Best Landscapers in New Plymouth

We assessed 10 landscapers in New Plymouth and ranked the top 5 on public rating quality, review volume and how recent the reviews are. The businesses listed below hold 244 Google reviews between them. No business can pay for a place in these rankings. Last updated 22 September 2026. How we rank

Top 5 Landscapers in New Plymouth

The top 5 landscapers in New Plymouth are #1 EUCY Tree Care & Landscapes, #2 CK Cuts, #3 Love Your Landscape, #4 Expert Turf, and #5 Turf and Landscape Solutions, ranked by Top5 Score.

  • 1

    EUCY Tree Care & Landscapes Ltd

    ★ 5.0 68 reviews Score 155
    Highest
    5★ 68

    EUCY Tree Care & Landscapes takes on hedge trimming, palm shaping, and tree pruning and removal across properties of all sizes, with Matt walking the site beforehand to mark work and confirm the scope before any tools come out.

    21 The Outlook, Ōakura

    Call 022 658 5056 Map Is this your business?
  • 2

    CK Cuts

    Verified
    ★ 5.0 41 reviews Score 151
    3.7 behind
    5★ 41

    CK Cuts handles lawn mowing, edging, weeding, hedge trimming, and green waste removal, making them a practical one-call option for regular property upkeep. Craig and Karin tailor visits to what each property actually needs, and several clients mention they also offer suggestions for solving specific yard problems rather than just completing the scheduled work.

    Mon–Fri 8am–5pm · Sat–Sun Closed

    Call 021 499 620 Map
  • 3

    Love your Landscape

    ★ 4.9 47 reviews Score 148
    7.0 behind
    5★ 46 1★ 1

    Love Your Landscape takes on garden edging and mulching, path and patio laying, section clearing, hedge and tree pruning, and weed recovery, with James working up site-specific solutions rather than applying a standard approach.

    Call 022 361 9208 Map Is this your business?
  • 4

    Expert Turf Services Ltd

    ★ 4.8 30 reviews Score 141
    13.8 behind
    5★ 25 4★ 4 3★ 1

    Expert Turf lays instant lawn, turf rolls, and fescue-rye seed mixes, and the ground preparation work, including full removal of old lawn, levelling, and grading for proper rain runoff, is a consistent part of every install.

    63 Pohutukawa Place, Bell Block, New Plymouth

    Call 06 755 4022 Map Is this your business?
  • 5

    Turf and Landscape Solutions

    ★ 5.0 19 reviews Score 138
    16.8 behind
    5★ 19

    Turf and Landscape Solutions covers lawn seeding, turf laying, garden preparation, levelling, and site clearing, with Lincoln planning the timing of each job around conditions to give the lawn the best possible start.

    135 Govett Avenue, Frankleigh Park, New Plymouth

    Call 027 958 4140 Map Is this your business?

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Before you hire a landscaper in New Plymouth

Whether you need landscape design, hard landscaping or ongoing garden and lawn maintenance, a good landscaper will consider drainage, soil quality and upkeep, not just how a garden looks on day one. Ask for a planting plan with maintenance notes, check whether they handle consenting for any structures, and get a breakdown of materials versus labour in the quote.

The questions below are drawn from 127 customer reviews collected for this page.

What does landscaping typically cost in New Zealand?

Basic garden tidy-ups and planting start from around $500 to $1,500. Full garden design and installation runs from $5,000 to $50,000 or more for larger properties.

Paving, concrete, and decking costs between $80 and $250 per square metre for supply and installation. Soil conditions, site access, materials grade, and project complexity are the main factors that push costs up.

What should a landscaping quote include to protect me if the scope changes?

A solid quote should list every plant by species, size, and quantity, and specify materials by grade or brand so there is no ambiguity about what you are getting. It should spell out what happens if a specified plant is unavailable, including whether a substitution requires your approval before work proceeds.

The variation process matters too: any change to scope or price should require written sign-off from both parties before work continues, not after the bill arrives. One negative review in this group describes a price that rose after an in-person quote, with promised jobs left incomplete, which shows exactly why a detailed written scope and a clear payment schedule tied to milestones are non-negotiable.

Do any landscaping works require council consent?

Retaining walls over 1.5 metres high require building consent under the Building Act 2004, as do walls over 0.5 metres if they sit within one metre of a boundary or public space. Decks more than 1.5 metres above ground at any point also need consent, and structural retaining walls and certain deck construction count as restricted building work requiring a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP). Earthworks thresholds vary by council but moves of around 50 cubic metres or more, or work on steep or erosion-prone land, will likely need resource consent under your local district plan, so check directly with the New Plymouth District Council before any significant earthworks begin.

What are the warning signs of a landscaper you shouldn't hire?
  • –A quote with no itemised scope gives you no protection when disputes arise about what was agreed.
  • –Price increases after an in-person quote, without a signed variation, are a red flag that has caught buyers out in this market.
  • –Failure to respond to follow-up calls or emails before work starts is a strong signal of how they will behave once they have a deposit.
  • –Completing only part of the agreed work and leaving with promises to return is a pattern that forces you to hire someone else to finish the job.
  • –No clarity on who holds responsibility for consents on retaining walls or earthworks can leave you legally exposed as the property owner.
  • –A contractor who cannot explain aftercare requirements for new planting or turf is likely cutting corners on soil preparation and plant selection too.
What should you ask before hiring a landscaper?
  • –Ask for a written quote that itemises every plant by species and size, every material by grade, and every task by scope.
  • –Ask what the process is if a plant dies within the first season, and whether any replacement guarantee is included in writing.
  • –Ask who is responsible for obtaining any required building or resource consents, and whether that cost is included in the quote.
  • –Ask how site waste, green material, and spoil will be removed, and whether skip hire or disposal fees are included in the price.
  • –Ask what ongoing maintenance the completed garden will need, including watering schedules for new turf and any fertiliser requirements, so you can budget for aftercare.
  • –Ask whether the business holds membership with Horticulture New Zealand or the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA), as membership signals a recognised professional standard.
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About this ranking

What the 10 landscapers listed above hold, at the 22 September 2026 check.

68
reviews held by the #1 ranked business
19
reviews held by the #5 ranked business
4.4
lowest rating among the 10 listed
1.6%
of their 244 reviews are one-star
How are the top landscapers in New Plymouth chosen?

We build this page from Google Maps results for landscapers in New Plymouth. Each one is scored on its public rating and review record, using the same published method on every page. Businesses outside the area, or whose reviews describe a different line of work, are left out. Every category and city is rechecked on a rolling cycle, about every two to three months. See how we rank for how rankings are made and who is left out. On specialist pages like this one, a business's reviews count in proportion to how many of them are about landscapers, so a business mostly reviewed for other work cannot win on review volume alone. See the words we look for.

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