• Lawn care and maintenance
• The collection and disposal of fallen leaves and other debris
• Weeding
• Watering
• Pruning and deadheading spent flowers
• Cleaning paths and driveways
• Hedge trimming
• Managing garden pests

Professional gardeners usually bring their own tools, but if a special tool is required that they don’t have, but you have it, then it is normal for them to ask permission to use it. However, you must make sure your tools are safe to use by checking them regularly. If your gardener injures themselves while using your tools, you could face an injury claim if you have been negligent and the equipment was clearly faulty.

It is advisable to have insurance, although there is no law in the UK that requires a gardener with no staff to be insured. However, Public Liability Insurance is recommended for all tradespeople. It protects their company and personal finances. If they are sued for loss, damage or injury by a customer, having insurance means that any compensation is paid by the insurance company and does not have to be paid out of the tradesperson’s personal finances.

Gardeners often do one-off jobs in between their regular work. Trimming hedges, mowing lawns, and garden clearance are common requests. These jobs normally take between 1 and 4 hours and cost between £20 and £150. Sometimes gardeners get very busy during spring and summer, and so they might be easier to hire for one-off jobs during the quieter periods of autumn and winter when they have less work and more time to take on new projects.

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The average amount of time a gardener works on an individual property is once a week or once a fortnight. But this very much depends on the size of your garden, what there is to look after and whether you have any plants that need special care.

Gardeners need a licence to dispose of green waste, so they might not offer this service, or if they do, it could be charged as an extra service. Other ways you can dispose of green waste include:

• Paying an annual fee to your local council for a green waste wheelie bin
• Using the council green waste collection service
• Hiring a private rubbish removal service
• Taking your rubbish yourself to a recycling plant
• Hire a skip

If you’re looking for a gardener in Liverpool, you can hire one at any time of the year. Gardeners work all year round. But they do tend to get busy during the spring and summer, and so hiring a gardener during these months might be more difficult, but not impossible. Autumn and winter are traditionally quieter months when gardeners can take on extra regular work, or for larger one-off jobs such as landscaping or garden clearance.

If the gardener is going to use any of your tools, check that they are in working order before he arrives. You should also clear away any garden toys belonging to children or pets that might cause a tripping hazard. Make sure too that all plants and hedges are accessible and not blocked by decorations such as fairy lights. Also, make sure the gardener knows where to put the garden waste when they have finished.