What should your landscaping cost?

Add up the parts of your garden job and see a ballpark from published Canberra prices.

1What's in the job?

Fill in only the parts you need, in m². A 10 × 6 m lawn is 60 m².

New lawn, natural turf (m²)

Synthetic turf (m²)

New garden beds (m²)

Paving (m²)

Mulch existing beds (m²)

2Watering system?

3Clean-up and design

Trailer loads of green waste to go0

I'd like a garden design or plan first

Standing by

$— – $—

ACT rules

Watering in Canberra

From 1 September to 31 May, sprinklers and irrigation (drip too) can only run after 6pm and before 9am.
A hand-held hose with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or a watering can is fine at any time.
In winter (June to August) there's no time limit, but in any season you can't water so heavily that it pools or runs off.

From Icon Water: Permanent Water Conservation Measures (residential) (checked 17 Oct 2026). A guide, not legal advice: check the source before you rely on it.

Cross-checked

1 of 1 independent prices agree

Most published trade prices trace back to one guide, so we check our numbers against any independent source we can find. National prices usually sit below Canberra's.

Turf, supplied and laid per m²Leadkit (national): $20–$45. Roughly: $16–$44.overlaps our range

From Leadkit: turf installation cost per square metre 2026.