Absolutely thrilled with the work from Sydney Gardeners! The team transformed our overgrown backyard into a beautiful, low-maintenance garden. They were professional, punctual, and paid attention to every detail. Highly recommend their services!
Balconies · Rooftops · Courtyards · Foyers
Gardening Services
in Sydney CBD
The city grows sideways and upwards — balconies, rooftops, planter boxes and foyers. We design, plant and maintain green in the CBD, and we handle the part everyone underestimates: getting a garden crew into a tower.
Rated 5 out of 5 by our customers
- Lifts, docks & parking — handled
- Plants matched to city microclimates
- Homes, strata, offices & cafes
- Open 7 days, 7am–6:30pm
Request a CBD quote
Your building and what you're greening. We'll come back today.
Google reviews
What customers say about our gardening
Real reviews from our Google Business Profile, word for word.
I highly recommend Lachlan and the team at Sydney Gardeners. Not only do they do great work, but more importantly they are reliable! Lachlan was also more than happy to help me out when I needed an extra service squeezed in just before Xmas.
Lachlan and his team have been looking after my Strata Property for over 2 years now. He is diligent with his timekeeping, punctual, provides attention to detail and does not hesitate to go above and beyond to provide satisfaction to our strata residents and property management team.
Great communication and exceptional workmanship. The team arrived on time and did an amazing job with pruning, planting, and lawn care.
I'm very happy with Lachlan and his team at Sydney Gardeners. They did a professional, clean and well-rounded job. I would highly recommend their work.
Been getting great service and value from Sydney gardeners now for a number of years, always great high quality work in my feature gardens. Attention to detail is second to none. No job to big for these boys to tackle.
- On this page
- Ballpark cost
- Your microclimate
- Sun in the city
- What we do
- Pricing
- FAQ
Ballpark your space in ten seconds
Pick your kind of space — or slide to your own size — and tell us what it needs. Rough per-visit range from current Sydney rates, CBD access included, not added later.
Space
$120 – $220rough per-visit range
≈ 5 watering cans a week in summer — or one smart dripline.
A guide from current Sydney rates with CBD access priced in — not a quote. Floor level, dock rules and how thirsty the plants are move it; the real quote is free.
Get the real number — free quoteFind your microclimate
What's your spot like?
The CBD isn't one climate — it's a hundred. A south-facing canyon balcony and a west-facing rooftop two streets apart might as well be different countries. Pick your spot and we'll tell you what actually thrives there.
Tap a spot — the picks change
Our picks for a shaded canyon
The forest-floor crew
Ferns, aspidistra, philodendrons, peace lilies and camellias evolved under canopies — a tower's shadow reads as forest to them. Deep green, lush, and happier without harsh sun. We measure your actual hours of light before planting a thing.
- 2–4 hrs light is plenty
- Rich, moist soil
- Glossy & lush all year
Shade isn't a problem. It's a plant list.
The science, drawn badly on purpose
Sun in the city is complicated
In the suburbs, north-facing means sunny. Between towers, the sun is a moving slot of light that visits some balconies for two hours and blasts others all afternoon. Getting CBD planting right starts with reading the canyon.
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Sydney homes and businesses we've looked after
Unedited reviews straight from Google — the same crews, the same standard.
Can't thank Lachlan and the rest of the team enough for the professionalism and outstanding service I have received. I have been using their services for the past 18 months and I am always impressed with the results of their work. Highly recommended.
Sydney Gardeners provide exceptional services. Their team is professional, efficient, and knowledgeable. They transformed my garden beautifully, exceeding my expectations. Highly recommended for all gardening needs!
My first time using Lachlan from Sydney Gardeners. I had overgrown high hedges to be significantly cut back and I was impressed with the finished job. I will be using them again and recommend him for all your gardening needs.
I highly recommend Sydney Gardeners to anyone seeking professional garden design and maintenance services. Their commitment to excellence, creativity, and client satisfaction is unparalleled, and I am thrilled with the beautiful garden they've created for me. Thank you, Sydney Gardeners, for turning my garden dreams into reality!
Sydney Gardeners helped us clean up our backyard after months of neglect. The team was punctual, friendly, and worked efficiently. Our lawn and hedges now look fantastic. Would happily use them again.
Lachlan did a great job mowing my lawn!
Greatest gardening service ever, couldn't be happier.
Great job on my garden
Lachlan and his men have been doing my garden for some years. My hedges and trees are beautifully trimmed every time. I share the same experience with the majority, those with excellent reviews.
Lachlan and his team were fantastic. They were professional and did the job in a timely manner. He gave me some great insights on how we could develop our business garden.
Very happy with the job Lachlan did mowing and pruning at our home. He was very pleasant to deal with and did a great job with prompt service. Thank you
Lachlan provided high quality gardening services including trimming of trees on our property in Mosman. We were very happy with the excellent communication, efficiency and professionalism. We would be happy to recommend Lachlan to friends and family.
Highly recommend. They took over from long-time gardeners for our apartment building and Sydney Gardners standard is far greater and less expensive.
Great quality work and professional service. Was very happy with the job that was done! Will definitely be using these guys again 😊
Lachlan did a great job mowing and edging the property. Only just starting using them. Very happy
Great gardener with a very strong work ethic and excellent attention to detail. Well priced and timely.
Lachlan is very professional and hard working. Highly highly recommend.
Great service, friendly staff, my garden looks amazing.
Thank you so much. You guys did a great job. I will be a continuing customer.
Professional and polite. They did exactly what I wanted. Highly recommend.
Amazing service, highly recommend!
Prompt and excellent service
My usual gardener wasn't available to me so I decided to go with the guys at Sydney Gardeners. I was surprised with how quickly they managed to do the job (I have a large backyard with hedges).
Incredible service, excellent communication skills and a pleasure to work with! Would definitely recommend to anyone looking to maintain or brighten up their garden! Thank you
These boys did a great job, very responsive, very professional.
Great service, extremely timely and professional. Thanks!
Would highly recommend to anyone looking for any gardening maintenance needs
Excellent service and quick, helpful responses.
Sydney Gardeners were amazing at working on my lawn and the rest of my backyard. They were very friendly and enthusiastic to complete the job.
The guys at Sydney gardeners serviced my gardens with a professional manner, it's rare to find a quality gardening service in Sydney that is this good now-days.
Super helpful!!
A green oasis amidst urban hustle
City gardens fail for city reasons
Nothing about a CBD garden is hard because of the plants. It's hard because of the city: pots dry out with no groundwater beneath them, towers carve the sun into slots, wind funnels between buildings, soil arrives in bags instead of existing, and every job starts with a conversation about a loading dock. Solve those and the green part is easy.
Small spaces, measured thinking
On a six-square-metre balcony every pot has to earn its place. We design for the space you have — planter boxes sized to the balustrade, green walls where the floor is spoken for, species chosen for the light that actually arrives. Small done well beats big done vaguely.
Access is half the job
Most CBD garden quotes die on logistics: where does the ute park, which lift takes soil bags, what are the dock hours, who signs off the insurance? We handle building managers, book the dock, and time the visit around the building's rules. You get the garden; we do the paperwork.
A tower's shadow isn't a death sentence — it's a forest canopy with a postcode. Plant for it, and shade becomes the easiest garden you'll own.
- Light measured before anything is planted
- Wind-rated pots and planting on high floors
- Drippers and smart timers within Sydney's water rules
- Rooftop weight and drainage respected, always
- Foliage washed — city dust off, gloss back on
- Green waste out through the dock, gone with us
20+
Years greening Sydney, CBD included
3-in-1
Microclimates in a single city address
$0
Site visit, access plan & written quote
What we do
CBD gardening, done in the right order
1. Read the space
Light hours, wind, weight limits, taps and drainage — measured on site, because the label on the pot doesn't know your floor level.
2. Sort the access
Building manager looped in, dock and lift booked, insurance paperwork done. The boring half of city gardening — handled.
3. Design to the microclimate
Species picked for your actual light and wind, pots rated for the exposure, layout that earns every square metre.
4. Plant & plumb
Quality potting mix in, plants in, drippers and timers set up so the garden waters itself within the rules.
5. Leave it spotless
Soil swept, foliage washed, packaging and green waste out through the dock with us. The building never knows we were there.
6. Keep it thriving
Scheduled care visits — feed, prune, tidy, replace — so it looks like opening day all year, not just in the photos.
Pricing
CBD gardening prices, straight up
City work is priced by space, state and access — and in the CBD, access is real money, so we price it upfront instead of surprising you with it.
Regular care visits
From ~$120
Balconies, planters and foyers on a schedule — water, feed, prune, tidy, replace as needed.
One-off revives
$200–$500
Tired balconies and courtyards brought back — typical range, pinned exactly by the free site look.
Design, fitouts & rooftops
Fixed quote
New plantings, planter fitouts, green walls and rooftop gardens — designed and quoted per space.
The access line on your quote
Parking, dock bookings and lift time are the hidden cost of every CBD trade. Ours is a line item you can see, priced once — not an hourly meter running while someone argues with a concierge.
Rates for everything else we do live in the Sydney gardening price guide.
Recent work
City green, delivered
Goes well with city green
The rest of the list
- Strata gardening
- Commercial gardening
- Garden maintenance
- Garden mulching
- Hedge trimming
- Tidy-ups & green waste
Where we work
The CBD and every suburb around it
Questions
Sydney CBD gardening FAQs
What grows on a shaded CBD balcony?
More than you'd think. South-facing and canyon-shaded balconies suit ferns, aspidistra, philodendrons, peace lilies and camellias — plants that evolved under forest canopies and treat a tower's shadow the same way. The trick is matching the plant to the hours of light the spot actually gets, which we measure before we plant.
How windy is too windy for a balcony garden?
High-floor balconies cop wind that shreds soft foliage and tips light pots. We plant coastal natives that already live in wind — westringia, coastal rosemary, lomandra, banksia — in heavy, low-profile pots, and anchor or cluster them to break gusts. Done right, a windy balcony is a garden with a view, not a hazard.
Can my rooftop take a garden?
Weight is the first question, not plants. Saturated soil is heavy, so rooftop gardens are built with lightweight mixes, containers placed over structural points, and drainage that protects the membrane. We design within what the building can carry — and for anything substantial, alongside your building manager or engineer.
What do CBD gardening services cost?
Regular care visits for balconies and planters start around $120; one-off revives typically land between $200 and $500 depending on size and state; design work and rooftop fitouts are quoted fixed after a site look. CBD access — parking, docks, lifts — is priced into the quote upfront, never a surprise extra. Quotes are free.
How do you handle building access?
It's our problem, not yours. We coordinate with building managers and concierges, book loading docks and lifts, carry our own insurance paperwork, and time visits around building rules. Most CBD gardening quotes fail on logistics, not plants — logistics is half of what you're hiring.
Do watering restrictions apply to balcony gardens?
Sydney's water rules apply everywhere, and city gardens dry out faster than suburban ones — pots have no groundwater to draw on. We set up drippers and smart timers that water within the rules, mulch every container, and pick plants whose thirst matches how often anyone will realistically water them.
Does city pollution hurt plants?
Dust and exhaust film block light on leaf surfaces more than they poison plants. Tough, glossy-leafed species shrug it off best, and part of CBD maintenance is simply washing foliage and refreshing the top layer of soil. Healthy city plants are absolutely achievable — they just need city-specific care.
Do you look after office and cafe plants?
Yes — foyers, offices, cafes and retail spaces on a regular schedule: watering, feeding, pruning, cleaning and replacing anything past its best. Green spaces are proven to lift how a space feels to customers and staff; a maintenance schedule keeps yours from becoming the sad ficus in the corner.