Garden Maintenance Costs in Sydney: Hourly & Monthly Rates (2026)

Garden Maintenance Pricing in Sydney

Regular garden maintenance is one of the most cost-effective investments you can make in your property — it protects your landscaping, keeps presentation sharp, and prevents small problems from becoming expensive ones. Here's what it typically costs in Sydney in 2026, and how to choose a plan that fits.

For most homes, our garden maintenance service starts from around $150 per visit. Below we explain how that's calculated and what changes it.

Hourly and Per-Visit Rates

Most professional Sydney gardeners charge by the hour, usually around $75 per gardener per hour. Because we send a two-person team, a standard visit (about one hour on site) starts from roughly $150. Larger gardens simply take longer:

Compact courtyard or small garden: about 1 hour — from ~$150 per visit.

Typical suburban garden: 1.5–2 hours — roughly $225–$300 per visit.

Large or estate gardens: quoted individually after a site assessment.

How Often Should You Schedule?

Frequency is the biggest driver of your overall cost — and of how good your garden looks.

Fortnightly (recommended for spring/summer): keeps lawns crisp, hedges sharp and weeds suppressed. The best value for most properties.

Monthly: suits compact or low-growth gardens, and the cooler months.

Weekly: premium properties, large lawns, or high-presentation requirements.

Consistent visits are cheaper over a year than occasional "blitz" clean-ups, because overgrowth takes far longer (and costs more) to bring back under control.

What's Included in a Maintenance Visit

A standard program typically covers:

Lawn mowing and edging — see lawn care

Hedge trimming and shaping

Weeding of beds and paths

Pruning and deadheading

Blowing down hard surfaces and green-waste removal

Seasonal extras like fertilising, mulching and irrigation checks are usually scheduled quarterly — our regular maintenance program builds these in.

What Changes the Price

Garden size and complexity — more lawn, beds and hedges mean more time.

Frequency — more frequent visits cost less per visit but more per month.

Green-waste volume — heavy prunes and clean-ups add disposal cost.

Access and terrain — steep or gated sites take longer.

One-Off Clean-Up vs Ongoing Care

A one-off clean-up (great before a sale or after neglect) is priced on the hours required and can range from a few hundred dollars to over a thousand for an overgrown block. An ongoing program is far better value and keeps the garden consistently presentable.

Strata and Commercial Properties

Strata and commercial gardens are quoted by contract rather than per visit. If you manage a complex, see our strata and commercial maintenance page for how grounds-management pricing works.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is fortnightly really better value than monthly?

For most Sydney gardens in the growing season, yes — fortnightly visits prevent overgrowth that would otherwise need longer (more expensive) sessions to recover.

Do you bring your own equipment and remove green waste?

Yes. Our teams arrive fully equipped and remove all green waste as standard.

Which suburbs do you cover?

We maintain gardens across the North Shore and Northern Beaches, including Mosman, Neutral Bay and the Northern Beaches.

Get a Maintenance Quote

Want an exact figure? Request a garden maintenance quote and we'll tailor a schedule and price to your garden.