Garden Services

A Complete Garden Solution

D C Garden Restoration provides a complete garden solution. With the perfect combination of landscaping expertise and experience, D C Garden Restoration combines all landscaping elements harmoniously, to create inspiring gardens.

1. FRONT GARDEN LANDSCAPING

   Your front garden landscaping is a reflection of you: it is the first thing your guests see when they come to visit, so it must look presentable and inviting. D C Garden Restoration create striking front garden landscaping, which increases the visual appeal and first impression of the home.

2. BACKYARD LANDSCAPE DESIGN

   Your backyard is your outdoor room where you entertain guests, cook on the BBQ, and where you relax with your family. D C Garden Restoration creates inspiring backyard landscape designs to suit your individual requirements for an outdoor room.

3. OUTDOOR LIGHTING

   Outdoor lighting is important for creating atmosphere and mood in your garden. D C Garden Restoration provides low voltage outdoor lighting, custom designed to suit the outdoor setting.

4. PLANTS & TREES

   With an expert horticulturalist on the team, D C Garden Restoration provides the ideal plants to suit your lifestyle and requirements. This is a complex process involving:
   
   
   • Matching plants to the client
   • Ensuring disease-free plants are selected
   • Choosing plants which will survive in the current climatic conditions
   • Selecting the right soils for the plants
   • Ensuring the correct PH Levels
   • Locating the plant in the appropriate area and position, depending on light or shade requirements
   • Fitting an irrigation system to match the plants´ water needs
   • Considering the colour scheme and effect of the plants in the overall design
   
   D C Garden Restoration goes that extra step, ensuring that the client is fully educated on how to take care of their new garden.
   
   

   Drought Proofing your Garden

   A drought proof garden is the ultimate low maintenance garden, requiring little or no watering and minimum work.
   
   D C Garden Restoration can drought proof your garden by:
   
   
   • Designing gardens with little or no water requirements.
   • Utilising succulent plants, which are very low maintenance with low water needs for survival.
   • Alternatively utilising native plants, which are also low maintenance and require little watering.
   • Mulching to increase the water retention of plants.
   • Using drought resistant turf such as: kikuyu, Santa Anna Couch or buffalo instant turf.
   
   
   See examples of a drought resistant garden.

5. GRASS & ARTIFICIAL TURF

   D C Garden Restoration offers a range of grass and artificial turf varieties to suit any backyard from small to large. Drought tolerant turf is increasingly popular due to today’s water conscious environment, varieties include: Sir Walter Buffalo, Kikuyu and Santa Anna Couch. The key to a great looking lawn is
   
   
   1. soil preparation
   2. choosing the most suitable lawn and
   3. proper care and maintenance.

6. IRRIGATION

   D C Garden Restoration design and install drip irrigation systems, which keep in line with current regulations in minimising the use of water in times of restriction. These systems go hand-in-hand with drought tolerant plants for the best results in minimising water usage but still ensuring a beautiful garden all year round.

7. WATER FEATURES & PONDS

   With a creative touch, D C Garden Restoration designs and installs magnificent water features including: fountains, ponds, cascading walls, statues, pots, flowing rivers and river beds. The water features use 100% recycled water to ensure that they are cost effective and environmentally friendly.

8. WALLS & FENCING

   D C Garden Restoration design and build feature walls, retaining walls and unique fencing for their clients.
   
   Retaining walls
   
   D C Garden Restoration design and construct practical and attractive retaining walls for the front or backyard to:
   
   
   • Separate garden beds
   • Create a feature
   • Prevent erosion by holding in soil
   • Improve overall aesthetics
   • Build flat spaces in steep terrain
   
   There are many choices in retaining walls including: brick, sleeper/timber, concrete veneered, concrete blocks, bluestone and many other options.
   
   Feature walls
   
   Feature walls are utilised to add depth and effect to an entertaining area, BBQ area or any outdoor area. D C Garden Restoration incorporate feature walls in many backyard landscaping designs.
   
   Unique fencing
   
   Unique fencing is utilised in garden landscaping to create an interesting perimeter, atmosphere and privacy, which also serves to tie the overall landscaping design together. There are many varieties of unique fencing including: bamboo, brush panel (hard grass), picket and Colourbond fencing, with a range of colours available in each.

9. PAVING & DRIVEWAYS

   Paving
   
   D C Garden Restoration specialises in outdoor paving, which is used to define and create a usable space in outdoor areas such as: backyards, front yards, courtyards, garden paths, stepping stones and other external spaces. There are 3 methods for paving:
   
   
   1. on a concrete slab with mortar
   2. on a crushed rock with mortar and
   3. on a crushed rock with sand.
   
   
   Driveways
   
   D C Garden Restoration also incorporates driveways as part of their quality product and service portfolio; to complement the overall front garden landscaping.
   
   Driveways options include:
   
   
   • Exposed Aggregate (coloured or plain, pebble/concrete combination)
   • Concrete
   • Paved
   • Bricks
   
   D C Garden Restoration offers a large range of products in various colour choices.

10. OUTDOOR FURNITURE & ART

    Outdoor furniture and art often add to the finished effect of an outdoor area. D C Garden Restoration can make or source any outdoor furniture or art item, to complement your garden:
    
    
    • Daybeds
    • Permanent seating
    • BBQ
    • Built in Kitchens
    • Park benches

    • Wrought Iron features
    • Outdoor sheds
    • Sculptures
    • Statues

D C Garden Restoration for professional low maintenance gardens and landscaping in Melbourne: garden design, backyard landscape design, front garden landscaping and courtyard garden design. Contact: 0408 312 356 or submit an online form.