Landscaping North Sydney

North Sydney blocks are often steep, harbourside and tightly built, so we design to the slope and the view. Sandstone, heritage character and apartment courtyards each get a plan to suit. It is landscaping North Sydney owners can enjoy with a harbour outlook.

Terraced harbour beds and balcony planters both need mulch here, for different reasons. On the ground it holds moisture on free-draining sandstone soil, and in planters it stops fast drying in the harbour wind. We match it to the setting.

Steep, tight harbour blocks need paving laid with care, often by hand. We lay stone courtyards, terraces and steps on bases built for sandstone, and on balconies we work on pedestals over the membrane. Materials suit the heritage streets.

Terraced gardens, heritage courtyards and planters all grow weeds, and we keep them clean. We clear beds, steps and paving on steep blocks and tidy balcony planters. Gardens stay sharp whether on the ground or up high.

Screening buys privacy on close North Sydney blocks and softens harbour terraces. We shape dense hedges that hold privacy between tightly built homes and take the harbour breeze. Trimming keeps them neat against close boundaries.

Pebbles finish terraced beds and carry run-off down steep harbour blocks. We use them in courtyards, along boundaries and as dry drainage lines on the fall to the water. The look is clean and suits the sandstone setting.

A deck wins level, usable space and frames the harbour on a steep North Sydney block. We build hardwood and composite decks that cantilever over a fall, and pedestal decks on apartment balconies. Each is set out for the slope and the view.

Steep sandstone harbour blocks need serious retaining to make flat space. We build sandstone and block retaining walls that terrace the fall with proper drainage. Structural walls are engineered and lodged with North Sydney Council.

Steep, tight harbour blocks and apartments both make waste hard to shift. We hand-clear green waste, old structures and debris and cart it out, even up and down stairs and lifts. One visit leaves it clean.

A small lawn softens a terraced harbour garden, but the ground needs prep first. We improve the sandstone soil, level the space and lay a hardy lawn, or set up quality artificial turf on a balcony where soil is not an option.