The block decides the garden.

In full sun, a soft leaf buffalo like Sir Walter handles the heat and the humidity and stays dense underfoot. Where a lawn gets less than about four hours of direct sun, a shade tolerant buffalo holds on far better than couch, which thins out quickly once it is shaded. How the lawn gets used matters as well, so we confirm the variety against your block before anything is ordered.

Turf can go down in Brisbane almost any month, because the soil rarely drops below turf growing temperature. Spring through to autumn strikes fastest, since warm soil speeds up root growth. Winter laying works too, it just takes longer for the roots to knit in before the lawn will take normal foot traffic.

New turf wants water daily for the first week or two to keep the root zone moist while it strikes, then every second or third day once it has taken. Outdoor water use in South East Queensland sits under permanent water conservation measures set by your council or water authority, so check the current rules for your address and we will plan the laying date around them.

Turf takes light foot traffic in two to three weeks and full use at about six. Beds are slower. Small shrubs and groundcovers usually close up within one growing season, while screening hedges and specimen trees take one to three years to reach the size they were chosen for.

It depends on the fall. Sometimes it is surface shaping to move water away from the house, sometimes subsurface agricultural drains run to a legal stormwater point, and sometimes it is a wall to hold one grade and terrace the rest. Which of those applies is worked out on site, before anything is quoted.

In Queensland a wall over roughly one metre in height generally needs building approval, and some councils add their own rules on top, for example near a boundary or where a wall supports a driveway. It varies by council and by site, so confirm the current requirement with your local council or a building certifier before a wall over that height goes in.

Natives suited to South East Queensland are generally lower maintenance once established, because they are adapted to the rainfall pattern and the soil, and they bring birds in with them. Exotics give flowering, form and screening that natives do not always match. Most gardens out here end up a mix, chosen position by position rather than by one rule for the whole yard.

Yes, on a regular round after handover, covering mowing, pruning, bed care and general upkeep. It is not compulsory. Plenty of owners would rather look after it themselves once it has taken, and that is a fine outcome too.

It depends on the size of the block and how much of it is being redrawn, from a single bed through to a full front and back concept. The design fee is confirmed after the first site visit, once the scope is clear, and it is separate from the cost of building the garden.

Most jobs are a fixed quote against a scope agreed after the site visit, covering the materials and the labour for the work described. Ongoing maintenance is the exception. That is priced per visit or on a regular round, because it is open ended by nature.

A straightforward turf and planting job can be done in a day or two. A build with retaining walls, paving and irrigation usually runs from one week to several, depending on the scope, the weather and how much of the old yard has to come out first. The timeframe is confirmed as part of the quote.

Yes. Turf, plants, pavers, timber, soil and the rest are supplied and quoted as part of the job. If you would rather source something specific yourself, a particular feature plant or a pot you have already found, that is easy enough to work into the plan and the quote is adjusted for it.