What a garden costs to plant
The material ranges Verdlo computes every plan from, and what they leave out.
Every Verdlo plan carries a cost range worked out from what the plan holds: each plant counted one by one, each square metre of bed preparation and path surface counted by area. Below are the same rates Verdlo prices a plan with, so you can price your own garden on paper and land in the same range.
Plants, each
| Kind | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| tree | 120 PLN | 400 PLN |
| shrub | 40 PLN | 140 PLN |
| perennial | 18 PLN | 45 PLN |
| ornamental grass | 20 PLN | 50 PLN |
| climber | 30 PLN | 80 PLN |
| ground cover | 10 PLN | 25 PLN |
| fern | 20 PLN | 40 PLN |
| bulb | 3 PLN | 8 PLN |
Ground and surfaces, per square metre
| Item | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| bed preparation, soil and mulch | 25 PLN | 60 PLN |
| path surface | 120 PLN | 300 PLN |
For a garden with 70 m² of beds and a 10 m² path that is roughly 3,000 to 9,000 PLN of materials before the plants. The spread is wide because a perennial in a 9 cm pot and the same perennial in a two litre pot are two different prices for one name.
What the range leaves out
- labour, which on a new garden often costs more than the materials
- delivery, especially of soil and aggregate
- structural work: terraces, retaining walls, steps, drainage
- irrigation and lighting, which Verdlo prices separately in their own layers
What it costs in time
Verdlo also counts hours: 0.4 to 1 hour a year per square metre of planting, plus 0.2 to 0.6 hours per plant and 0.3 hours per square metre of lawn. A garden that looks cheap to build can be expensive to keep, and the other way round.
