Help To You is a reputable Australian provider of gardening services to those on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We offer a range of garden maintenance services that include hedge trimming, weeding, mulching, garden bed maintenance, and cleaning services.

Our comprehensive list of services can help with your yard maintenance concerns and ensure that all of the garden maintenance tasks in your daily life can be easily taken care of.

People with disabilities may find it difficult to perform certain tasks at home without the help of assistive technologies. Gardening is a task that can be performed by a registered NDIS provider and funded by your core supports budget.

If you’re unsure about the relationship between the NDIS and gardening services, here are a couple of common questions that will help you gain a better understanding.

The NDIS can cover gardening and home maintenance, but only if you are unable to do the work yourself. If there are no assistive technologies to help you complete the task, then it is usually eligible for NDIS funding. If someone without a disability would be required to hire a professional to take care of the task, then the NDIS can support you with funding.

However, if you’re fully capable of doing that certain task or if a professional typically isn’t needed, then you won’t be able to receive any support.

The NDIS pays for support on a per-hour basis. This means that you’ll need to take into account the hourly rate of the professional that you have hired.

Currently, the rates are:

• National non-remote – $50.03
• National remote – $70.04
• National very remote – $75.05

This is the limit of what the NDIS will pay per hour to help fund your garden maintenance.

It’s important to remember that the NDIS will not provide support for materials such as soil, mulch, plants, and so on. They will only provide funding for the labour costs of hiring gardening services and the rate must be able to be expressed as an hourly rate.

It’s not necessary to hire an NDIS accredited provider in order to get funding. If you are the plan manager then you can still use NDIS funding to hire gardening services and seek funding.

If you are NDIA managed, then you’ll need to speak with an NDIS provider of gardening services and yard maintenance.

Before you hire a gardening service, it’s important to follow a few simple steps to ensure that you find a reputable professional that you can trust.

• Put together a list of gardening tasks that you need help with. Make sure you put together a comprehensive list to ensure that you’ve covered everything.
• If you are NDIA managed, then you’ll need to look for a registered NDIS provider that offers gardening and maintenance services.
• Get quotes from multiple gardening services to see what the hourly rate is. Compare this to how much the NDIS will cover to see if you’ll need to pay anything out of your own pocket.
• Some service providers will offer a discount for regular garden maintenance, so don’t forget to ask about this
• If you are happy with the prices, ask about availability to see if they can arrive on the days that are most suitable for you.
• You may need to make access arrangements to ensure that your service provider can access your property. This may involve providing a key or unlocking the gate to your garden to let them in.
• Once you’re satisfied with your arrangement, you’ll want to set up a service agreement. This is simply a written contract that clearly states what services you’re requesting, the reason for it, and also the price.
• If the service provider has not worked with the NDIS before, then they’ll need to have a valid Australia Business Number (ABN) to claim their services.

If you need more assistance regarding the NDIS, get in touch with us today and we can help guide you through the process of claiming assistance and funding to help pay for our services.