Practical landscape guidance, from people who build gardens.
Planning, cost, design, construction, drainage and planting. Straight answers for homeowners before the first drawing or the first day on site.
How much does landscaping cost in Melbourne?
What actually drives the cost of a landscaping project in Melbourne, from site access and levels to materials, structural work and planting. Written by a Melbourne landscape design and construction team.
Read Guide →How much should you budget for landscaping?
A practical way to set a landscaping budget: what to spend on first, what can wait, and how to stage a garden without wasting money on work that has to be undone.
Read Guide →Landscape design vs landscape construction: what is the difference?
Landscape design decides what the garden will be. Landscape construction builds it. Here is what each stage involves and why keeping both with one team protects the result.
Read Guide →How long does a landscaping project take?
Realistic landscaping timeframes, the sequence a build follows, and the things that most often slow a project down in Melbourne and South Gippsland.
Read Guide →How to plan a backyard renovation
A step by step approach to planning a backyard renovation: assessing the site, deciding what to keep, resolving levels and drainage, and sequencing the work sensibly.
Read Guide →Landscaping a new build: what homeowners need to know
Why landscaping a new build should be planned before the builder leaves site, covering levels, drainage, access, driveway interfaces and compacted soil.
Read Guide →Landscaping sloping blocks
How to turn a sloping block into usable garden: terracing, retaining, steps, drainage and planting strategies for the hillier parts of Melbourne's east and South Gippsland.
Read Guide →Retaining wall options explained
Timber, concrete block, natural stone and rendered concrete retaining walls compared, plus the drainage and engineering considerations behind each.
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