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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 the engine uses, so you can price your own garden on paper and land in the same range.

Plants, each

KindFromTo
tree120 PLN400 PLN
shrub40 PLN140 PLN
perennial18 PLN45 PLN
ornamental grass20 PLN50 PLN
climber30 PLN80 PLN
ground cover10 PLN25 PLN
fern20 PLN40 PLN
bulb3 PLN8 PLN

Ground and surfaces, per square metre

ItemFromTo
bed preparation, soil and mulch25 PLN60 PLN
path surface120 PLN300 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

These are material ranges for Poland, marked in the plan as an estimate. Prices and availability move with region and season, so treat them as the start of a conversation with a contractor, not as a quote.

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.

Design your own garden

The studio draws a plan for your own plot and picks plants that suit its light and soil. It needs no account.

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