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Gardening help covers lawn mowing, hedge trimming, planting, autumn clean-up and snow clearing. Garden maintenance qualifies for a 50 percent RUT deduction on the labour. Below are our guides to gardening in Sweden: what is included, cost, and RUT.
What garden services cover, a month-by-month plan through the Swedish year, what to do yourself versus hire out, and how the RUT deduction applies.
Read guideWhat garden maintenance costs per hour in Stockholm, which jobs earn the 50 percent RUT deduction, and why landscaping does not. 2026 estimates and season.
Read guideWhat to do in September, October and November, what the RUT deduction covers, what it pointedly does not, and what you should deliberately leave alone.
Read guideWhat leaf clearing costs by the hour and by the garden, why hauling the leaves away earns no RUT, and when to rake, blow or vacuum them.
Read guideWhat to prune in autumn and what must wait until spring, the JAS period for fruit trees, hedge cutting and pricing, and how RUT applies.
Read guideThe last mow, aerating and scarifying, potassium-rich autumn feed, when you can still sow grass, and how the RUT deduction applies to the work.
Read guideWhat snow clearing costs per visit and as a season contract, roof clearing and icicles, the property owner's liability, and how RUT applies.
Read guideWhat the RUT deduction is and what percentage you get: 50 percent off labour in 2026, up to 75,000 SEK per person, for moving, cleaning, gardening and IT help.
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