Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 25, 2016 9:16 am Hi all. Having newly moved into our new home I am seeking ideas for our backyard. We have a colourbond fence with concrete retaining wall surrounding our house. In order to brighten up the border of our yard I was thinking of putting a raised timber garden bed along the perimeter of the back fence. We are thinking timer as a budget option. Is there any issues with having this garden bed along the fence? Do I need to consider anything? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78195&hilit=lana1845 Re: Timber Retaining Wall 2Oct 27, 2016 10:14 pm Timber is cheaper, and can look quite nice. Just be prepared to possibly have to do some maintenance or replacement of the wood in a few years. Also, don't let the soil rest up against the colorbond, put something between or it might damage/rust he fence Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread looks ok to me, round logs retaining walls are better than sleeper walls, more even preservative treatment and stronger since they include the whole tree and not just part… 1 2596 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5108 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16103 |