If you have a gardener, what do they do?

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This may be the wrong place to ask but, if you have a gardener, what do they do? I enjoy gardening and I'm fairly knowledgeable but actually doing the garden often gets pushed down the "to do" list due to more vital things like work or cooking and we recently moved somewhere with poor, chalky soil and I'm struggling as my usual favourites just won't grow that well. I suppose I want them to do some of the mundane jobs which I don't get around to doing (I fed the plants for the first time in weeks today) and give me some inspiration and introduce me to new things. Does that sound like something a gardener could/would do?

I have someone to cut the grass. It only costs me £12. I got someone in to dog over the beds before planting (awful hard clay soil) but never did it again as it cost too much , can quite remember but £15/20 hour.

Dig!!!

Horticultural advice and recommendations generally
Hedge cutting
Digging
Weeding, hoeing and general tidying up
Pruning and cutting back etc
Bedding in new plants, climbers and bushes
Disposal of all garden rubbish he has accumulated (and anything extra from us)

Wouldn't be without our wonderful gardener - he comes to us fortnightly for 2 hours

It depends upon the level of experience and skill you require - there are many unskilled 'mow & blow' operators out there who will do the basics of grasscutting, hedgecutting, ( though personally I don't believe anyone should be cutting hedges from March to August, peak bird nesting time!), and some pruning etc, but a skilled craft gardener is a different kettle of fish. And an artisan gardener will not come cheap - always ask to see a portfolio of their work before you consider employing someone, try and establish their depth of plant identification skills, species specific pruning knowledge and so on. Also check to be certain that they have the appropriate waste transfer licence if you are expecting them to dispose of 'arisings' - you could be vicariously liable if they do not have one.

There are many horror stories abounding from people employing unskilled 'gardeners'

I do not mean to sound too cynical, but it is very easy for an unskilled person to set themselves up as a 'gardener'.

Grass cutting, weeding, digging, planting cutting back - whatever needs doing really. £25 an hour, does an hour once every 2 weeks. He’s also a lovely guy which is irrelevant to the question but needs to be said. I have a giant crush on him!

They look after the lovely older ladies gardens after unfortunately losing their husbands..... that's what alot of the trusted gardeners do .

Plant anything I’ve bought, weed, move plants around to create more space/better positioning, prune, cut back, mow grass, clear garden waste into brown bins for collection. Sometimes watering too if the garden desperately needs it and I am short of time.