Terraced Backyard Transformation, Before & After

This backyard had a great outlook and not much else going for it. Decades of growth had swallowed the old brick planters, the concrete paths had cracked and slumped, and the steep lawn was too dry and uneven to use. We cleared the lot, excavated the slope and rebuilt it from the ground up: curved sandstone-block retaining walls with steps and a built-in bench, raised timber garden beds, a gravel terrace, mulched beds planted out with natives, and a fresh level lawn to finish. The gallery runs in order, from the first day of the dig to the final planting.