Older blocks with room to work
The earlier subdivisions left generous yards, usually with forty years of planting on them. Those jobs are about reclaiming space and rebuilding levels rather than starting from nothing.
Quakers Hill · City of Blacktown
Landscaping Quakers Hill
Quakers Hill was carved out of five-acre farms over sixty years, so one street can hold a generous old block and a compact new one. We design to the block in front of us rather than running the same layout over both.
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What we get called out for
Sixty years of subdivision in one suburb
Quakers Hill sits about 40 kilometres west-north-west of the city. It was five-acre farms until the 1960s and has been subdivided in waves ever since, with Acacia Gardens split off in 1996 and Nirimba Fields in 2020. The result is block sizes and garden ages that vary enormously street to street.
Newer blocks with none
The later releases are compact, often handed over as bare fill with builder's turf. On those the layout has to earn every metre, and the ground needs fixing before anything is laid.
A wet summer and a cold winter
Blacktown council area averages around 925 millimetres of rain, most of it between January and March, then runs to light frosts on many winter mornings. A garden built here has to handle both ends of that.
What we do here
Our landscaping and garden services in Quakers Hill
Most builds here combine three or four of these. Tell us the block and what you want from it and we will set the order.
Paving in Quakers Hill
Entertaining areas, paths and front entries on a properly prepared base. On the compact newer blocks the paved area often replaces lawn that was never going to hold, and it sets the layout for the rest.
See how we approach pavingRetaining walls in Quakers Hill
Sleeper and block walls to level a graded yard and create usable terraces. Drainage goes in behind every wall, which matters here given how much of the rain arrives in a few months.
More on our retaining wallsTurf laying in Quakers Hill
New lawn over decompacted, levelled and topped-up soil. On the newer estate blocks the ground preparation is most of the job, because turf over construction fill rarely survives its first summer.
How we lay new turfWeeding in Quakers Hill
Clearing the site back to clean ground before anything is built or planted. After a humid Blacktown January the weed load is heavy, and planting into it just brings it all back.
How we handle weedingMulching in Quakers Hill
Mulch at a depth that suppresses regrowth after the wet months and holds moisture through the dry winter. On a new build it also protects planting that has not established.
What our mulching involvesHedge trimming in Quakers Hill
Establishing and shaping screens between close-set newer blocks, and bringing overgrown ones on older blocks back to a line. Hedges here put on serious growth through the wet season.
How we trim hedgesTree pruning and trimming in Quakers Hill
Lifting canopies off roofs and fences on the older blocks and shaping young plantings on the newer ones. The two are different jobs and we treat them that way.
See our pruning and trimmingTree lopping and removal in Quakers Hill
Removing a tree that sits where the new garden needs to go, or one that has come down in a summer storm. Council approval is often required and we check before quoting.
About our tree lopping workRubbish and land removal in Quakers Hill
Old turf, soil, broken concrete and green waste taken away. Clearing an overgrown older block generates real volume, and we size the removal in the quote.
See our rubbish removal
Working in Quakers Hill
The local details that change a quote
Because the blocks vary so much here, the quote has to start with which kind you have.
- Which subdivision era. An early five-acre split and a 2010s release are different jobs entirely. One is about reclaiming an overgrown space, the other about building one from bare ground.
- Ground condition. Newer blocks are usually compacted fill with little topsoil. We fix that before anything is laid, because turf and planting over it fails the same way twice.
- Drainage. Most of the year's rain arrives in a few months. Falls, drains and wall backfill are designed in rather than dealt with after the first storm.
- Access. Older blocks often have room for machinery, newer ones frequently do not. That single difference can change the labour on an identical-looking job.
- Waste volume. Clearing a forty-year-old garden is a different removal job to a bare-block build. We price it as its own line either way.
How it runs
From first call to finished garden
Three steps, a fixed written price, and the stages in the order they have to happen.
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Tell us what you want
Call or send the form with photos. Photos tell us which kind of block we are dealing with, which is most of what we need for a realistic range.
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Free on-site quote
We check the ground, levels, drainage and access, then give you a fixed written price with the stages set out in build order.
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Build and clean up
One team start to finish. Soil, old material and green waste leave with us, and we walk the finished garden with you before we go.
Terry and his team are fantastic to work with.
The team have been very professional with their work, communication and they were also fast paced.
They use very high quality materials and workmanship is flawless.
Around Quakers Hill
Other areas our Quakers Hill crew covers
Quakers Hill sits in the City of Blacktown, with Schofields, The Ponds, Acacia Gardens, Marayong and Kings Langley around it. The same crew works across the whole council area.
- Gardener Quakers Hill
- Gardener Schofields
- Landscaping Schofields
- Gardener The Ponds
- Landscaping The Ponds
- Gardener Kings Langley
- Landscaping Glenwood
- Landscaping Riverstone
If you want ongoing upkeep rather than a build, our regular gardening service in Quakers Hill covers the same streets. See also everything we do across the Blacktown council area, or browse every Sydney suburb we service.
Quakers Hill questions
What Quakers Hill homeowners ask us
My block is small and new. Is landscaping worth it?
Often more worth it than on a large block, because every metre is visible and the whole space changes at once. The layout does the work: running the paving the long way and keeping bed lines straight makes a compact yard feel considerably bigger.
My lawn has failed twice since the house was built. Why?
Almost always the ground. Newer blocks here are compacted fill with very little topsoil, so water runs off and roots cannot get down. Laying new turf over the same ground repeats it, so we decompact and top up first.
My older block is completely overgrown. Where do we start?
With a clear-out, quoted separately from the build. Once the space is back to clean ground you can actually see what you have, and the design decisions get much easier and cheaper.
Water pools in the yard after summer storms. Can that be fixed?
Yes. Most of the year's rain here falls in a few months, so drainage needs designing rather than hoping. We sort falls and drains as part of the build rather than planting into ground that will flood again.
Do you cover Schofields, The Ponds and Acacia Gardens?
Yes. We work across Quakers Hill and the surrounding Blacktown council suburbs including Schofields, The Ponds, Acacia Gardens, Marayong, Kings Langley and Riverstone.
How soon can you get out to quote?
Call 0451 267 287 or send the form and we will book the earliest on-site time that suits you. Photos of the yard help us give you a rough budget first.
Free, no obligation
Get a quote for your Quakers Hill garden
Send us the basics and we will come out, check the ground, levels and access, and give you a fixed written price. No charge for the visit.
- Free on-site quote anywhere in Quakers Hill
- Ground sorted before anything is laid
- Fixed written price before work starts
- All waste removed when we finish
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0451 267 287.
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Ready to get your Quakers Hill backyard built?
Whether it is a bare new block or an older yard that has been left to grow over, we will come out and price it properly.