Hi everyone,
I'd really love some ideas for our landscaping before we meet up with some professional landscapers this week and next. We don't really know what we want or what will look good... so i'm hoping for some great ideas to come out of this thread as a kind of brainstorming activity!
Things we need to decide on:
- Stairs to the front & back door
- Outdoor entertainment area and how to make best use of the two levels (see image)
- Garden ideas for the front yard
Here are some images, as well as some plans...
Drawing of the block/house placement:
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x391/j0anne04/birdseye-2.jpg
Front of house (we need ideas for stairs from the front door too):
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x391/j0anne04/front.jpg
Rear of house (again, we need stairs here too.. we want to make this like an entertainment area):
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x391/j0anne04/backyard.jpg
Idea we had for the rear stairs/decking to make the most of the two levels and avoid the need for two sets of stairs:
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x391/j0anne04/stairs-1.jpg
Throw some ideas out there, hoping to get a good discussion going..
FYI: We live in a rather cold climate (Ballarat, VIC) and want a garden that is easy to maintain as we are both shift workers, so dont have a huge amount of time for gardening unfortunately!
Cheers,
Jo