LANDSCAPING

Sometimes you move into a house with a perfect garden. The size is right, the land is flat, and you can get straight to work bringing your vision of garden perfection to fruition.

Other times, however, you’re not quite as fortunate. Maybe the land is uneven, and the slope prevents you from getting things quite how you like them. Or perhaps there are trees growing haphazardly on your lawn, interrupting an otherwise ideal garden canvas.

If you’ve encountered issues like this, you’ve probably asked yourself whether it’s possible to landscape your own garden. The jobs involved probably seem fairly daunting, perhaps to the point where you can’t imagine getting them done yourself. This may have led to another realisation: That bringing in outdoor help to do the jobs for you would be prohibitively expensive.

If either of these things sound familiar, take a look through the guides in this section and you’ll quickly see that the answer to the question of whether you can landscape your own garden is yes, you can!

Our garden landscaping guides cover big jobs like levelling sloping gardens, building garden ponds, and laying decking. The sort of thing that once done, will transform your outdoor space and open up a suite of new opportunities for you.

We’ve also written guides to solve smaller problems. Things like solar garden lights to keep things illuminated once dark sets in, or security lights with motion sensors to put off any would-be burglars.

In short, this section contains all the information you need to bring your garden reality a little closer in alignment to your vision of garden perfection. Because with a little bit of elbow grease and the right knowhow, you can solve any problem!