Your local the Sunshine Coast gardener — on time, insured, locally run.
Ongoing garden maintenance the rest of your week can rely on. Mowing, edging, hedging, weeding, light pruning, and full green-waste removal — on a schedule that suits your garden, not a fixed checklist. Same-week bookings, free on-site quotes, no call-out fees.
A gardener you can actually rely on — every fortnight, every month, year-round.
Most people don't need a gardener once. They need one who shows up, gets it done properly, and is still around in six months. That's the gap T-Squared Services was set up to fill right across the Sunshine Coast — a locally-run gardener service where the schedule is the contract, the price is the price, and the garden is always left properly.
We're owner-operated by Tommaso Rio and Thomas Whittaker, both Sunshine Coast locals. Fully public-liability insured. Equipment maintained, blades sharp, work tidy. Whether you've got a compact courtyard that needs a half-hour tidy once a month, an average suburban garden on a fortnightly schedule, or an acreage block that needs more, we'll match the visit to the garden.
Every visit. Adjusted to what the garden actually needs.
A regular gardener visit isn't a fixed checklist. Some weeks the lawn dominates, other weeks the hedges have shot away, other weeks the beds need a proper weed. This is the standard scope we work to — applied where it's needed, not where it isn't.
- Lawn mowed evenly, cut height matched to the season and grass type, full edging along paths, driveways and garden borders.
- Hedges checked and tidied wherever growth has gone past shape — full hedge cuts scheduled separately when needed.
- Garden beds weeded — hand-pulled or selectively spot-treated with pet-safe options on request.
- Light pruning of shrubs and ornamentals that have got leggy or overhanging.
- Walkways, paths and outdoor areas blown clean before we leave.
- All green waste — clippings, prunings, weeds — removed from site the same day.
- A quick summary of what was done and what's worth flagging next visit.
How often a the Sunshine Coast garden actually needs a gardener.
There's no universal answer — the right schedule depends on the size of the lawn, the type of grass, how planted the garden is, how exposed it is to wind, and how tidy you want it to look between visits. Most Sunshine Coast gardens fit into one of four patterns. We'll recommend the right one when we quote.
Larger gardens · peak summer
Best for acreage blocks, heavily planted properties, or anyone who wants the garden to look like a magazine page all year. Most useful through Oct–Mar when growth is strongest.
The default suburban garden
The most common rhythm for the Sunshine Coast suburban blocks with a lawn, hedges and a few beds. Frequent enough that nothing ever gets away from you. Most clients sit here.
Compact or low-planting gardens
For courtyards, low-maintenance plantings, or properties where the lawn is small and growth is slow. Often combined with a heavier seasonal trim in spring and autumn.
Twice-yearly heavy resets
Some clients prefer to handle the routine themselves and bring us in for the two heavier resets a year — spring start-up and autumn tidy-down. We can do that too.
Gardener routes across the Sunshine Coast.
Sunshine Coast based, with regular gardener routes running from Gympie in the north right down through to the Gold Coast. If you're not sure we reach your suburb, ask anyway — we add new routes when there's enough demand to make it work.
Reliability is the only thing that matters in garden care.
The single most-asked-for thing in gardener work is reliability, and the single most-broken. T-Squared was built around three habits most local operators struggle with:
- The schedule is the contract. If we say Tuesday fortnightly, that's Tuesday fortnightly. Weather variations are communicated, not silently dropped.
- The price is the price. What we quote is what's on the invoice. If a visit needs an extra 20 minutes because something has shot away, we don't surprise you with a bigger bill — we either eat it or talk to you first.
- The garden is left properly. Edges sharp, paths blown, clippings gone, beds tidy. That's the standard, not the upgrade.
One-off jobs and dedicated services.
If you're not after an ongoing gardener and just need a single thing sorted, we run two dedicated services that are often booked on their own.
- Lawn mowing — regular or one-off mows with full edging, blow-down, and clippings removed. The single most-booked service.
- Garden clean-ups — a single big reset job for an overgrown or neglected garden. Often booked once, before moving onto a fortnightly gardener schedule.
Everything else worth asking before you book a gardener.
What does a local gardener actually do on each visit?
A regular T-Squared gardener visit covers the things your garden needs to keep looking after itself between calls. That includes mowing and full edging, hedge tidying where it's grown out, garden-bed weeding, light pruning of shrubs that have got leggy, blow-down of paths and outdoor areas, and full green-waste removal the same day. We adjust what's done each visit to what the garden actually needs — not a fixed checklist that ignores the season.
How often should I have a gardener visit?
Most the Sunshine Coast gardens sit naturally in one of three buckets. Compact, low-planting gardens are usually fine with a monthly gardener. Average suburban gardens with hedges, beds and a lawn typically work best on a fortnightly schedule. Larger acreage or heavily planted gardens often need a weekly visit through the October-to-April growing season and a fortnightly visit through the cooler months. We'll recommend the right rhythm when we quote — there's no minimum commitment.
What's the difference between a one-off garden clean-up and an ongoing gardener?
A one-off garden clean-up is a single, larger job to reset an overgrown or neglected garden — hedges back, beds cleared, lawn caught up, waste removed. An ongoing gardener is the routine that keeps the garden tidy after that reset (or in place of needing one). Most clients book a clean-up first, then move onto a fortnightly or monthly gardener schedule so the garden never needs another major reset.
Do I need to be home for the gardener visit?
No. As long as we have safe access to the property — typically a side gate or an unlocked back gate — and we know about any pets, we can run the visit while you're at work. We send a confirmation when we're on the way and a summary when we leave so you know exactly what was done.
Are you a fully-insured local gardener?
Yes. T-Squared Services is owner-operated by Tommaso Rio and Thomas Whittaker, both Sunshine Coast locals. We carry full public-liability insurance, our equipment is maintained on a schedule, and we work tidily — no damaged garden beds, no surprise marks on fence posts, no tools left behind.
How much does a regular gardener cost?
Pricing depends on the size of the garden, what's included each visit, how often we come, and access. Quotes are free, no obligation, and there are no call-out fees. Most regular suburban gardener visits across the Sunshine Coast fall into a predictable range — we'll quote you exactly when we see the garden and understand what you want kept on top of.
Can you handle the whole garden, or only specific bits?
Both. Some clients want everything — lawn, hedges, beds, weeds, the lot. Others just want their hedges kept in shape and their beds weeded, with their own person doing the mow. Tell us what's in scope when we quote and that's what we'll do. We don't push add-ons during the visit.
Do you remove the green waste or do I have to bin it?
All green waste leaves with us the same day. Hedge clippings, lawn cuttings, weeds, pruning offcuts — none of it ends up in your wheelie bin or stacked behind the shed. Removal is included in the quote, never an extra.
What areas do you cover?
Our regular gardener routes run right across the Sunshine Coast — from Gympie in the north, down through Noosa, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Buderim, Nambour and Caloundra, and into Brisbane and the Gold Coast. If you're not sure we reach your suburb, ask anyway — we add new routes when there's enough demand.