Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jun 07, 2013 9:24 pm Planning a build on an acre lot. Up to 7 metre fall, on what you would call a slanting site, slopes in both directions. Add to that it's on the downslope of a hill that's 300m higher. Want more, annual rainfall is 900mm. Basic landscaping, if you would call it that, will be a 10-15m radius of crushed rock etc around the house, part of bushfire treatment. Anything else will have to wait a year or 2. Who should I turn to for the basic design of drainage, Swales, and even a large fishpond. Not really, pond yes, dam no.. BTW, no sewer and no Stormwater. I can do my own earthworks, with access to excavators and SkidSteers. Have got a full Contour Survey. Think this might be below what a Landscape Designer would want to take on. Any pointers appreciated. Victoria, North East Always handy to have the facts on hand when relying on agents advice, a lot of times sale agents advice is only good anecdotally, and when you actually dive deeper it's… 33 52757 Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 12288 2 5858 |