So I have this little yard. The bricks are pretty cool, mossy. And then the plants are tropical. I was thinking decking over bricks because it’s easier & cheaper than removing the plants. I will get rid of some like the rose bush & dead succulents etc. I have like a crushed chilli paint colour & will do slate gray lattice around the tops. I have a $500 Bunnings card. Heeeelp!
by atlas_eleven
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The bricks are so cool and really make the chili color you want on the fence flow in the space. I would keep them personally! Definitely get that turf out! And as far as plants, do you want to keep all the tropicals and add more plants? What’s your hardy zone?
There’s random one off bricks in there too, I do like them. I’m thinking now I’ll strip the left side of the garden bed & move what’s healthy-ish into the other beds. That’s where I’ll do some deep slate gray decking. Between fence line & bricks edge. What’s a hardy zone? 😅
The Bed clean up, fake grass removal, and fence painting will go a loooong way. In order, I’d probably prune & remove plants, then paint the fence, then remove the fake grass, then clean up edging. While you’re doing this big overhaul though, maybe re-do the bricks too? Right now they don’t complement the yard as well as they could, if you take the circle of bricks and put them square in the middle, then use the rest of the surrounding bricks as edging for the border beds, it’ll create a sense of structure and cohesion in the space. When you walk out the eye will travel more naturally around the yard, instead of stopping in the middle of it to see disjointed materials. Then plant a groundcover mix, ideally native ground covers to your area, but if you have kids/pets then mix 1 part grass seed to 1-2 parts groundcover seed. When you’re doing the brick edging, there are lots of ways to do it, but I’d recommend compacting the soil (you can do this with your feet or even a rented tamper) then putting a layer of sand down and compacting that before then putting bricks & compacting those. Makes it last longer and be more uniform. Keep the curves to a minimum, my rule of thumb is 3 curves max unless there are hills involved.