Our Neighbours have just had a super large renovation and their balcony lights shine all the way into our bedrooms. We needed to build a screen that was minimum 10metres to ensure that we could block the lights.
We decided to build a retaining garden similar to the exisiting fence and planted bamboo, sounds a bit easier than it was!
Steps
Step 1
Step one clear existing plants from the wall and pressure was the wall. We then used the exteria paint to match the screen that the council required the neighbours to put in. WE love the colour!
Step 2
Build Retaining wall using Besser Blocks. This required a trench to be dug, a cement slab to be put down since the ground was very uneven, and leveling the besser blocks in place!
Step 3
Once besser blocks were inplace and dry, we put in a drainage system using PVC piping and drainage gravel. Covered this with soil from Bunnings, planted the bamboo and covered with mulch bark!
Step 4
Then everything looked a bit old, so the garden bed was painted the same colour, a hose reel installed and now it's just waiting on the grass and bamboo to grow!!
