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!
Manly to Palm Beach · Salt-smart · 7 days
Northern beaches
gardeners
Gardens out here live with salt wind, sandy soil and the odd southerly doing its own pruning. We're on the peninsula every week — mowing, maintaining and planting gardens that are built for exactly that.
Rated 5 out of 5 by our customers
- Salt-tolerant planting know-how
- Sandy-soil lawn care that works
- Steep & stair-access blocks welcome
- Open 7 days, 7am–6:30pm
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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 salt zone
- The salt gradient
- What we do here
- Suburbs
- FAQ
Ballpark a visit in ten seconds
Pick the job, size the garden, and see a rough per-visit range at our standard Sydney rates — the same rates from Manly to Palm Beach, no postcode tax.
The job
$60 – $95rough per-visit range
Mown, edged & blown clean — clippings gone with us.
A guide at standard rates — not a quote. Slopes, stairs and how far the garden's gotten away move the number; the real quote is free.
Get the real number — free quoteFind your salt zone
How close to the water are you?
On the beaches, your distance from the surf decides what thrives and what gets shredded. One street can be the difference between a frangipani flowering and a frangipani sulking.
Tap your spot — the picks change
Our picks for the front row
The headland survivors
If it grows on a headland, it'll grow at your place: banksia, westringia, coastal rosemary, lomandra and pigface take direct salt spray and keep their looks. Soft exotics burn here — plant the survivors and the garden stops being a casualty list.
- Takes direct spray
- Wind-shaped, not wind-shredded
- Buffalo for the lawn
Salt-proof doesn't mean boring — it means native.
The science, drawn badly on purpose
The salt gradient
Salt spray fades fast as you move inland — which is why the same street grid holds wind-bent banksias at one end and rainforest ferns at the other. Beaches gardening is mostly about knowing where you sit on this line.
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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!!
Local knowledge
Gardening the peninsula, properly
The Northern Beaches is a forty-minute drive that passes through half a dozen growing conditions. Sandy flats behind the lagoons, steep terraced blocks at Bilgola, rainforest gullies off Pittwater Road, and front rows that cop a southerly straight off the water. We work it every week, and the van carries what each of those gardens actually needs.
Sandy soil is a solvable problem
Beaches soil drains like a sieve and, once bone dry, actually repels water. The fix is routine, not rocket science: organic matter dug in, wetting agents a couple of times a year, mulch on every bed, and lawns fed little and often. Buffalo lawns love it here — there's a reason they're the beaches default.
Wind does its own pruning. Badly.
After every big blow, exposed gardens are full of salt-burnt tips and torn growth. Caught early, plants recover fast; left alone, burn opens the door to dieback. A seasonal once-over after the worst weather is one of the cheapest things a coastal garden can buy.
One street changes everything out here. Knowing which street you're on is the job.
- Salt-tolerant planting matched to your exposure zone
- Wetting agents & soil building for sandy blocks
- Steep, terraced and stair-access gardens welcome
- Holiday homes kept sharp between guests
- Green waste gone with us, every visit
Manly→Palmy
Every suburb on the peninsula, weekly
1 street
All it takes to change what thrives
$0
Site visit & written quote, always
What we do here
The full kit, beaches edition
Lawn mowing
Buffalo kept low and tight, edges knifed, clippings gone — from courtyard strips to the big corner blocks.
Garden maintenance
Scheduled care that keeps coastal gardens ahead of the wind — pruning, feeding, weeding, seasonal fixes.
Hedge trimming
Lilly pilly, murraya and viburnum shaped sharp — the beaches privacy kit, kept dense and green.
Mulching
The single best thing for sandy soil — 75 mm of moisture-holding mulch, supplied and spread.
Tree work
Storm-damaged limbs, view pruning and removals — handled safely on steep coastal blocks.
Tidy-ups & green waste
Pre-sale spruce-ups, holiday-home resets and the big seasonal clear-outs — hauled away same day.
Where we work
Every suburb on the peninsula
- Manly
- Fairlight
- Balgowlah
- Seaforth
- Freshwater
- Curl Curl
- Dee Why
- Brookvale
- Cromer
- Collaroy
- Narrabeen
- Elanora Heights
- Warriewood
- Mona Vale
- Bayview
- Church Point
- Newport
- Bilgola
- Avalon Beach
- Whale Beach
- Palm Beach
- Terrey Hills
- Frenchs Forest
- Belrose
- Davidson
- Forestville
Nearby
Neighbouring areas
Recent work
Beaches gardens, kept sharp
Questions
Northern Beaches gardening FAQs
Which Northern Beaches suburbs do you service?
All of them — Manly, Fairlight and Balgowlah through Freshwater, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Collaroy and Narrabeen, up to Mona Vale, Newport, Bilgola, Avalon, Whale Beach and Palm Beach, plus the forest side: Terrey Hills, Belrose, Frenchs Forest and Davidson. If it's on the peninsula or backs onto it, we're there weekly.
What grows in a garden that cops salt wind?
Front-row gardens want plants that already live on headlands: banksia, westringia, coastal rosemary, lomandra and pigface shrug off spray that burns soft exotics. A few streets back the options open right up — frangipani, hibiscus and most hedges do well. Matching the plant to your distance from the water is the core skill of beaches gardening.
Why does my lawn dry out so fast on the beaches?
Sandy coastal soil drains fast and can turn water-repellent when it dries completely. The fix is organic matter dug in, a soil wetting agent a couple of times a year, and mulch on every bed. Buffalo handles the sand and salt better than most — it's the beaches lawn for a reason.
What does gardening cost on the Northern Beaches?
The same fair rates we run across Sydney: lawn mowing from $55, garden tidy-ups typically $160–$300, hedge-and-mow combos $220–$420, and bigger garden revivals quoted per job. Regular schedules come in under one-off visits, and every quote is free and in writing.
Can you look after a holiday home or rental?
Yes — a lot of our beaches work is keeping places sharp between owners, guests or tenants. We run scheduled visits, send photos after each one if you like, and keep the garden looking lived-in even when nobody's living in it.
When should hedges and frangipanis be pruned near the coast?
Hedges get shaped through the growing season with a final tidy in autumn; frangipanis are pruned in late winter while dormant, before spring growth. Coastal wind does some rough pruning of its own all year — part of our job is correcting its work.
Do you handle the steep blocks around Bilgola and Avalon?
Steep, terraced and stair-access blocks are a beaches specialty by necessity. We plan the job around the access, bring gear that carries well, and price it honestly in the quote rather than discovering the stairs on the day.
How often should a beaches garden be maintained?
Through the growing season (September to April), fortnightly keeps lawns and hedges ahead of the growth; monthly suits cooler months. Exposed gardens benefit from a seasonal check after big blows — salt burn and wind damage caught early recover much faster.