Pictures of my garden (Updated)

Thanks RenoMentor!. Where there is mulch was originally all grass and I hate mowing and looking after grass so I replaced what I could (not the nature strip as thats council land) with plants and mulch and im so happy with it. When the ground covers grow they will cover the mulch and look like healthy grass.The garden doesn't need much maintenance as its all quite free flowing and a bit messy on purpose

Down the side of my house ive been trying to create a sort of tropical/japanese style garden


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We built this fence and gate to seperate the front yard and the backyard. The gate is a screen from bunnings inserted into a frame we made.
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On the inside of this area we have little gem magnolia trees, bamboo, bird of paradise plants, chinese palms, mondo grass and various other similar plants

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This area has come a long way as it was mostly weeds and on a slope before

Its funny that you`ve asked that SteveMc, because i just got back from a two week holiday and the rock garden is full of weeds!. I did put down weed mat under the stones but unfortunately the weeds and grass still grow through. So i just pick out the bigger ones and put boiling water from the kettle on the smaller ones to kill them off. I prefer to do this than to use poison as i have a dog that sometimes chews the grass and weeds. If i was starting from scratch i would use mulch in this garden like i have done for my front garden as i get almost no weeds with the mulch.

looks great! very tidy, green plants match red bricks, wonderful

Looks beautiful! I love the colour contrasts - it's all so very striking