r/GardeningAustralia • u/_Jensoon • 3d ago
What is gardening like in Aus? 🙉 Send help
Hi All, I'm 23 years old from the UK and have been doing gardening for the last 4/5 years gaining a qualification in it.
In about a years time I'm looking to try get a working visa in Australia and come over to work and try and build a career in horticulture in Australia.
I just wondered what gardening was like in Australia. Are you planting out year round. Do you have distinct growing season's? Because obviously, being in the UK we only have spring and summer to really show off etc. And sometimes spring isn't even that good! Also, I'd appreciate some general tips for gardening in australia as I'm sure there are some differences.
Many thanks :)
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u/daveo18 3d ago
former commercial gardener here. In Australia we have a lot of contract gardeners, the largest of them being Jim’s mowing group. They drive around with trailers with all their equipment. Most of the work is mowing lawns, hedging, weeding, that kind of thing, that you can pickup pretty quickly if you don’t know it already.
The pay can be alright as there’s a lot of time poor people out there, and lawns can grow pretty fast, especially in spring, and especially where it rains a lot (Melbourne / Sydney / Brisbane).
During summer it can get hot and dusty, and in the southern states things can slow down a bit in winter, but there’s still plenty of work
A lot of the contractors I know are always screaming out for employees, if you end up in Adelaide (or have any more questions in general) feel free to DM me.