Why is it so difficult to get someone to do landscaping?

Question

All that is want is to have some plants to form a hedge.

Is $3000 plus a little job?

Answer 1

Well landscapers often work 12-16 hour days around this time of year. Many are booked solid, not only with planting plants, but with mowing yards and cemetaries and stuff like that. If you are wanting to form a hedge. I'd recommend waiting till fall. It is much better to plant a tree or shrub in the fall (less chance of it dying) and the prices tend to drop around that time too. Since less people are thinking about doing landscaping around that time.

Answer 2

Have you looked in your Yellow Pages??? Any landscaping company should be willing to do your work for you. However, sometimes they are really booked up & it takes awhile for them to fit you into their schedule. So you have to be patient. Like others have said, the more money you spend, the more likely they will do your work. But it will be worth it, you don't want to get some random person to do this who doesn't know what they are doing. Because hedges can be planted and be really small & then a year from then be huge. So you want someone who knows how plants/hedges grow & they will pick the right hedge for the particular spot you want them. But like I said, I would just try the phone book, or maybe even search online for someone near you.

Answer 3

People typically hire the guys you hang out at the Home Depot parking lot. I heard they typically work for $10/hr for a minimum of 1/2 day (try to convince you the job will take all day). People you call know they can't compete with those prices so don't bother to call you back.

Go to Home Depot at 7AM in the morning and hire those guys to do the grunt work (digging holes, planting trees, etc). You will need to buy the plants and get them to your house.

Answer 4

Wow, you must be looking in the wrong places for a landscaper. If you are trying to do it yourself, try a box hedge.

Answer 5

I don't know, but I've had the same experience myself. I called around to about 7-10 places in the phone book, and only 2-3 called back. Out of them, only one ever came over to look at my yard. He said he'd get back to me with an estimate, but never did. I even followed up with him a few times, but no luck. So, I just gave up on it... :(

Answer 6

Maybe check with a local community college and put out a job offer with the horticulture dept. I'm sure you could get the job done for cheap if students do it.

Answer 7

It's really not. Look in the Yellow Pages under "Landscaping."

Answer 8

Where do you live?? Why don't you just go to the nursery, ask for advice on which plants to buy, and do it yourself?? Or ask some high-school or college-age kids to do it and pay them something reasonable.

Answer 9

sounds like it's a small job.

big job=big profit
small job=little or no profit

any questions?

Answer 10

It's usually pretty easy here. Maybe you should consult your local paper or yellow pages.