Gardeners in Bengaluru
A gardener's price depends on how often he comes, how long he stays and what he brings. We read the 22 requests Bengaluru families sent mytribe since April for someone to look after a garden or clean one up, and asked the garden people we work with what a visit covers and what costs extra. This answers what you'll pay, mali or company, who waters while you travel, and what to settle before anyone starts.
How much does a weekly gardener cost in Bengaluru?
A gardener who comes once a week for two hours costs at least about ₹1,000 a month: that's Karnataka's minimum wage for those hours, our estimate. A plant-care firm charges ₹500 an hour for a one-off visit. A garden company's plan comes to at least about ₹1,000 for each hour of work: Bangalore Agrico's ₹3,999 a month (its page is marked 2024) buys up to 4 hours, with the feed and pest spray in it.
Do I need a gardener for 20 pots, or can we manage ourselves?
For 20 pots, most homes don't need a weekly gardener. Water them yourselves, and pay for a visit every couple of months to feed, trim and check for pests. One garden builder charges about ₹1,500 to ₹3,000 for a visit like that, as a side service to building gardens, so ask if they'll take a single balcony. If watering is the hard part, a drip kit with a tap timer for 30 pots costs about ₹3,900, once.
Neighbourhood mali or a garden company: which suits my home?
Pick a neighbourhood mali if you want someone every week and you're home to see the work. Pick a garden company if you want the feed and pest spray in the price and a photo after each visit, which helps when you're often away. Either way, agree before he starts how long he stays, what he does, and who buys the manure.
Why do gardener prices vary so much in Bengaluru?
Two garden firms' own plans, each with two visits a month: PlantMate's works out to about ₹900 a month (₹2,700 for three months), for 1-hour visits. Bangalore Agrico's is ₹3,999 a month (its page is marked 2024) for visits of up to 2 hours and up to 50 medium plants. Agrico's plan also lists fertiliser and pesticide, ₹499 of plants a month and a technical labour visit. Neither page explains the rest of the gap or mentions GST.
A plant-care firm's two-visit plan
About ₹900 a month
A garden company's monthly plan
₹3,999 a month, page marked 2024
₹2,700 for three months, shown cut from ₹4,800
Two visits a month, up to 2 hours each. One is by what it calls technical labour, and it doesn't say what that person does
Two visits a month, 1 hour each
Fertiliser and pesticide for up to 50 medium plants
Pruning, a pest check, a fertiliser or neem spray
₹499 of plants a month, and 10% off plants you buy
Compost and potting mix sold extra. No plant count given
Three months paid in advance, about ₹12,000. The page calls it a deposit and doesn't say if it's refundable
What does a gardener's visit include, and what costs extra?
A visit pays for the gardener's time, and on a company's plan the feed and pest spray too. New plants, pots, potting mix and repotting are usually extra, and so is carting away a big pile of cuttings. To check a bill for manure, a 5 kg packet of vermicompost costs ₹169 in a shop.
Who waters my plants when we're away for three weeks?
A neighbour, your mali on extra visits, or a drip kit with a timer. Set the kit up and run it for a week while you're still home, move pots out of full sun and group them, and photograph the plants before you leave.
How much does it cost to clear an overgrown garden?
A plot-cleaning firm lists ₹5,999 plus GST to clear up to 1,200 sq ft. A gardener prices it by the crew and the days. On one of Make Heaven My Garden's quotes a gardener's day is ₹1,800, with transport on top. Ask who takes the cuttings away.
Do I need permission to cut a tree in my own garden in Bengaluru?
Most trees need the Tree Officer's permission before they're cut down, even in your own garden. Eleven kinds are exempt, coconut, eucalyptus and silver oak among them. A dead or dangerous tree needs permission too, which can't be refused. Cutting without it can mean a fine of up to ₹1,000 a tree.
Before a gardener starts, settle these
- How long a visit lasts, and what he does in it
- Whether the feed and pest spray are in the price
- Who buys new plants, pots and potting mix
- Who takes the cuttings away
- How and when he gets paid, and what happens if he misses a week
- Notice to stop, and any deposit
- No tree comes down without the Tree Officer's permission
What Bengaluru families asked us for
Requests to mytribe, in our words.
Want us to find a gardener?
The hard part with a gardener is knowing what you're paying for: how many hours of work, what comes with them, and someone who knows plants or someone who only waters them.
Tell us once instead. We come back with gardeners who fit, each priced for your garden, with their own past work. We already know them: we've checked their real work and their prices, and called their past clients, including about what went wrong. Only about 1 in 10 who apply get in, and every one is re-checked at least every six months. How we verify
Every booking comes with an agreement on what's included and what it costs. It's free for you. The gardener pays mytribe a small fee when you book, and you pay them directly, at the same price as going to them yourself. If something isn't going to plan, a person here sorts it out.
The same chat answers questions about the job itself, like whether a quote is fair. This guide is about Bengaluru. For another city, ask on the same number.
Decide these before you ask
Each one changes the price or who fits.
- What needs looking afterQ1
- How oftenQ3
- Language
- BudgetQ1
The providers in this guide
Their own prices and terms, given to us in 2026.
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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 28 October 2026
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