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"Such a neat tidy gardener . My garden looks really well groomed. Thank you James."
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Very polite and did task
Grass cutting back garden
£150

A very pleasant gentleman and good worker.
Pull out all weeds in flower beds, tidy the boundaries.
£60

Very courteous and did the job well and in good time.
Box trim hedges only. No rubbish disposal.
£65

Personable and pleasant
Tidy flower beds, put out all weeds. Labour only.
£60

Good Job. Tidied up Garden and side entrance well.
Mow lawn, tidy garden, weeding, cut brances & dispose.
£80
What's the average cost of a gardener in Burnt Oak
£65 - £132
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"Mario is an wonderful and kind man , carried out the task as required and was more than happy to offer to help with a fe..."
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Recent Weeding reviews in Burnt Oak

A very pleasant gentleman and good worker.
Pull out all weeds in flower beds, tidy the boundaries.
£60

Personable and pleasant
Tidy flower beds, put out all weeds. Labour only.
£60

Good Job. Tidied up Garden and side entrance well.
Mow lawn, tidy garden, weeding, cut brances & dispose.
£80
What's the average cost of a weeder in Burnt Oak
£63 - £97
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£97
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What do gardeners do?
Gardening services range from basic mowing and maintenance to full landscape gardening help. Here are some of the most common gardening services near you and what you can expect from each when you hire a gardener near you on Airtasker:
General garden maintenance & lawn mowing
Regular garden maintenance is important to keep your property neat, under control, and looking its best. Gardeners apply their knowledge of local weather patterns and the specific conditions of the area to their gardening practices. Whether you need a one-off tidy-up, maintenance while you’re away on holiday, or regular upkeep, a gardener can help.
Lawn mowing will start by clearing the area with a general garden tidy-up. Then your gardener will mow all grass areas, including your front and back lawn and footpath. They’ll use the brushcutter to whipper snip any edges. Gardeners can also prune your trees, hedge trimming, rake leaves, and clean your garden to remove debris.
Weeding & pest control
Gardens can struggle to flourish thanks to problems like weeds and pests that eat or crowd out your plants and lawn. As part of routine garden maintenance, your local gardeners can help by weeding your lawn by hand or spraying lawns with herbicides that kill the weeds without affecting the type of grass you’re growing.
Your gardener will also work to prevent weeds in the future by mulching around plants over a layer of newspaper or cardboard, so weeds can’t go through. Your gardener will treat unwanted pests using pesticides, tailoring the treatment to keep your home and garden free from spiders, caterpillars, cockroaches, and ants.
Garden planting from professional gardeners
Need to fill out your garden bed or plant up a new section in your garden? Your gardener can help choose the right plants that will grow well in your garden. They’ll consider factors like optimum plant positioning, sunlight levels, moisture levels and rainfall, seasons, native vs. introduced species, maintenance needs, and more. They’ll recommend plants for your garden that will adapt to the conditions of your surroundings but also match the level of care and maintenance you (or your gardener) can provide.
Lawn restoration and additional garden services
If your lawn’s been overrun by weeds or it’s looking a bit dead or bare in patches, your gardener can help with lawn restoration and turfing, too. Part of lawn maintenance and gardening work is levelling out any holes, aerating the lawn to encourage healthy growth, adding nutrients, spreading the correct seed variety, and adjusting the pH of your soil. Whatever needs to be taken away following the lawn maintenance will be added to the garden clearance.Â
They’ll choose the right variety of lawns to lay turf or seed your lawn. Finally, they’ll water it all in, ensuring you know proper lawn care measures between visits, or set up irrigation for daily automatic watering.
Additional gardening services on top of regular lawn care include pressure washing or jet washing driveways and patio cleaning to remove moss or garden residue that makes the surfaces slippery. Some even offer deliveries from local garden centres.
Recent Gardening tasks in Burnt Oak
Gardening -4 by 4 meters. Short grass, weeding, trimming hedges
£40
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
5th Apr 2025
Need lawn mowed, hedges trimmed, some weeding. Lawn mower broke today so don’t have the tools needed. Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Weeding, Hedge trimming Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No
Garden tidy up for Spring. Tree. Pruning.
£100
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
4th Apr 2025
Shrub area and bedding area weeded and tidied up. Some tree pruning. Type of gardening: Garden cleanup Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Gardening
£90
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
26th Mar 2025
Everything in garden Needs cleaning Deweeding Laying weed sheets Type of gardening: Hedge trimming, Lawn mowing, Garden cleanup, Weeding Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: No
Bush tidying and front gate removal
£60
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
8th Dec 2024
Hedge trimming and weed removal also front garden gate removal Type of gardening: Weeding, Hedge trimming, Other Has green waste bin: Yes
My small garden is overgrown for 4 months and grass and tree need ..
£100
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
25th Aug 2024
Overgrown garden. Grass and tree needs to be cut and trim. Rubbish taken away Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Hedge trimming, Garden cleanup, Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No
Back garden grass and weed cutting
£150
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
26th Jun 2024
Grass cutting and weeding in back garden
Garden makeover
£75
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
16th Jun 2024
Need the garden mowed, nothing too crazy. Type of gardening: Lawn mowing Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Help with gardening
£50
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
21st May 2024
Planting and working on growing the lawn Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Weeding, Garden cleanup Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Garden cleaning and rubbish
£300
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
9th May 2024
Cleaning Rubbish Tree hedge cutting Type of gardening: Hedge trimming, Garden cleanup Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: No
Front and back garden lawns cut. Front hedge trimmed
£30
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
25th Apr 2024
Front and back gardens Grass Cut and front hedge trimmed Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Hedge trimming Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: No
Garden Work
£100
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
11th Sep 2023
Evident by the picture I plan to lay artificial grass but first I need my garden to be ready. I’m looking for a professional to mainly help with levelling the garden as some parts of the garden are uneven. To complete some garden work but help will be provided as well as the necessary tools needed to complete the garden work. To be clear the sole purpose of the tasked is to help level out the garden even so it is ready for the tuft to be laid.I want my garden to be ready for the laying of artificial grass when your done . Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Garden cleanup, Hedge trimming Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Needs to be done on Saturday, 17 June 2023
Box trim hedges only. No rubbish disposal.
£65
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
1st Jun 2023
Some of the hedges are high so you need the hedge strimmer which is extendable. Also the normal strimmer which can be used at normal levels. The hedges need to be box shaped not rounded. Please apply if you are local and distance is not a problem. Please bring good tools so the job gets finished on time. This is a job for an experienced person, please be sure that you normally do this type of work. I will be there to pack the leaves into bags - Due date: Flexible


Very courteous and did the job well and in good time.
Grass cutting back garden
£150
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
12th May 2023
Cut grass and weeding back garden - Due date: Needs to be done on Monday, 15 May 2023


Very polite and did task
Tidy flower beds, put out all weeds. Labour only.
£60
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
8th May 2023
Pull out all weeds from flower beds, turn the soil. We will dispose rubbish and help to pack whatever is pulled out An edge trimmer will be useful if you can bring one. Ideal job for someone nearby. - Due date: Flexible


Personable and pleasant
Mow a small front and back garden
£35
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
29th Apr 2023
I have a small front and back garden that needs mowing. Tasker must have own lawn mower. - Due date: Before Monday, 1 May 2023
Mow and tidy small front garden
£30
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
29th Apr 2023
I have a small lawn that needs mowing and tidied up around the Edges - Due date: Before Monday, 1 May 2023
Mow small front garden and pull weeds from sides
£25
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
26th Apr 2023
Small front garden lawn needs mowing and weak weeds to be pulled out from surrounding soil - Due date: Before Thursday, 27 April 2023
Pull out all weeds in flower beds, tidy the boundaries.
£60
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
5th Dec 2022
To remove all weeds, pull them out and turn the soil over in the flower beds. Ideally to do on saturday or sunday. Put the rubbish aside, then can discuss disposal afterwards. - Due date: Flexible


A very pleasant gentleman and good worker.
Mow lawn, tidy garden, weeding, cut brances & dispose.
£80
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
29th Oct 2022
Need some one to mow lawn, tidy/ clean garden, weeding of patio side, cut branches off a tall Rose tree. Need your own lawmower and dispose off garden waste - Due date: Needs to be done on Saturday, 29 October 2022


Good Job. Tidied up Garden and side entrance well.
To tidy flower beds, remove weeds and turn the soil, trim the flowers
£80
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
12th Jul 2022
Tidy flower beds Tidy shrubs in flower beds Till the soil Define the edges No rubbish disposal - Due date: Flexible
Recent Garden Maintenance tasks in Burnt Oak
Gardening maintenance
£60
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
4th Sep 2021
I would like the whole garden fully washed and the soil areas weeded and well cleaned up and tidied as well as all the spider webs, mud, etc.. and the tiles to be washed, so pretty much a deep clean of the whole garden if possible, please.
Recent Pruning tasks in Burnt Oak
Garden tidy up for Spring. Tree. Pruning.
£100
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
4th Apr 2025
Shrub area and bedding area weeded and tidied up. Some tree pruning. Type of gardening: Garden cleanup Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Recent Weeding tasks in Burnt Oak
Gardening -4 by 4 meters. Short grass, weeding, trimming hedges
£40
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
5th Apr 2025
Need lawn mowed, hedges trimmed, some weeding. Lawn mower broke today so don’t have the tools needed. Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Weeding, Hedge trimming Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No
Back garden grass and weed cutting
£150
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
26th Jun 2024
Grass cutting and weeding in back garden
Tidy flower beds, put out all weeds. Labour only.
£60
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
8th May 2023
Pull out all weeds from flower beds, turn the soil. We will dispose rubbish and help to pack whatever is pulled out An edge trimmer will be useful if you can bring one. Ideal job for someone nearby. - Due date: Flexible


Personable and pleasant
Mow small front garden and pull weeds from sides
£25
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
26th Apr 2023
Small front garden lawn needs mowing and weak weeds to be pulled out from surrounding soil - Due date: Before Thursday, 27 April 2023
Pull out all weeds in flower beds, tidy the boundaries.
£60
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
5th Dec 2022
To remove all weeds, pull them out and turn the soil over in the flower beds. Ideally to do on saturday or sunday. Put the rubbish aside, then can discuss disposal afterwards. - Due date: Flexible


A very pleasant gentleman and good worker.
Mow lawn, tidy garden, weeding, cut brances & dispose.
£80
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
29th Oct 2022
Need some one to mow lawn, tidy/ clean garden, weeding of patio side, cut branches off a tall Rose tree. Need your own lawmower and dispose off garden waste - Due date: Needs to be done on Saturday, 29 October 2022


Good Job. Tidied up Garden and side entrance well.
To tidy flower beds, remove weeds and turn the soil, trim the flowers
£80
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
12th Jul 2022
Tidy flower beds Tidy shrubs in flower beds Till the soil Define the edges No rubbish disposal - Due date: Flexible
Recent Hedge Trimming tasks in Burnt Oak
Front and back garden lawns cut. Front hedge trimmed
£30
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
25th Apr 2024
Front and back gardens Grass Cut and front hedge trimmed Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Hedge trimming Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: No
Box trim hedges only. No rubbish disposal.
£65
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
1st Jun 2023
Some of the hedges are high so you need the hedge strimmer which is extendable. Also the normal strimmer which can be used at normal levels. The hedges need to be box shaped not rounded. Please apply if you are local and distance is not a problem. Please bring good tools so the job gets finished on time. This is a job for an experienced person, please be sure that you normally do this type of work. I will be there to pack the leaves into bags - Due date: Flexible


Very courteous and did the job well and in good time.
Front & back grass cut and hedge cut
£350
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
29th Jul 2021
Grass in front and back gerdens cut and hedges in front garden cutting
Grass in front and back garden and hedge cutting
£350
Burnt Oak, Greater London, HA8
25th Jul 2021
My garden is over grown badly need it cutting