Planning The best outcome for your plants and, ultimately for you, will be to plan thoroughly to decide what you want from your garden and plantings. This will help to avoid basic problems and can be achieved with some forethought on what your garden may look like in a few years time. Easements and underground services When assessing which areas to develop, it is worth noting from plans if there are any easements that run along the edge or through your property. Easements are areas of land that can be used by councils or service providers to run pipes or cables underground through the property. It is worth knowing if there are easements, or where these areas are, so that you do not commence works above them that could be required to be removed at a later stage. If cables or pipes already run through your property, but you are unsure about their exact location, you should ring ‘Dial Before You Dig’ on 1100, which is a national free service. They will be able to send detailed plans of the location of services in a given area. Knowing where these services are may prevent you planting inappropriate species directly above them, causing problems or expensive remedial works in the future.
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Australian Native Plants for your Backyard