Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
Garden design and planting in Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
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Garden design and planting: what the job involves
Planning a garden as a whole — layout, levels, planting, paths, seating and lighting — and, if you want, building it. A good designer starts with how you will use the space, which way it faces, the soil and the drainage, then draws a plan that can be built in phases.
How long it takes: A design takes a few weeks from brief to final plan; building ranges from days to several weeks, and planting waits for the right season.
The full guide to garden design and planting — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.
What garden design and planting in Ballinskelligs costs, and why
What jobs on Talqero came to
Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.
What affects the price
- Size of the garden and how much hard landscaping is involved
- Design only, or design and build
- Plant sizes — mature plants and specimen trees cost more than young ones
- Levels, drainage, and access for machinery
- Lighting, water features and structures
- VAT: hard landscaping is building work, charged at the reduced 13.5% rate by a VAT-registered business unless materials are more than two-thirds of the price — ask whether a quote includes VAT
- VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.
Rules and grants for garden design and planting
The rules in Ireland
Whoever takes green waste, soil or old paving away must hold a waste collection permit.
- Anybody who takes your waste away must hold a waste collection permit. Handing waste to an unpermitted collector is an offence for the householder, with a fine of up to €5,000 — ask for the permit number, which collectors must show on vehicles and receipts.
Sources · checked 9 October 2026
What to ask before you choose
- What sub-base and drainage will you put down?
- Who removes the soil and waste, and with what permit?
- What guarantee is there on the work?
- Is VAT included?
What the work usually involves
- Lawn mowing and hedge trimming
- Fencing and gates
- Paving, patios and artificial grass
- Garden design and planting
What to put in your task
- Roughly how big the garden is
- One-off or regular maintenance
- Photos of the area as it is now
- Access — side passage, or through the house
County Kerry in figures
Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.
Garden design and planting · Ballinskelligs
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