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Guide categories
When to do a garden job, how to do it properly and when it's worth getting a gardener or landscaper in, taken from the RHS and the makers' own instructions rather than from sales copy.
Each guide links to what the work costs, and ends with a way to get quotes from local tradespeople.
The guides.
The rules, problems and choices behind gardens & driveways jobs.
Lawn aeration
What aerating does, when to do it, and how with a fork or a machine.
What the jobs cost.
Prices, what moves them and who to hire, in our cost guides.
New driveway£4,000 to £6,50050m² two-car drive, block paving
Resin driveway£3,750 to £6,30050m² resin bound drive, new base
Block paving driveway£4,000 to £6,50050m² block paved drive
Patio and paths£1,800 to £3,00020m² porcelain patio, laid
Fencing£1,350 to £1,95015m closeboard fence, 1.8m, fitted
Artificial grass£2,750 to £4,50050m² artificial lawn, fitted