Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: advice, idea's, anything.... 15Jan 24, 2010 10:39 am On a budget That is an expensive block of land there As mentioned, lessen the slopes dramatic gradient where ever possible. The front, start there so the neighbours don't crack it at you and you'll feel better about coming home There is a Grevillea I've seen growing as a cover across a slope bigger and steeper at a nursery. It just looks amazing and do you think I can ever remember what the variety used was That would look sensational. One or two trees will also help, smaller ones I guess because then you won't wreck your view A flowering Euc of some sort will do. The red flowering Gum would be the go with the colours. I'll have a look through a few books and see if I can jog my memory. I would extend the retaining wall across the top. Out the back, the cheapest way will be to use rocks to retain it if you can collect the rocks yourself. Now that would be the cheapest and I didn't say easiest However there are some of Australia's best gardens that have started like yours on tougher blocks than yours and some persistence will be needed, but you'll get there You have a god send in a way, You have the potential to build narrow terraced pathways and creeks from rocks. Then over the years to come begin to build sections of garden There's one garden I remember from my childhood. It overlooked the Yarra near Warburton somewhere and had all these terraced sections made from rocks gathered around the place. As kids we spent the whole day running around the paths and exploring the gardens. It was featured on Gardening Australia last year, or was it the year before? Hmmm anyway it's doable and will only cost you some hard work I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36944 You must be new to the internet. You're also the only person anyone here has ever heard of washing their garage wall. I hate to break it to you, there are insects and… 6 4864 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 18294 |