Finished job!The garden was a disaster….
. Old unused garden shed
. Grass was mostly weeds and bamboo risomes
. completely uninviting and unusable
. south facing to the rear
. ugly area under deck area
Materials
1. H4 timber various sizes
2. Decking paint for deck and fences
3. Plants
4. bricks (commons)
5. lighting system
6. concrete, mortar, cement, lime
7. re purposed sandstone for wall and steps
8. various fixings for h4 timber
9. Galvanised footings
10. Wheel barrow
11. weed mat
12. drainage pipe and fittings
13. blue metal gravel
14. Landscaping fabric
Tools
Pick
Rake
Shovel
bar
re-bar
Levels
string level
string for levelling
ryobi drills x 2
ryobi circular saw
ryobi Cutting tool
ryobi orbital sander
drill bits
render
Glove For render
ryobi angle grinder and cutting discs
Rio For garden stair footing
ryobi tool box stack
Rubble bags
Electrical conduit for lighting system
Steps
Step 1
1. Draw and measure site and design and check levels. Research everything on utube, Bunnings videos.
Step 2
Clear unwanted items such as the old tin shed, rampant bamboo, abundant weeds and rocks galore.
Step 3
Build new rear fence
Step 4
Create footing for stairs
Step 5
Building the stairs and installing the landscaping timbers. Paint fences and landscaping timber and deck.
Step 6
Installing the corten steel garden beds and edging. Installed new sandstone.
Step 7
Install weed mat and plants to prepare for stepping stones.
Step 8
Using large rocks that were too big to move and were used as a feature to hide the large deck footings. We also created two new garden beds to create bit more interest to flow into the rear garden below.
Step 9
Installation of gravel
Step 10
Finishing touches
