Gardening and landscaping work in Co. Dublin
Gardening splits into two kinds of work that pay differently: maintenance, which repeats fortnightly through the growing season and builds a round, and landscaping, which is project work at a much higher value. Most professionals here do both, using the round to fill the weeks between projects.
Dublin has the densest cleaning market in the country, and the most competition for it. Apartment turnovers, short-let changeovers and office contracts run all year rather than in season, which is what makes it possible to build a full week here without travelling far between jobs.
What comes up in this trade
- Fortnightly maintenance from spring to autumn
- Planting, borders and seasonal tidying
- Landscaping projects: paths, beds and turfing
- Winter work: pruning, clearing and structure
What the work needs
- Mower, strimmer and hand tools, plus transport for them
- Somewhere to take green waste, or a disposal arrangement
How it works for you
- You choose which requests to take — nobody assigns you work
- You set your own price with the client directly
- You keep the client afterwards; there is no commission on the job
- Requests near you arrive by email as they are posted