Landscaping Services In Melbourne
At New Era Landscapes, we build complete outdoor spaces across Melbourne. Our crew handles the hard and soft landscaping together, from the drainage and retaining walls through to the paving, garden beds and lawn.
New Era Landscapes is a full landscaping service in Melbourne. Most of our landscaping is in Melbourne's south east, from Brighton down to Frankston and out to Pakenham. We handle levels and drainage, retaining walls, paving, concreting, decking, irrigation, garden beds, planting and lawn. Quotes are free and measured on site.
Most of our work is a whole yard, front, back or both, handed back finished. You deal with one team the whole way through, instead of booking five trades and hoping each one fits around the last.
Because the same crew sets the levels, pours the concrete and lays the turf, the paving finishes level with your door and the lawn drains the way it should. One team is accountable for the result.
Hard and soft landscaping
What Makes a Yard Work?
Every good yard balances two things. Hard landscaping gives it structure: somewhere to walk, sit and entertain, and ground that stays where it's put. Soft landscaping gives it life: colour, shade, privacy and a lawn you actually want to use.
Get one without the other and it shows. Plants struggle in ground that doesn't drain, and paving with nothing growing around it looks like a car park.
We plan both at the same time. That way the levels, the drainage and the garden beds are designed to work together from day one, instead of being patched together later.
The work
Our Landscaping Services
Every service below is carried out by our own crew. You don't need to know which ones your yard needs. Tell us how you want to use the space and we'll work out the rest.
Hard landscaping and construction
Structural work gives your yard its shape, and it has to last. We build it to handle Melbourne's wet winters and dry summers, and we sort out the levels and drainage before anything goes on top.
Here's what our hard landscaping covers.
- Excavation, levelling and drainage
- Retaining walls in concrete sleeper, rock, block or render
- Paving in bluestone, granite, travertine, cobble or porcelain
- Concreting, including exposed aggregate driveways and paths
- Timber decking and outdoor living areas
- Brick, block and natural stone cladding
Soft landscaping, lawn and irrigation
Planting is the part of the yard you look at every day. We prepare the soil properly, install the watering system before the turf goes down, and choose plants that cope with a Melbourne summer.
Here's what our soft landscaping covers.
- Garden bed design, soil preparation and edging
- Screening plants, hedging and feature planting
- Irrigation and automatic sprinkler systems
- Instant turf installation
A site visit is always the right place to start. It lets us see the yard as it is and hear how you want to use it before anything is priced.
During the visit we walk the yard with you and take the levels. We talk through materials, how long each one lasts, how much upkeep it needs and what it costs, so you can choose what suits your budget and the way you live.
The process
Our Landscaping Process
Every job starts with understanding how you want to use the yard. From there, it runs in three stages.
- Consultation and site assessment. We check the existing yard, the soil, the sun, the drainage and how machinery will get in, and we ask how you want to use the space.
- An itemised quote. Every part of the job is priced separately, so you can see what each element costs and stage the work over time if that suits you better.
- Construction and planting. Our crew builds the yard in sequence, from the drainage through to the lawn, and hands it back finished.
Why Does the Order of Works Matter?
The order matters because each stage sits on top of the one before it, so anything you build too early gets dug up again. Work done out of order is the most common way a landscaping budget blows out. The fix is always digging up something you've already paid for.
- Levels and drainage. Where the water goes decides everything built above it.
- Structural work. Retaining walls, footings and machine work, while there's still room to get a machine down the side of the house.
- Hard surfaces. Paving, concrete and decking, laid to the levels set on day one.
- Irrigation. Pipework and sprinklers go in before the soil and the turf, never after.
- Soil and garden beds. Edging, bed preparation and screening plants, so they're settling in before the lawn arrives.
- Lawn, last. Turf goes down at the end, once nobody needs to walk across it.
Recent work
Recent Landscaping Jobs Around Melbourne
Recent jobs include a front and back yard in Brighton, stone cladding in Patterson Lakes and a whole backyard in Blackburn. We've also worked in Beaumaris, Mordialloc, Cheltenham and Aspendale Gardens. We keep our customers' details private, so the photos do the talking.
Stone stepping pavers run through a succulent garden and lawn.
A brick garden pavilion with limestone paving, steps and raised planters.
A curved, rendered sunken seating area with pale stone paving.
Why New Era
Choosing New Era Landscapes for Your Yard
Our team brings over 10 years of experience in landscaping and turf work across Melbourne. That covers everything from small courtyards to complete front and back yards.
Every trade is in-house. Paving, concreting, decking, retaining, irrigation and turf are all done by our own crew, so the levels line up and one team answers for the finished yard.
Quotes are free, measured on site and itemised, with no obligation to go ahead.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does landscaping cost in Melbourne?
It depends on the size of the area, the materials you choose, and how easily machinery can get onto the site. Those three move the price far enough that a published rate would be misleading. Quotes are free, measured on site, and itemised so you can see what each part of the job costs.
Can I get affordable landscaping in Melbourne without cutting corners?
Yes, if the money goes in the right order. Because every quote is itemised, you can build the drainage and structural work first and add planting or decking later, without paying to redo anything. We'll also tell you where a cheaper material does the same job and where it won't.
How do I choose the best landscapers in Melbourne for my yard?
Ask to see finished yards like the one you want, ask who does each trade, and ask what order the work will happen in. A landscaper who can answer all three before quoting has actually planned your job. Then compare itemised quotes line by line, not just the totals.
How long does a full backyard take?
Most full yards take several weeks rather than several days, and the exact answer for your job comes with the quote. Weather, how much has to come out before anything goes in, and whether a wall needs engineering are the three things that move the date.
Do I need a permit for a retaining wall?
In Victoria a retaining wall over about a metre generally needs a building permit, and a wall close to a boundary can need one as well. We'll tell you which parts of your job need a permit before you commit to anything, and anything over a metre gets engineered drawings and agricultural drain behind it.
Source: Building and Plumbing Commission.
Areas We Serve Across Melbourne
We're landscapers based in Melbourne's south east, and we work right across the city. There's no shopfront to visit, so we come to you.
If you've searched for landscapers near me anywhere in the south east, there's a good chance we're already working close by. You'll find us regularly in Brighton, Berwick, Frankston, Cranbourne, Glen Waverley, Cheltenham, Narre Warren, Pakenham, Dandenong, Bentleigh, Beaumaris, Mentone, Mordialloc, Hampton.
Not on that list? Call and ask. We cover most of Melbourne, and you'll get a straight answer either way.
Written by Jono O'Brien, who runs New Era Landscapes and has been in landscaping and turf renovation for over ten years. You can talk to him directly about your yard.
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