The "Show us ya Garden - Landscaping" Thread

[DaveR]

Yep, show ya back yard off time.

Now for those who like to garden with Roundup and Gravel please hit the back button now...   

To kick it off, here is some of my handy work.
First the front.
The drive way is fenced of so kids can't escape and get ran over. Gates are to get to wash cars on the front yard.








Now for the back, I had someone make the patio and glass fence, but I did the rest. Below the timber decking is a curtain style water fall, best bit is, I didn't pay the $1600 the thieves wanted, I paid about $30 and built my own. 












This is the west side, I made this to keep it cooler, and have a nice place to sit for breaky in summer.


Now the mango tree, its almost ready, will be for a day after I go back to work.....


As I am guilty is stealing a few of these ideas from the interweb, thought it be good to put some back to share.
Yes I know, I should spend more time under canvas.....

[V8CRSA]

DaveR,

I love the "green" grass, I have 2 dogs and lots of shade can't get grass anything like that 
Looks great mate.

Matt

[D4D]

Nice frangipani, how did you set your pavers in with the rocks?

[Steffo1]

Mate, that looks great! The only thing I'd be a bit worried about is that Mozzies love mango trees.

[DaveR]

how did you set your pavers in with the rocks?

They sit on plastic and that is it, sometimes I shuffle them about a bit to line them up again.

[DaveR]

The only thing I'd be a bit worried about is that Mozzies love mango trees.

Not much of a problem here, more bats then anything else. OH, and birds fighting over the shade on a hot day as it seems to be always cool in the canopy.

[oldmate]

Looks great dave, 1 billion times better than my yard. I like camping too much

[McGirr]

Dave

Mate, I could get a couple million for your home, call me when your ready to sell 

Mark

[DaveR]

Cash up front? 

[SteveandViv]

That looks great, nice lines and order

[xcvator]

C'mon Dave, that's just showing off, get a life, go camping or fishing or both  Geeze I'm glad Bronny doesn't look at "myswag" or my life wouldn't be worth living if she saw those pics





















and what's wrong with a bit of roundup and gravel ? 

[DaveR]

PLEASE Don't be tellin me I am the only 1 here.......
NOooooooooooooooooooo

[McGirr]

Living in a unit.

The best I can do 

Mark

[Garfish]

I grow weeds in the garden, unfortunately not even the weeds you can sell.   

I forgot to run the lawnmower over the garden this week

[berlitza]

wow noice dave very posh,,,,, I've got some tall green things a bird bath and some guy shows up one a fortnight to mow the weeds,

[xcvator]

PLEASE Don't be tellin me I am the only 1 here.......
NOooooooooooooooooooo

Yeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssss 

[Kangaron]

Not much water around here.

[markg66]

I generally "garden" with roundup or a bobcat.

I payed a bobcat dood to do this................ as I'm building three of these................


Hmmmm sorry maybe off topic.

[berlitza]

bobcat sounds like more fun   

[Paul (SA)]

Yep, show ya back yard off time.

Now for those who like to garden with Roundup and Gravel please hit the back button now...   

As I am guilty is stealing a few of these ideas from the interweb, thought it be good to put some back to share.
Yes I know, I should spend more time under canvas.....

Great - next time I am on the coast, I know where I am headed with the kids for a free swim!

[DaveR]

Great - next time I am on the coast, I know where I am headed with the kids for a free swim!

With the beer fees, it is cheaper to go to the theme parks....

[Clouty]

Very nice Dave 

I bet there was alot of sweat spilt in construction..

[Snake]

Typical QLD'er, pool, bright green grass, sunshine. Mate i'm in Melbourne and my yard is either soaking wet from pissing rain or yellow from 42' weather all summer.

[oldmate]

Typical QLD'er, pool, bright green grass, sunshine. Mate i'm in Melbourne and my yard is either soaking wet from pissing rain or yellow from 42' weather all summer.

Be careful on the typical Qlder stuff, or I will be forced to post a pic of my yard to prove you wrong lol

[DaveR]

Be careful on the typical Qlder stuff, or I will be forced to post a pic of my yard to prove you wrong lol

Yer, too right, wot he said. Some of us live on a trendy looking former swamp with high soil salinity due to the rising sea water below, hey Oldmate.....