Garden desires makeover!? garden in o.k condition but needs a well-mannered make over for my...

garden in o.k condition but needs a well-mannered make over for my daughter whos had a tough time lately. quotes hold been very expensive.anyone get any contacts who are reasonable and good.lives contained by herts.
Hire a landscape designer to draw a plan for you. With the master plan you can bid the work out to a few landscape contractors and gain competitive pricing. You can break the plan up into phases for bids also. Some of the smaller jobs might be suitable for you and your daughter to do together. I influence do it together.gardening can be good therapy and speak about a sense of accomplishment and pride.
If overall quotes have be very high, consider breaking it down into unit of work, eg. some labouring, sourcing of plants, design, or parts of your daughters garden at a time. Sometimes a huge makeover is priced high because it is a complete transformation.

Always look for moral track records, and ask for breakdowns of quotes too, if you really want to have a complete bundle - this way it gives you opportunity to cut bits of the work out, if you deliberate that part could be done cheaper by other means.

Overall, labour should be charged at labouring rates, not necessarily at the rate for a highly experienced professional gardener. I'd consider developing some concept first and then finding if any friends etc could help do some/all of the backbone breaking work - this could cut alot of the cost away.

If you know what plants you want, you can also cut out the cost element of landscapers time to go buy these plants etc, next to potentially a mark up.

I know this is not giving you the names of anyone within Herts, but you both deserve a great garden for your cash, and keeping some of the control and management inside your hands may work to your advantage.

Many of us will lend a hand you by providing some design, layout and planting tips too, so keep using HomeABC.net and we'll be here for you.

Hope this help. Good luck! Rob
Answers:    Price around any new gardeners in the nouns will probably give you a good price because they are solitary starting up and want to get established. If I was closer I would hold give you the best price.
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