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KanoLaLa
Growing in Experience
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We recently built our first home, and having literaly spent every last penny. I decided to take on the landscaping myself. After spending weeks walkin ...

jcrawford
Finding My Feet
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Started my garden from a very bare backyard. Placed a raised garden bed down the back corner, halved the yard and added pebbles and sleepers for the p ...

SarahRL
Just Starting Out
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RobynKHome
Getting Established
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I have adopted the pocket park next door to my home it is a waterfront park that BC was dry salty reclaimed land that was very unloved by our council ...

Stillerl
Just Starting Out
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This circular trellis was created using two old trampolines, purchased for five dollars each, from the local Tip Shop. It is cemented in the ground un ...

WelcomeHome
Finding My Feet
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The project was to landscape my backyard into a calm, colourful, engaging, bird-attracting oasis. The process of designing and creating a garden has ...

Alan5
Getting Established
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This is our retirement home so it was important that we create a low maintenance backyard that would eventually provide shade for outdoor living in th ...

Foxhunt
Finding My Feet
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I transformed a steep, unused slope into a curved timber stairway that flows naturally with the landscape. Each step was precisely measured, levelled, ...

FixerDownUnder
Getting Established
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After renovating the decks and verandah around our house, we had some jarrah decking boards that we wanted to recycle. There was an empty spot at the ...

17121951
Finding My Feet
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Moved from Hobart to Melb late 2021 to house site unseen. Greeting us was overgrown trees, shrubs and uncared for block. We cut, trimmed and removed t ...

FixerDownUnder
Getting Established
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Not only did the house that we bought require a full renovation, the gardens were a literal sand pit. Over the last couple of years, we've worked duri ...

BecandJake
Getting Established
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We love to live outdoors; cooking BBQs and foraging from our own vegetable garden whenever possible. We wanted to create height in the garden so it fe ...

thebungalow
Finding My Feet
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The attached courtyard was a mess of vines and weeds. We had always dreamed of a green sanctuary which served as an inviting outdoors extension of our ...

Disco-Stu
Just Starting Out
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I wanted to create my own Beer garden with different features for my guests to notice every visit.  MaterialsRecycled goods from op shops, antique ...

DIYCat16
Getting Established
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When I lived in a small apartment in Brunswick before I bought my own home, I was always uploading pics of public garden and flowering blooms on my wa ...

JAM12
Finding My Feet
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Back corner is shady, lawn always patchy and unsightly. Patchy lawn We transformed it to a garden to add colour and interest. It now brings a smil ...

ztephyr
Getting Established
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I’ve always loved the cottage garden look. In Winter 2024 with the help of my amazing partner Steve, I removed my unused garden shed and replaced it w ...

JanelleR
Finding My Feet
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Our project was a true transformation — we ripped out the old raised garden and installed proper drainage to create a solid foundation. The heart of t ...

KTW
Growing in Experience
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After years of traditional gardening (and even running my own florist shop and greenhouse!), I began finding the physical side of gardening harder to ...

JoTM
Getting Established
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It has always been a dream of mine to have a water feature and fish pond in my garden so I could enjoy the calming sound of water, attract wildlife an ...

SPG22
Getting Established
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what makes my garden stand out, is that I’m a renter! All my plants can easily be moved (like my modular green wall for example). Just because I don’t ...

aurelia
Finding My Feet
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this Garden was a new design by creating a new space after 35 years .... it was a design that showcased the way the garden flows with the paving, deck ...

Milly1
Cultivating a Following
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We had a large bare area of garden and decided that we wanted to encourage all sorts of wildlife into the garden including insects, bees, birds, butte ...

RenoMike
Growing in Experience
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We were having new lawn laid to complete our front landscaping project so I thought I would install a pop-up sprinkler system to water it. I took pict ...