Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Nature strips without lawns 109Dec 02, 2011 3:00 pm For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Nature strips without lawns 118Feb 19, 2012 9:13 pm Building our custom design "Dream Home" Follow my Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46820 Contract Signed - 28/04/11 Siteworks Commenced - 20/06/11 Re: Nature strips without lawns 120Feb 22, 2012 3:23 am Dichondra (kidney plant) is tough as nails. I thought it would struggle in summer but its growth has continued where others have died back. A great lawn alternative. Hardy as hell, tough and rugged. These have had wheelie bins rolling over them and no watering at all and now without help have covered the entire pathway. Prep was original soils + 30% sand and 50% wood shavings topped off with composted mulch to provide a harder, already walkable relief surface with pockets as places for the plants to be protected. Eventually that will break down but by then the dichondra will have established and stabilised. This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28319 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 20901 |