Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jan 09, 2011 10:24 pm To start with I have no qualifications or claim to be a garden designer!!!! However I am someone, who maybe, like you fell into gardening. When considering the front yard I will have in the front of mind that this is the 'Public' face of the building. Backyard or side yard tends to be your "private" space, it can be very busy(ie kids or pets), productive (food garden), party space or just your escape, however you can have elements of all of these with some space or clever ways to meld them together in a multifaceted garden. I like to walk through my neighbourhood (if it is an established one) very hard if your in a new estate I suppose grab ideas and see what is working and what doesnt I like to see what council uses in parks and gardens, or the natural resource of the local nature reserves(I LOVE natives) now once you have decided what you want the space to do follow Master Fu's advice on soil prep get that soil alive then comes the fun part actually deciding what garden style you want to have in the space Tropical Native Formal Oriental...... the list goes on, remember some garden styles require lots of time over others (formal with its clipped hedges and geometric design = lots of time) then the major colour of the flower or foliage (I love REDs ) but regardless it will help form the basis of the next part The master plan. sounds scary right, The MASTER PLAN!!!!! its not it can be as simple as drawing or sketching freehand what you want the space to look like from overhead some people will get techy and use grid paper and draw to scale or it can be free hand however this becomes the most important reference material for your DIY garden (I do the free hand version cause I love the squiggling) from here you can get a feel for the garden with the amount of hardscape V softscape areas and how the areas interact with each other you can have you plants, features, etc and cost it roughly because you have decided what style you have hardscaping is the next step and then finally plants its all on paper now so you can cost it up and do the major (or minor things) as money or manual labour comes available when you select your plants try to select plants that are waterwise or if not group the drinkers together and let the teetotalers have their own space away from the drinkers then you should be set I hope it helps a bit but priority is the use of the space and then work from there 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! Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12288 I am not based in Victoria however i had a quick look into your question to understand what you were asking. The way I read the regulations, overshadowing relates to the… 1 2205 "is it exempt or do I need to get permission from council" Call your Council and ask them 1 1514 |