Garden Overhauls & Rock Bed Installation

The bit nobody sees

The underlay is why most beds fail within a year

Rock and mulch beds don't fail because of the rock or the mulch. They fail because of what went underneath — or what didn't.

Under a full rock bed we use heavy-duty plastic. Nothing is meant to grow there, so a complete barrier is exactly right. Weeds can't push through and nothing establishes from below.

Under a planted bed we use woven weed matting. Your plants need water and air reaching their roots — plastic would slowly kill them. Woven matting blocks weeds while letting the bed breathe.

Using plastic under plantings, or nothing at all under rock, is the single most common reason a bed that looked immaculate in March is full of weeds by November. It's invisible on the day and obvious a year later.

We also take the time to clear and kill off what's already there before laying anything. Covering live couch runners and hoping is not a method.

Why one contractor

One booking, one crew, no coordinating

A full overhaul uses our whole fleet in a single job — Toro and Bushranger mowers to reset the lawn, Stihl KombiSystem and Ego tools for heavy hedge and shrub cutback, and dump runs to clear everything away afterwards.

That matters more than it sounds. The alternative is coordinating a mowing contractor, a hedging contractor and a rubbish removal service around each other's schedules — and being the one who has to chase all three when one doesn't turn up.

We also handle dirt and soil removal where an overhaul involves regrading a bed, taking out old fill, or clearing built-up material against a fence or wall.

Choosing

Rock or mulch?

Rock lasts effectively forever, never needs topping up, and suits low-maintenance areas, driveway edges, side accesses and anywhere you want zero ongoing work. The trade-off is heat — rock radiates it, so it's harsh next to plants that don't like hot feet, and it's a job to remove if you change your mind.

Mulch feeds the soil as it breaks down, holds moisture, and moderates temperature — which matters on Toowoomba's free-draining red soil. It suits planted beds. The trade-off is that it decomposes and needs topping up, usually annually.

Most properties end up with both: rock where nothing needs to grow, mulch where things do. We'll tell you which suits which part of your garden rather than selling you whichever we've got on the trailer.