Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Landscaping on a budget 2Mar 12, 2009 6:54 pm McKinnon Perhaps horti. students? I don't know where to start. That’s a good idea, and no doubt they will jump at the opportunity to put their hand/talent to it….. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Landscaping on a budget 3Mar 12, 2009 7:49 pm good god no!
Do it yourself, it's isn't that hard. Grab some books at the library or go to a library attached to a uni that offers garden design Some of the folks on here did their own with microsoft publisher. Check some of the threads. Some basic concepts to follow are. Don't put too many different things in. Be practical. Think about colours you want to use, what heights do you envisage where? what looks do you want. Don't concern yourself with plant names or varieties. Pick path or paving types, shop around and see what is available. Go to loads of retail nurseries with a pen and jot down what plants you like the look of. Then get on the NGIA website and find somewhere that has a "Certified Nursery Professional" working there. These people will have years of experienced knowledge and advise you on what might might go where of the list you have picked. You won't find what is in their heads in your average nursery or TAFE. Use the WA water corp web page and find the link to waterwise plants. One of the easiest to use data bases available in Australia. Re: Landscaping on a budget 4Mar 12, 2009 8:40 pm And go to the garden show next month at the exhibition buildings and take photos!! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Landscaping on a budget 6Mar 12, 2009 11:31 pm Nursery Professionals and where to find them.
I can't stress enough the skills these folks have. http://www.ngia.com.au/cnp/current_members.asp Re: Landscaping on a budget 8Mar 14, 2009 10:11 am Get a bunch of those magazines from the newsagents... the ones about garden designs
There's a few good pool ones that offer excellent ideas as well. Re: Landscaping on a budget 9Mar 14, 2009 10:45 am For cheap ideas you can sometimes get old magazine bulk lots on ebay/tradingpost or at 2nd hand booksellers. I recently picked up 50 odd magazines for 10 bucks. Beats paying top dollar for the latest issues and good design principals never age.
Good luck .. Re: Landscaping on a budget 10Mar 14, 2009 12:38 pm Yes im always going to the library looking at all the gardening books and flicking through the magazines. Good way to spend a few hrs in peace
I like the mag Backyard . nice gardening designs in that:wink: Re: Landscaping on a budget 11Mar 14, 2009 4:57 pm Another great idea - go for a walk in your neighbourhood I've been doing that for idea's 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Landscaping on a budget 12Mar 15, 2009 10:17 am Best thing I ever did was to trawl through for sale ads on realestate.com.au in newish suburbs to see newly established gardens, front and back. Similar to walking or driving around to see others gardens but you can see a much bigger range and the back yards too. Then if it's one in your area you can then drive by for a better look. Re: Landscaping on a budget 13Mar 15, 2009 8:33 pm Dislay homes are great sources of ideas. Take a small camera and shoot the plants you like, then visit a nursery.
Take photos of your yards, preferab;ly with some visible shadow, it helps detemine volume of sun etc etc. Also take a soil sample, this will play a part in any preparation you need to do, ie wetting agents. I cannot stress enough about getting your watering right. There is no point in designing an nice gardne and spending hard earned coin on plants if you cannot maintain it in current economic and environmental conditions. Have a good think about how you can harness waste and rain water, and incorporate an apporpriate system. This is what has kept my grass green, Adrian B Re: Landscaping on a budget 14Mar 15, 2009 9:36 pm Yes display homes, books, magazines, even maybe go for a drive to get some inspiration.
I'm very lucky that one of my best friends is a landscape designer who runs his own business. He has offered to design our front/back garden and cultivate all my plants for my garden and grow them on his property (his has acerage) till our house is finished, that way all the plants should be nicely matured. I am stoked Coming back to your old stomping grounds, huh? Renovations on a budget can be quite the journey. It's like giving your house a new lease on life. The twist of not knowing… 1 3476 Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar. Retaining wall regulations… 5 7857 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 35326 |