Gardeners and landscape gardeners: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 5113 · Skilled trades occupations

Gardeners and landscape gardeners

Gardeners and landscape gardeners cultivate flowers, trees, shrubs and other plants in public and private gardens, construct features to improve the appearance of existing terrain, and cut and lay turf.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements. NVQs/SVQs in Horticulture are available at levels 1, 2 and 3. Relevant apprenticeships and professional qualifications are also available.

What the work involves

levels ground and installs drainage system as required
prepares soil and plants and transplants, prunes, weeds and otherwise tends plant life
protects plants from pests and diseases
cuts and lays turf using hand and machine tools and repairs damaged turf
prepares or interprets garden design plans
moves soil to alter surface contour of land using mechanical equipment and constructs paths, rockeries, ponds and other features
performs general garden maintenance

Also called

Garden designer · Gardener · Gardener-handyman · Landscape gardener

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	143,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	150,900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	163,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	2,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	12,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	165,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	None	2026-03	7,100.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	24,200.00	2026-03
East Midlands	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	11,300.00	2026-03
London	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	8,400.00	2026-03
North East	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	5,700.00	2026-03
North West	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	16,900.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	2,300.00	2026-03
Scotland	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	12,400.00	2026-03
South East	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	35,800.00	2026-03
South West	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	19,900.00	2026-03
Wales	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	7,100.00	2026-03
West Midlands	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	12,900.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	5113 : Gardeners and landscape gardeners	None	8,700.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for gardeners and landscape gardeners vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. · Farmers · Groundsmen and greenkeepers · Horticultural trades