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Im looking to do a landscape/garden design and construction course at a college in England, does anyone know the best courses or colleges that do this sort of thing.
Thanks.
Why not contact the royal horticultural society and see if they can give you some advice.
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I've lived in our new place for 3 years and steill haven't done the landscaping - it just seems too difficult. The land is on a block, full of clay, on the border of an Australian native reserve, is on a sweeping bend of a cul-de-sac and is just so exposed, ugly to look at and really needs a fresh set of eyes to look at it and make some suggestions.
Of course the less amount of money I have to spend on the landscaping would be a bonus (a family friend has an excavator and that's no problem in that area) but just some type of direction or idea on what to put there. Passers by always walk on it as they think it's just open land next to the footpath. I draw the line at native wattles as they trigger hayfever for my family but would consider almost anything else. I should mention that the block is a north/north easterly direction and is quite exposed to the elements particularly wind. It gets all day sun and any trees in this area would be ok as it wouldn't block out afternoon sun in the winter.
Any help is much appreciated.
Grow fruit and veg.
If you haven`t the time
Give someone a job.
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They won`t burst into flames.
I have been offered a landscaping job but have never participated in a project of this size. Anyone know if there is an average price per hour that most landscapers will charge? How can I determine how much I should charge if I want to be fair, but of course, be able to get reimbursed for the work? The job consists of pulling out and clearing some existing garden areas, replanting new plants, flowers etc and then mulching the existing areas around new plants.
I am charging $20 per hour plus client pays for materials and I will provide reciepts. Is this is in the ballpark?
If someone else has already prepared a plan for the job and made all the decisions for you, then you're just going to be providing the labor.
I work for a landscape contractor. Because we are in business, there is overhead such as advertising, phones, office rent, accounting, equipment, gasoline, payroll taxes, worker's comp insurance, liability insurance, etc. Overhead is all above the amount we pay the laborers as an hourly wage. We're in California, and our laborers make $10-$14 an hour, gross pay. Plus the owner of the business makes a profit and that's how he supports his family. Even though he doesn't do any digging, he does the design work, meets with clients to sell the jobs, manages the foreman and laborers on jobs, and his profit is on the line every day.
When we bid jobs, we calculate $50 or more per man-hour on the laborers to make the job profitable for us. Because we work mostly on contract, not hourly, we have to take a hit if we underestimate the amount of time it takes to complete a job.
Depending on where you are located, $20-$25 per hour would be the absolute minimum for doing this sort of job. Remember that you will have to pay taxes, including Social Security self-employment taxes, on what you charge. The amount I quoted would be only if someone else had made all the decisions and provided you a plan to follow, so that there would be no possibility of call-backs for anything you had to redo on your own time.
It would also have to include that all the materials were being delivered. If you have to pick up materials and take debris to the dump, you'll probably want to build in something extra to cover gas charges. Most companies now-a-days are making some kind of fuel surcharge rather than raising their rates across the board.
It also sounds like you're not going to make any money on the materials, you'll just be reimbursed for the direct costs. So you're taking a risk by spending your money first and then collecting payment from the client. By you taking that risk and not making any profit on materials markup, then you're entitled to make some additional profit elsewhere in the job.
So if you think that $20 per hour sounds like a lot, it really isn't when you consider the true costs of being in business.
looking for a college course in landscape and garden design in Sydney if pos
Sorry, I don't know of any colleges in Australia.
Does anyone know what i could do or who i could get in contact with. I was an Architectural technologist and Interior designer for my last company but they made me redundant the day I was due back after maternity leave (its ok I got all payments due to me) but because of this and being a single mum to a teenager and baby I also got made evicted from my privately rented house (cant prove it was because off being made redundant so dont need answers to this either) but was finally rehomed under homelessness. That was 6 months ago and i really dont want to be living on any benefits but must work around my youngest. Is there any employers out there that offer jobs mon-fri 9-5 only? I will do anything (Within reason, No remarks please) I want to study for my RHS Landscape Gardening course and eventually set myself up in business Part time when eldest is old enough to look after herself and youngest at school. Many thanks.
I'd register with a temp agency..
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