February 11th, 2011 | 
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- Before photo of side access
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- After photo of stairs to gain access
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- Before manageable steep bank
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- After terraced planted and mulched bank
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- Before photo (1)
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- Before photo (2)
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- After photo, boardwalk complete with planting (1)
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- After photo, boardwalk complete with planting (2)
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- Before photo
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- After photo of completed path
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- Before boardwalk and planting (photo 10
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- Before boardwalk and planting (photo 2)
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- Completed kwila boardwalk
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- Completed planting and boardwalk 2 years later
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- Before planted clay bank
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- Planted clay bank, 2 years later
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- Failing retaining wall (photo 1)
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- Failing retaining wall (photo 2)
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- Replacement wall fully engineered
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- Replacement wall with balustrade on top (photo 1)
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- Replacement wall with balustrade on top (photo 2)
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- View from the top lawn showing balustrade (photo 1)
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- View from the top lawn showing balustrade (photo 2)
This project was completed in Aug 2010. This was a huge job, fully engineered.
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- Before photo of railway sleeper path
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- After photo of railway sleeper path (1)
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- After photo of railway sleeper path (2)
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- Trellis inserts
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- Trellis inserts
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- Trellis inserts
This project was completed in Oct 2010. These are custom made inserts for the block wall.
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- Unused steep section before we started (photo 1)
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- Unused steep section before we started (photo 2)
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- Mid stage site caved out and retaining post going in
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- Railway sleeper planter boxed and sweeping railway sleeper staircase (photo 1)
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- Terraced ready lawn with stairs and planter boxes
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- Ready lawn with railway sleeper retaining edge
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- Completed section, totally useable (photo 1)
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- Completed section, totally useable (photo 2)
This project was completed in 2009. I put in terraces, retaining walls, new lawn, planter boxes and implemented a planting plan.
You can clearly see that you can transform an unused section into a totally new usable garden area.
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- You can reclaim a large amount of land by retaining.
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- Your fence has to be straight
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- Retaining wall and fence
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- Retaining wall, with fence mounted on top
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- Stairs coming down from the fence
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- Another angle of the stairs
This project was completed at the beginning of Feb 2010. This reclaimed a large amount of land for the owner.