Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: HELP cheap suggestions for what to do with this space 2Mar 11, 2010 3:16 pm "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality" -John Lennon Re: HELP cheap suggestions for what to do with this space 15Apr 02, 2010 11:53 am I'd drop in three small feature trees. One or two deciduous and maybe a fruit tree like a pear or cherry. Also a small mallee Eucalypt species like Torquata, ceasia, ficifolia, victrix, erythrocorys. Then you have two that allow summer shade, winter sun. Free mulch too and one that is a fantastic habitat for bees and birds alike. Also provides free mulch Drop a raised bed in and grow veggies there. Why not? Check the trading post for free pavers. There should be heaps of those adds Then you create a space that is cheap, productive and somewhere you will come to want to be in. That is what a landscape is really for To be somewhere you spend time in Relaxing. Like a forest with a simple clearing, a lawn on that clearing and a single chair in it. I guarantee you'd sit and listen and relax there. A functional space, the idea behind every great landscape in the world. Another reason why I dislike boring lawns, mac plants and pebbles. That isn't a landscape, it is a waste 1. Roof cleaning and paint - which colour do you recommend? I often see black/ dark grey in use these days but I would prefer… 0 8322 You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 9957 Cupcake.girl This really depends on your local council. Each one has different definitions and ways to calculate contributions. This is called a contribution… 1 3580 |