Heywood 25 by PD - Landscaping Complete

great pics! love your deck and veranda ..hopefully this is how our deck will turn out when its complete and hope to have enough money for the merbu veranda at the end.

Thank you Ebony. Well, the vegies are growing wild without too much effort really apart from watering it from time to time. This was my first experience in growing my own vegies and I am quite happy with the results. It came obvious to me that I need to plan what I will grow a bit smarter as I really do not have that much space. :-l




Thanks mate and yeah trust me it is totally worth it. We had some glimpse of sunshine and warm weather here in melbourne and sitting under the verandah felt so good. The bronze tint in the laserlite also bring an even warmer feel while being under it. =-)




I know aye...how rude!!! loll






Thank you Bacchus.

Yep I actually do. The exposed aggregate mix I have used was the Burrindi mix from Mentone Pre Mix.

For more information click on the link below:

http://mentonepremix.com.au/products_topten.html




Thanks AE86. Are you a toyota fan btw? hehe

I hope so for you. Like in my situation, I did not have the money either at the start. But I was patient. Also, I have the kind of philosophy of "do it once do it right". Sometime, it actually gives you the opportunity to appreciate what you are going through.

The painful step was actually to go through and organise the council approval but now it is over...

hey thegourou20

yeah mate toyota fan through and through! ...you needed council approval for that?
...how much did they sting for the approval and what hoops did you have to jump through?

It depends upon the rules and regulations in place stipulated by your council.

In my case, I needed drawings for the verandah only as it is a covered structure attached to the house.

The application itself cost around $350 from what I remember.

The costly part is the drawings you have to submit with your application. I paid close to 2K for that. :-l

Hello Guys,

I have finally some good news. =-) I have managed to sort out my front yard after I have been fooled around by so many landscapers prior to Christmas promising me so many things they could not deliver.

Anyway, the most important thing now it is done and dusted. What's even better is that I have used a member on this forum itself to do it. His username is "Not So Good" but in fact he is very good...lol

I am very happy with what Aaron did for me and could not be happier. He pretty much transformed my front yard in a couple of days.

I will let the pictures below speak for themselves. What do you think?

Before (the concrete foundation for the retaining wall on that day):




After:




The only thing that is missing now in my opinion is some nice plants. I wanted to take my time to choose them.

Do you guys have some suggestions for me?

Nice job. Very impressive. Excellence through simplicity I'm looking to get some Cordyline Choc Mints as I think they have a very unique colour to them. The whole Cordyline range is pretty good though if your after that sort of reedy plant.

Hi thegourou20,

It’s been a while since we’ve seen you on forum. Congratulations on the front yard, it’s really looking great, hopefully you’ll get some good suggestions out of the form for you to consider. Don’t forget you have your PD Rewards card which you can use at Plantmark. I look forward to hearing what you decide to go with. Cheers, Ebony

looks very good mate ,you must be happy with it ,also good work by the person who did it!