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Originally Posted by Gary Edwards
As a gardener I have been frustrated to find that no matter how many qualifications, tools, insurances, licenses I have - my prices will still be compared to casual labour from the retired or a neighbours young son looking for pocket money! Is gardening a profession? We think it is so we have created The Gardeners Guild.co.uk. What should be the minimum requirement for a gardener?
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The problem as I see it is that there are 2 separate requirements.
1) For people like myself who suffers from an inability to do anything heavy, we need someone to just do the labouring jobs such as digging, cutting the grass and turning the compost heap. No particular skills needed so only prepared to pay a labourers rate.
2) Those with larger gardens probably need some one with much greater skills
such as pruning, knowing what plants suit the area etc. Skills needed so they should be prepared to pay more than for a labourer.
That's how I see it anyway.