommended certification (verified at British Association of Landscape Industries). This guide lists 2026 gardener prices for all 200 UK cities in our database — click any city for a full local pricing guide.
Regional price tip: London gardener costs typically run 40–50% above the national average.
Cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below average.
Use the region jump-links below to find your area quickly.
📄 Gardener — National Price Overview (2026)
- UK Range (typical jobs)
- £20 – £600
- Typical Duration
- 2–8 hours
- Certification Required
- None required; RHS-qualified or British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) recommended
- Cities Covered
- 200 UK cities
The UK national average is used as the baseline. London typically costs 40–50% above the national average; Northern Ireland and parts of the North East are 15–25% below. Prices within each region can also vary by suburb and whether your job requires emergency call-out rates.
What a Gardener Job Typically Involves
A standard gardener quote usually covers:
- Labour for all agreed gardening tasks within the quoted scope
- Basic hand tools and standard powered equipment (lawn mower, strimmer, hedge trimmer)
- Green waste removal for the first load where included in the quote (confirm in advance)
- Bed tidying, edge cutting, and general site clean-up on completion
Routine gardening — mowing, weeding, hedge trimming, and basic pruning — is fully DIY-safe and manageable for most homeowners. However, significant tree work, including pruning branches over 5m or removing trees with a stem diameter over 75mm, may be covered by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) or Conservation Area restriction requiring council consent before any work begins — always check with your Local Planning Authority before proceeding. Incorrect tree pruning can also cause permanent structural damage to the tree and may create liability if the tree subsequently falls.
Greater London
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| London | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
South East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Aylesbury | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Basingstoke | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bognor Regis | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Brighton | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Canterbury | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chichester | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crawley | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dover | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Eastbourne | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Epsom | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Farnham | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Folkestone | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Guildford | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hastings | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| High Wycombe | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Horsham | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lewes | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Maidstone | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Margate | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Medway | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Milton Keynes | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oxford | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Portsmouth | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ramsgate | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reading | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redhill | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reigate | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Slough | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southampton | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tonbridge | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Winchester | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Windsor | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Woking | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worthing | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
South West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bournemouth | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bristol | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cheltenham | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cirencester | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dorchester | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Exeter | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gloucester | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paignton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Plymouth | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Poole | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salisbury | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stroud | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swindon | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Taunton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Torquay | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Truro | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weston-super-Mare | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weymouth | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Yeovil | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
East of England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bedford | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bury St Edmunds | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cambridge | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chelmsford | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Colchester | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ely | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Great Yarmouth | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harlow | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hemel Hempstead | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huntingdon | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ipswich | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| King's Lynn | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lowestoft | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Luton | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Norwich | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Peterborough | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southend-on-Sea | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Albans | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stevenage | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Watford | £25 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
East Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Buxton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chesterfield | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Corby | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derby | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grantham | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kettering | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leicester | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lincoln | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Loughborough | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Mansfield | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Northampton | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nottingham | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
West Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burton upon Trent | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coventry | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dudley | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hereford | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kidderminster | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lichfield | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nuneaton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redditch | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Leamington Spa | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rugby | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Shrewsbury | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Solihull | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stafford | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tamworth | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Telford | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Walsall | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wolverhampton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worcester | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Beverley | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bradford | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dewsbury | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Doncaster | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grimsby | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harrogate | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huddersfield | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hull | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Keighley | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leeds | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rotherham | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scarborough | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scunthorpe | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sheffield | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wakefield | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| York | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
North West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Birkenhead | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackburn | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackpool | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bolton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burnley | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Carlisle | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chester | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crewe | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lancaster | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Liverpool | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Macclesfield | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Manchester | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oldham | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Preston | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rochdale | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Runcorn | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salford | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southport | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Helens | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockport | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Warrington | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wigan | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
North East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Darlington | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Durham | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gateshead | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hartlepool | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Middlesbrough | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| South Shields | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sunderland | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
Scotland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ayr | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coatbridge | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dundee | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dunfermline | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| East Kilbride | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Edinburgh | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Falkirk | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Glasgow | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Greenock | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hamilton | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Inverness | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kilmarnock | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kirkcaldy | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Livingston | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Motherwell | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paisley | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Perth | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Andrews | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stirling | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
Wales
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barry | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bridgend | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Caerphilly | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cardiff | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Llanelli | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newport | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Penarth | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Pontypridd | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swansea | £20 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wrexham | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
Northern Ireland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Armagh | £15 – £30 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bangor | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Belfast | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derry | £15 – £30 per hour | Full guide → |
| Enniskillen | £15 – £30 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lisburn | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newry | £15 – £30 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newtownabbey | £15 – £35 per hour | Full guide → |
Frequently Asked Questions
UK gardener costs vary significantly by location. Typical job prices run £20 – £600. London tends to run 40–50% above the national average; cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below. Click any city in the table above for a full local pricing breakdown.
Hourly rates for gardeners depend on your location and the time of call-out. Standard daytime rates (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) are the lowest; evening, weekend and emergency call-outs typically attract a 30–60% surcharge. Most gardeners also charge a minimum call-out fee equivalent to 30–60 minutes of work.
Yes — Gardener work legally requires None required; RHS-qualified or British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) recommended certification in the UK. Verify credentials at British Association of Landscape Industries before hiring.
Price disclaimer: Prices above are 2026 estimates based on regional
trade cost-index data. Actual quotes will vary by contractor experience, job complexity,
materials, and market conditions. Always request at least three written quotes before
committing to any work.
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