Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 18, 2010 12:55 pm Hi Guys as the title sugests i need help and direction in designmy fron garden. I am looking for ideas. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The picture shows what i have now. The first thing i want to do is add a merbua decking platform that connects my driveway and path and porch as one. I have been conteplating building brick retaining walls to add dimension and raise the ground level but an not sure how this will work. Also i dont mind have a small area of lawn to maintain. any ideas?? thanks Re: Help me design my front garden 2Aug 18, 2010 11:12 pm Where is the house? What city? also have a squiz at this for a wall idea... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and some of the other current similar topics have loads of links and guides viewtopic.php?f=19&t=37387 Re: Help me design my front garden 4Aug 22, 2010 6:03 am Hey B Personally I would leave the slope. The reason it you will have a better layering effect and can also position the water wise plants at the top and those that need more water at the bottom. Plus I really dont like flat gardens What kind of garden are you wanting is it formal, cottage, modern etc?? How much time did you want to put into maintaining the look of the garden?? Do you have certain plant/tree you want to incorporate into the garden?? Colour theme?? Also does it recieve morning, afternoon or all day sun?? Soil type roughly?? Are you going to use that space at the front?? Budget?? as you can see there is alot that goes into making the garden for yourself I see the front garden especially, the reflection of the owner(thats why mine is messy, Native, and has bushfoods LOL) if you can answer some or all of those questions it will go a long way to nailing down a design just looking at what you have there (native garden style) Small bed (between drive and path) hard scape Granite boulder or stone letterbox Feature tree - Xanthorrhoea(grass tree) underplanting - Acacia cognata as random mounds which overlap but leaving space around GT for airflow and to prevent rot alternative underplant with Poa poiformis (Tussock Grass) or prostrate grevillea (take your pick) Large bed Stone steppers to side gate Viola hederacea planted in between steppers along footpath Brachyscome multifida (swan river daisy) in front of 3 window wall Dodonaea viscosa (Hop Bush) in front of large window Prostanthera lasianthos (Victorian Christmas Bush) rest of the area can be planted out with Grevillea with red flowers ie Grevillea rosmarinifolia, G.John Evans ETC Banksia ericifolia (heath Banksia) Themeda australis(Kangaroo Grass) or something more indig. to the area I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Help me design my front garden 5Aug 22, 2010 6:28 am Formal style Small bed Feature - Mag Little Gem Border - Buxus or Liliy pilly in fill - dwarf azalea or camelia Large bed Retaining walls of stone, brick rendered paving up to side gate Feature - Cycad in stone urn borders - buxus/lily pilly in fill - Lawn, Lavender, and camelia I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Help me design my front garden 6Aug 22, 2010 6:42 am Whimiscal Small bed Weeping maple or cherry in fill - bulbs - tulips/Iris(violet and white forms) Large bed Path to side gate - random bluestone steppers Rows of Lavender arranged like a ripple coming from the building so it curves down to footpath Like a elongated "S" Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ like the image only with a wider gap in between rows of Lavender-Lawn or lawn subsititute I have always wanted to do a garden like this I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Help me design my front garden 7Aug 23, 2010 6:22 pm Hey! How good would that look. What about a whole verge just of Lavender! That would look amazing! Re: Help me design my front garden 8Aug 23, 2010 9:34 pm I have got limited access to internet atm. I did however quickly read your responses. The thing that stands out is the laverder. I also have japanese maple in a pot that we can transfer. I will be back in a week. Re: Help me design my front garden 9Aug 24, 2010 7:35 am Yeah would look amazing but you would need to be handy with pruning to make sure it kept it shape I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Help me design my front garden 10Aug 27, 2010 4:13 pm wow I love lavender! Is it hard to grow them?! they are so pretty and they smell so nice. I also love the jap maple, it would look awesome! Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - Re: Help me design my front garden 11Aug 27, 2010 4:22 pm For lavender to grow, you need more sand in the clays you guys have in places. You need regular applications of dolomite of lime and keep the lavenders very well clipped on a regular basis. They do well over here in the highly alkaline soils we have however I find the new hybrids need huge amounts of water compared to the older varieties. Re: Help me design my front garden 12Aug 27, 2010 4:39 pm Hi B Star, Since your path is a straigh line to your portico/home, it is a good idea to make it winding. The energy is too quick, you need to slow it down a bit. Try some bushy pot plants like Acacia Fettucini. Pecan. Re: Help me design my front garden 13Aug 27, 2010 6:25 pm Fu Manchu For lavender to grow, you need more sand in the clays you guys have in places. You need regular applications of dolomite of lime and keep the lavenders very well clipped on a regular basis. They do well over here in the highly alkaline soils we have however I find the new hybrids need huge amounts of water compared to the older varieties. Are there older varieties still available, Fu? I used to grow English lavenders without any trouble at all. They did get a good chop a couple of times a year, but that was all. I had some French lavenders too that did pretty well. Re: Help me design my front garden 14Aug 27, 2010 8:30 pm They are harder and harder to find. All the nurseries grow pbr'd plants and breeders releasing new plants that are copy righted. All the marketing and all, who wants to buy a boring old French Lavender? I bet there are a few It's more because people demand new plants all the time so finding old varieties isn't so easy. There is a dwarf French Lavender around. It performs well Our Bondi Greenwall was impressive from day one with advanced lush plants to provide a wow factor to this recently renovated living area. The boundary was less than 1… 0 15309 G'day I'm trying to put in some privacy screening on my rental rooftop on a tight budget. I've already invested about $500 in the supplies for this. The issue is… 0 32244 |