A Guide to Planting a Garden Costs
This Guide to Planting a Garden Costs covers a typical mix of shrubs, perennial flowering plants and grasses to create a herbaceous border. These prices cover all aspects of preparing the border, supply and planting the new plants and finishing with a bark finish.
A Guide to Planting a Garden Costs
The following graph provides a guide to planting a garden costs based upon the following assumptions:
The estimated costs include preparation of the border, the inclusion of soil improver, supply and planting of the plants common to the marketplace. It also includes the equipment hired eg rotovator.
Planting a Garden Cost Guide
Additional Cost Considerations
There are numerous elements that can increase the costs of planting your borders.
Clearance - the costs of clearance have not been included as they vary significantly between projects. Overgrown gardens require more work than gardens with minimal planting.
Costs of planting depends on the type of the plant an the size. The costing above is based upon Perennial Plants and Grasses in a 3L Pot Size and Small Shrubs 7.5L, 12L and 15L pot sizes. These are common, readily available plants in typical nurseries and not special or unusual plants where costs can increase due to their rarity and availability.
Tree costs can significantly very between type, style and age.
Aftercare Costs
Regular weeding of the borders through the growing season is required. This is something you can either manage yourself or employ a company or individual to do it for you.
Seasonal pruning maybe required based upon the individual plant needs. Once again, this is something you can either manage yourself or employ a company or individual to do it for you.
