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Garden weeding & mulching

$500

Great job, Tristan. Timely done and quality above expectations.

Gardener to remove weed and lay mulch

$100

Excellent excellent excellent! Lovely man, trustworthy, reliable and HARD worker! Highly recommend! Will def use again!

Gardening: weeding and laying mulch.

$250

Awesome service, highly recommend Tim. Really appreciate it.

Lawns weeds mulching

$150

Excellent communication and work. I would highly recommend!

Two piles of tree branches mulched and removed

$100

total pleaseure and carried out the job to a tee !

Spread of Mulch

$1,000

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$150

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$240

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$378

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Why book a mulching service through Airtasker?

Mulching is a crucial part of maintaining a healthy, great-looking garden. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of time and effort, especially if you have a big yard. If you want to cross mulching off your to-do list quickly, without the hassle of doing it yourself, book a local mulching service through Airtasker!

Our platform lets you connect with trusted, budget-friendly, and experienced mulching specialists near you. You don’t have to take a chance on an obscure service provider without a single customer review. When you post a task on Airtasker, you can check customer reviews and ratings before hiring someone for the job.

Plus, you get to specify your location and budget! This way, overpriced, out-of-town experts can be a thing of the past. Best of all, it takes only minutes to book an appointment! To start requesting a mulching service near you, select the “Post a task” button now. Fill out the task post, then get quotes from mulching specialists in your area. From there, simply look through Tasker profiles and offers, and pick the Tasker you like best.

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Top Mulching related questions

Usually, you’ll need one cubic yard of mulch to cover a 324 square foot area with 1 inch of mulch. If your mulch is made of coarser material, you may need a 3-4 inch layer. Be careful, though, since too much or too little mulch can harm your plants. A Tasker can advise you on how much mulch your garden needs. 

Mulch preserves moisture, prevents weeds from spreading, and improves plant growth. Good, regular mulching helps deliver necessary nutrients to your soil and plants. Without mulching, you’ll have to water your plants a lot more often and have to deal with issues like weeds and soil erosion. 

You can usually find mulching supplies in a nearby garden or home improvement store. Some Taskers may offer bulk mulch delivery in your area, along with the actual mulching service. Please confirm with your Tasker if their mulching service includes the mulch materials. Alternatively, you can post a separate task for mulch delivery. 

It depends on your garden’s needs, including the thickness of your mulch. Some gardening experts recommend watering after mulching to help the mulch “settle in.” This step also prevents the mulch from actually blocking the water out! 

It’s better to plant first then mulch later because too much fresh mulch can kill plants. Also, it can be tedious to scrape the mulch away to plant seeds or transfer seedlings. But if you’ve already laid down the mulch, you can consult with an experienced landscaping specialist as to how you can successfully grow plants after mulching. 

It’s best to mulch AFTER planting or even after your plants have started growing. Not only is this easier to do, but it also keeps you from accidentally burying the tender seedlings and shoots under layers of soil and heavy mulch. 

What do mulching services include?

Buying and spreading mulch doesn’t have to take a lot of time, money, and effort—especially when a mulching specialist is within arm’s reach! When you book a mulching service through Airtasker, you can expect your Tasker to take care of this labor-intensive yet crucial part of maintaining a garden. Here’s what a typical mulching service will include: 

Picking and buying the right mulch 

First, the Tasker may assess your garden and determine the kind of mulch it needs. Shredded bark is quite common and easy to apply, for example, but isn’t as nutritious for the soil. Household waste such as grass clippings, leaves, and compost is beneficial for the soil but isn’t great at preventing weeds. Shredded leaves and pine needles are also great for mulching. A thinner mulch made of grass clippings and straw may be easier to use and more suitable for vegetable gardens.  

The Tasker can also help you figure out how much mulch to buy based on the size of your yard, the thickness required, and your budget. You can provide the supply budget and send your Tasker to the garden center. Otherwise, you can book a mulch delivery service to get the materials sent straight to your doorstep.  

Preparing the garden beds

Once the supplies are ready, the Tasker starts clearing the flower and vegetable beds. They’ll tidy up and other debris, then scrape off the old mulch. Next, they’ll check if your beds require watering and an application of herbicide. This is the best time to get the moisture and weedkiller in since the mulch will help hold them. Then, the mulching specialist may uproot any weeds lingering in the garden. 

Spreading the mulch 

Now, it’s time to spread that mulch! The Tasker may put on a layer that’s around 1-4 inches thick—just enough to keep the moisture in and keep weeds out, but not so thick that no water reaches the soil. Ideally, the Tasker should avoid creating “mulch volcanoes,” which can become hotbeds for pests, rot, and diseases that can spread around your garden. 

Take note that for ornamentals, mulch should be at least 3 inches away from the base of each plant. But if you’re growing vegetables, the Tasker needs to apply mulch around the base to help them retain moisture and prevent weeds. 

Mulching trees

Tree mulching has many benefits, so you should consider booking a tree mulching service. A Tasker can spread mulch over the trees in your garden. This process protects young trees, provides much-needed nutrition, and reduces the threat of other plants and weeds. If you have an old or damaged tree, you can also hire a tree surgeon who can safely and correctly prune and treat trees. 

Recent Mulching tasks

Replace mulch bed to lawn

$250

Yokine WA, Australia

7th Feb 2026

Want to replace the mulch bed to a small buffalo lawn, dimension is 160cm x 350cm Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Green Waste Pickup and Disposal

$250

Malvern VIC 3144, Australia

7th Feb 2026

I have a large backyard and front yard’s worth of tree clippings and leaves that I need picked up and disposed of. Open to chipping or mulching on site if you are equipped. All waste will be moved to the front driveway for easy access. See pics for idea of volume and type of waste. Type of gardening: Garden cleanup Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: No

Remove cut tree branches maybe chip and mulch

$350

Avalon Beach NSW, Australia

7th Feb 2026

I have cut largish tree tree branch’s down and have three large piles that I need taking away or need chipping

Mulching of garden

$350

Templestowe Lower, Victoria

7th Feb 2026

Hi, i have approximately 135m square area of light mulching to do. I will order the mulch and will require the labour work to disribute them

Take out mulch

$300

Earlwood NSW, Australia

7th Feb 2026

1. need to take out top layer of white thicker mulch, and leave the brown ones (about 80sqm) 2. take out directly mulch from grass (about 10sqm) total is about 15 normal rubbish bins size Type of gardening: Garden cleanup Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No

Gardening - spread mulch - Kilsyth

$200

Kilsyth VIC, Australia

6th Feb 2026

Approx 3-4 cubic metres of mulch needs to be moved from our nature strip to the backyard and spread over the garden beds. It's a 875 square metre block, but longish so there's a bit of walking involved. We have wheel barrows and mulch forks.

Mulch spreading to gardens

$200

Braybrook VIC, Australia

6th Feb 2026

Moving mulch from nature strip to gardens, about 10-15m distance. Estimate bark beds are about 35m2 and stone bed is 12m2. 1m3 of stone mulch and 2.5m3 of bark mulch to move. Have small (60kg) barrow but good if you have another one. Needs to be later today, after about 3pm. Meant to add, I’ll be helping with the placement. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-150m² Has green waste bin: No

Spread fresh mulch over several flower beds

$500

North Turramurra NSW 2074, Australia

6th Feb 2026

I had a large tree recently felled and have a large pile of fresh mulch that I need spread over numerous flower beds and other garden areas. I also need the areas prepared and tidied please. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Above 300m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Landscape work in laying turf, mulch and small garden edging

$400

Chapel Hill QLD, Australia

5th Feb 2026

I need someone to finish this job for me involving leveling the soil, laying the turf, placing the garden stone edging and removing weeds then putting down the mulch.

Dan did excellent work and went above and beyond with a great deal of skill and care.

Move and spread mulch (3m3)

$200

Highton VIC, Australia

4th Feb 2026

Hi there, looking for a labour had to help remove and spread mulch around this property. Will be approx 3 cubic metres. I will be on site also moving mulch/installing edging/creating a pathway but need a hand to do some grunt work. All up will be about 3 hours work. Cheers Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-150m² Has green waste bin: No

Couldn’t be happier with the work. Simon showed up early, left late, was friendly and positive - all while working super hard. Thank you for your efforts!

Remove all stones, lava rocks and mulch

$1,200

Croydon VIC, Australia

4th Feb 2026

Remove all stones/ lava rocks and mulch ready for new turf to go down. Trees will be removed by 9am Thursday and will have suitable access for a digger/ dingo. Please include all rubbish removal

Great bunch of guys, hard working and very happy

Plant 30 plants, add garden mix, drainage rock and mulch

$400

Glenhaven NSW 2156, Australia

2nd Feb 2026

Looking for someone experienced with basic landscaping/gardening to help complete garden bed works. Scope of work: Plant 30 small plants into an existing garden bed Move and spread garden mix evenly across the bed Lay drainage rock where required Finish by applying mulch over the garden bed once planting is complete. I have all materials.

Excellent! Highly recommend

Handyman - move mulch to its place in garden

$100

Toorak VIC 3142, Australia

30th Jan 2026

Needs to be done asap. Today - Need the red bark spread out into the garden - down the driveway on both sides and in the exposed areas and some in the balcony pots. Bring your own tools/shovel/gloves or whatever you need and cleaned- up asap - Simple bark spreading job. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No

Great work. He was on time and did a great job with the garden. Amazing Airtasker will highly recommend.

Gardener needed - weeding, mulching planting Mona Vale

$1,500

Mona Vale NSW, Australia

29th Jan 2026

Need 1-1.5 days of gardening maintenance and small amount of planting. Must be done before the end of the day on Monday 2nd Feb. Need someone to weed and mulch our garden beds in Mona Vale. Garden beds need to mulched with Midnight Fines or Similar. Some minimal pruning of garden plants also required and weeding of all garden beds before mulching. I imagine we need around 1.5 cubic meters of midnight fines mulch. Please advise if price includes supply and delivery of mulch. Type of gardening: Garden cleanup, Weeding Size of garden: 50m²-150m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Andre did an outstanding job on our gardens. He came up with a planting plan for the empty garden beds, planted new plants and redistributed some of the existing plants to make it all look cohesive. Andre is extremely professional and lovely to work, would definitely use him again.

Qoute to mulch green waste

$10

Pakenham South VIC, Australia

28th Jan 2026

I have a large pile of grass waste that am considering to be mulched you can carry the mulch with you just looking for a qoute how much it will cost it's approximately 5-6 cubic meters you can leave thick branches on site .

Awsome highly recommend

Looking to have some green waste mulched or removed

$150

Mount Dandenong, Victoria

28th Jan 2026

Green waste 5 piles - very easy access - bring a mulcher and spit it into the beds or remove it

Great work, nice person

Mulch - spread 4m³ of mulch in front garden beds

$160

Doreen VIC, Australia

27th Jan 2026

Looking for someone to spread approximately 3- 4 cubic metres of mulch across front garden Existing black mulch already down – this is top-up / overlay only to hide black mulch - no digging required . Do you have gardening experience? Location Doreen Cheers Coverage depth approx 3–4cm Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-150m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Excellent Quality Efficient Service, look forward to booking the next project, highly recommend! Thank you!

Level Garden bed and supply natural mulch

$350

Preston VIC 3072, Australia

25th Jan 2026

I need the garden bed pictured which is approximately 8 m long to be levelled cleaned and mulch laid you supply the mulch. Yes. Type of gardening: Garden cleanup Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No

Great job, thanks so much, Peter

Garden and mulching, weeding, pruning, hedging loading rubbish f

$225

Palmview QLD 4553, Australia

22nd Jan 2026

4-5 hrs Spreading mulch and pebbles, a bit of weeding, pruning hedging, loading rubbish into our ute Type of gardening: Weeding, Hedge trimming, Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Great worker. Job well done

Move some mulch

$120

Bellbowrie QLD, Australia

21st Jan 2026

Move two cubic metres of mulch and spread around garden

Really lovely guy careful and did a great job, highly recommend, thank you Maliq👍