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Hill Country Gardener services are provided on an hourly rate basis to our clients.  Products and materials provided are billed separately and taxes typically paid when purchased and included in the monthly client billing.  Texas sales taxes are charged per Texas tax code.  Our current Hill Country Gardener hourly rate for Executive level gardening and home/property care services, and/or various levels of flower bed maintenance and/or property care supervision services starting at $185 an hour for Hill Country Gardener and/or a team member; additional charges may apply based on the extent and type of work to be performed, equipment needed and for additional personnel (3 or 4-man crew is billed at $250 per hour).

Additional fees may be incurred for specialty services like Irrigation, tree trimming and insecticide or Herbicide treatments as well as home maintenance work performed.   Hill Country Gardener typically schedules our work between Monday and Friday (Holiday and vacation exceptions). Most flower bed maintenance work can be performed on a weekly basis within 1 - 2 hours during the growing season.

All flower gardens require various degrees of seasonal trimming, pruning and/or grooming and weeding though out the year and typically have one or two significant seasonal trimming times that may add to the regular weekly maintenance schedule. Depending on the degree of previous maintenance and age of flower beds additional time may be needed to attain a regular maintenance level.

Seasonal and Annual color additions/change outs may require additional time and material which are performed as the clients requests and are billed in addition to regular work schedule fees. Materials and supplies utilized during the maintenance of an individual yard are billed in accordance to supplies utilized. Mulch, soils, plants, fertilizers, plant hormone and other products utilized are billed at retail costs.

Consultations are provided/billed on an as available basis and are charged at $350 per visit (approximately 1.5 hours). Consultations are provided in order to review your yard/flower beds and discuss options, ideas and plant selections. If additional visits and time are required additional fee may billed. Design fees are billed at $300 per hour. Plant review/selection at a local nursery is also available at an additional fee. Fixed bids can be provided as time permits. Please contact Hill Country Gardener for your special gardening design needs and confirm availability. Projects or maintenance projects requiring an extended drive time may incur a charge for mileage and/or drive times. Products expended, materials and plants utilized and/or other services contracted in order to maintain or develop the requested flower/yard-space design will be billed in addition to the Hill Country Gardener standard hourly rate.

Hill Country Gardener will advise client of outside subcontracted labor/services prior to engaging such work effort. Additional Services: (available on a limited basis and negotiated rates):

Weekly or Daily plant/flower garden maintenance and watering services Interior/Houseplant maintenance services available either continuous or for as needed vacation periods Personalized holiday and specialty occasion garden maintenance/planting services and special garden projects Special services to assist clients on gardening and/or other yard projects are available. Additional Information: Plants, debris, root, bulbs that are removed during maintenance services will become property and disposal responsibility of Hill Country Gardener unless otherwise discussed and agreed upon before services are rendered. All plant survival requires reasonable watering and care based on environmental conditions, it is the property owner/client's responsibility to assure plants receive proper watering and care between Hill Country Gardener scheduled maintenance service calls. All Plants that are provided to client/property owner by Hill Country Gardener will be billed/paid for at the time of installation and will become the property of client/property owner unless otherwise agreed upon before services are rendered. Plants not paid for at the time that services are rendered or invoiced will remain the property of Hill Country Gardener and may be removed at any time.