What I was going to say is, the programme makers can pick and choose whichever gardens they think will give the best entertainment and attract the most viewers - because at the end of the day, they're in the business of providing entertainment not a service. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that's what TV is about.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I spent the last two days re-doing a front garden that hadn’t been touched for over 5 years and I couldn’t get more than £100 for my hard work.
You should certainly charge more than £50 for a day's work.
With a show like "Your Garden Made Perfect" the design work is free but the house holder pays the costs of everything else, including going way over budget (that's pretty much the only make-over show I watch). Some of the shows are based on charities offering help.
I wouldn't take it as a conspiracy that you can't get on a show; thousands of people apply.
Why are you doing up a garden for someone else for miserly rates of pay but saying you don’t have the time and energy to do your own garden? I must have missed something.
Hopefully the many posts on this thread will give you some ideas on how to move forward and continue to love your garden
@whiteheadmg Some of these programmes are looking for the most terrible gardens they can find so that the end result looks good. If a lot of work has already been done I really don't think that is what they are looking for. A landscape gardener always prefers a blank canvas rather than work with what is already there. I totally understand that you would have aches and pains due to your profession I have the same problems as a result of gardening for decades but try to work through them as my garden is so important to me. As I have mentioned earlier in the thread it is skilled gardeners like yourself who have so much kind help and advice to offer to a young gardener just starting out.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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I totally understand that you would have aches and pains due to your profession I have the same problems as a result of gardening for decades but try to work through them as my garden is so important to me.
As I have mentioned earlier in the thread it is skilled gardeners like yourself who have so much kind help and advice to offer to a young gardener just starting out.