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A few recent jobs, with photos from start to finish.

A sandstone dry stone wall for a sloping corner

I cleared an overgrown, sloping back corner and built a curved dry stone wall from sandstone, giving a level garden bed along the fence. The camellia stayed. For bigger landscaping jobs I can bring in a landscaper I work with, at their own rates.

Before: an overgrown back garden corner with large camellias, a weedy sloping bank, scattered loose rocks and patchy lawn beside a green metal fence — Before

After: the same corner cleared, with a curved sandstone dry stone wall holding a level bed of fresh soil along the green metal fence, camellias kept at the side — After

Photos: RF Horticulture

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A native garden bed, from bare soil to grown in

A native garden bed on Sydney's North Shore. I prepared the bed with fresh soil, set the plants out in their pots to check the layout, then planted. A layered mix of Australian species brings structure, texture and seasonal colour: grasses and strappy plants at the front, a silver-leaved shrub behind and flowering plants for colour. It's a resilient planting that grows stronger with time.

Step 1: a rectangular garden bed of freshly prepared dark soil edged in brick, with potted native plants laid out on the lawn in front, ready for planting

Step 2: the same brick-edged bed just planted, with small native grasses, strappy plants and silver-leaved shrubs spaced out across the soil

Step 3: the bed grown in, now full of layered native grasses, strappy plants and a silver-leaved shrub along the fence line

Step 4: close-up of the grown-in bed, with soft tufted grasses and strappy leaves at the front, a large silver-leaved shrub behind and purple flowers at the side

Photos: RF Horticulture

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