Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Apr 03, 2009 7:01 pm Hi I've finished making the deck on the new house (4 months it took - 94 sqm - looks magnificient if I may say so) I've got lots of 85 x 19mm jarrah boards left and would like to use it to build a hexagonal tree bench around an ugly old olive tree in the back (the only surviving tree from the knockdown/build) The tree has many upward branch stems so the circumference would be about 1.2mtrs. I have seen one in the country that used breeze blocks rather than timber for the base. Can anyone help with information/ideas? Re: building a tree bench 2Apr 07, 2009 12:14 pm Building the Caprice33 by Provincial Homes. Now it's time for the landscaping http://jacksonsbuild.blogspot.com Re: building a tree bench 4Apr 07, 2009 11:51 pm yeah but they will crack as the trees roots expand with age. Timber will be fine. Re: building a tree bench 5Apr 07, 2009 11:54 pm By the way that ugly old olive tree can easily become something special by pruning it back (hard in some areas) and shaping it up. It may well be a blessing in disguise. It will come back vigorously when it warms again later in the year. Just give it lots of sheep and moo poo, blood and bone and powerfeed by the seasol mob Hi , I'm currently going through this now within the Whitehorse council which has a similar set of restrictions. We're having to make compromises with our floor plan due… 3 23581 Hello. I just bought a few acres in Habana, Mackay, and my horses seem to love hanging around under this tree. I would like to name the paddock after this tree. Can… 0 8906 |