They're not garderners, they're arborists.
Have you checked arborists' rates lately?
Anyway I was glad to pay it, they knew just what to do (I didn't): they had special equipment and removed lots of dead branches high up, thinned trees, topped and shaped shrubs, chipped what they could and hauled off stuff too big for the wood chipper.
I have a lot of plants and trees here, most were installed by a professional landscape designer years before i bought it, and without proper attention it will go to riot and the property will look like shit.
Candidly it felt weird to pay that much money to him and his son for six or so hours work but my wife, who formerly worked in a nursery, agreed that they did a great job and that the price was fair.
But $1600.00?
Ah well, we earns our money and makes our choices how to spend it.
Tomorrow I'm off to Spirit Mtn. and Chinook Winds Casino on the Oregon coast: as they say: "Hope springs eternal."
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