Garden Renovation and Restoration
Van Leeuwen Green specialises in garden renovation and restoration. Not everyone wants or needs major landscape construction to create a beautiful garden. A better option for many people is transforming their front or back yards through new plants and planting. Van Leeuwen Green renovates and refreshes gardens by carefully assessing the existing vegetation at your home, working with you to decide what plants should be removed or managed differently eg. by more regular pruning. The next step is to select species that will either complement your existing garden or establish a new look or theme altogether.
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Garden Renovation/ Restoration
The skills and knowledge that Van Leeuwen Green brings to garden renovations are based on careful plant selection. This involves choosing species that have the right aesthetic and functional qualities as well as plants that are robust and reliable. As the plants and planting specialists we only recommend species or cultivars that are grown by the best nurseries. We ensure that plants are available, grown in the right sized container appropriate for your garden and then planted correctly and at the right time of year.
Any garden renovation we do is based on a vision for how the plants will knit the garden together, making it more usable and attractive. We work with you on the spot to determine exactly what you have in mind and can show you garden transformations achieved over many years. For larger projects or complex plantings we recommend our design service.
Van Leeuwen Green also provides garden restoration services. We specialise in restoring historic or heritage gardens. These gardens often require detailed restoration plans and we work with heritage consultants and designers to bring these gardens back to their original state.
Plants and Planting
Plants are the living, dynamic element of your landscape. Expert plant selection is the key to a long-lived, beautiful garden and we can provide you with a planting guide for Melbourne. The plants for your landscape are sourced and selected by Van Leeuwen Green’s planting specialists and qualified horticultural staff from Melbourne’s best nurseries, to ensure that quality stock is obtained.
Our plant expert select plants in accordance with the specifications of the design or consultation process. Using a landscape plant selection guide, we choose plants for their aesthetic characteristics, low maintenance needs and longevity, and in the context of your site and its environmental conditions.
At Van Leeuwen Green, we pride ourselves on our horticultural expertise, which includes the art of planting itself. Plants are set out prior to planting to optimum or specified densities. Plants are installed at the correct depth for the species and watered in carefully. Saturaid is added to all plants as a wetting agent. Plants are monitored post-planting and adjusted as required.
For more information, download our consult fee & information sheets & view our renovation recent projects.