Covered spa area with glass fencing and screens
A Berwick outdoor area with a verandah, concreting, glass fencing and decorative screens around a spa.
Landscaping
A bare yard, or one that slopes away from the house, often needs more than one kind of work. That might mean levelling, a retaining wall, concrete or paving, then lawn, garden beds and irrigation. We do each part, on homes across Melbourne’s south-east.
Retaining walls & bricklaying
Flat ground on a sloping block, and brick walls
If part of the yard is too steep to use, we can cut it into level steps, each held up by a retaining wall. We also replace old walls that have started to lean, and build brick front fences, garden walls and letterboxes.
- Retaining walls
- Bricklaying
Concreting & paving
Driveways, paths and paved areas
A driveway needs a stronger base than a path, so let us know if a car will drive on it. Concrete can be plain, coloured or exposed aggregate, which has its top layer washed off to show the small stones. Pavers go down one at a time, so they can follow a pattern.
- Plain concrete
- Coloured concrete
- Exposed aggregate
- Paving
Excavation & site preparation
Ground that needs work before anything goes on it
The ground may need digging out, cutting back to level, or clearing of rubble and old concrete before anything new goes on it. How much depends on what’s on the site now and what will go there next.
- Excavation
- Site preparation & levelling
- Soil removal
- Site clean-up
Lawns, gardens & irrigation
A bare yard to plant, or a garden to redo
Tell us how you’d like to use the yard, and how much time you want to spend looking after it. If you’ve seen a garden you like, we’d like to hear about it. The garden can be natural or synthetic turf, planted beds, and mulch or pebbles, with irrigation on a timer.
- Garden makeovers
- Natural turf
- Synthetic turf
- Garden beds & planting
- Mulch & pebbles
- Irrigation & automation
Landscaping in photos
Cranbourne Project: Front yard landscaping with composite decking
Front garden landscaping with composite decking, steps, natural grass, retaining walls and planted beds in Cranbourne.
Front garden with a block retaining wall
A front garden for a new home in Clyde North, with synthetic turf and a block retaining wall.
Front garden with retaining walls and planted beds
A Berwick front garden with low retaining walls, planted beds, lawn and a timber entry step.
Front and rear gardens with a Merbau deck
New-home gardens with a Merbau deck, custom letterbox, garden beds, stepping stones, side gate, synthetic grass and pebbles.
Garden preparation with decking and a pergola
Site excavation and levelling, retaining walls, timber decking and a pergola.
Where we work
Lysterfield, Rowville, Wheelers Hill, Berwick, Narre Warren South and nearby suburbs.
Common questions
Can you level the yard before the lawn and garden go in?
Yes. Levelling and clearing go first, because a digger would tear up new turf or beds. It’s simpler to plan the levelling and the garden as one job.
For a new home, see finishing a new home’s yard. For the usual order of everything else, read how to plan a backyard project.
Can you do a job with several parts, like a deck and a fence?
Yes. Mention every part up front, and we’ll plan them together. You’ll have one contact through the whole job.
What if I’m not sure what I need?
Then describe the problem rather than the fix, like a slope you can’t use or a path that floods after rain. We’ll suggest a couple of ways to deal with it, and tell you which we’d choose.
Should I tell you my budget?
If you have one, yes. A rough figure will do. It lets us suggest options that fit, rather than pricing something you’d need to cut back.
Tell us about your project.
Send what you know so far. We’ll ask about the rest.
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