Landscaping, Melbourne's West & Bacchus Marsh
New lawns, garden beds, edging, paths and small reno work, done by Craig & Jordon. One local family business for the design and the doing, fixed price up front.
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How To Tell
Signs Your Garden Needs A Refresh
Patchy, Tired Lawn
Bare patches, thatch, and yellow spots that never quite recover usually mean the lawn has run its course. Re-turfing or seeding fixes the look fast.
Compacted Garden Beds
Beds that have gone hard on top, or plants stuck the same size for years, are pointing at compacted soil. A re-do with fresh soil and mulch brings them back.
No Clear Edges
If lawn, beds and paths all blur into each other, the garden looks neglected even when it is tidy. Edging makes the whole space read as designed.
Drainage Or Wet Spots
Boggy patches, run-off across paths, mud against the house. Small landscaping fixes (re-grading, dry-creek, ag-drain) sort it before it costs more.
What We Do
Small to Mid-Size Landscape Work
We're a local team, not a big landscaping firm. That means we are perfect for:
- A new lawn (turf or seed) installed and watered in
- Garden bed installs with native, drought-tolerant or formal plantings
- Mulching and topdressing across the whole garden in one visit
- Edging in steel, concrete or treated pine to define beds and paths
- Small retaining work (under-height) to terrace sloped sections
- Path or paving repair and small entry-way builds
- Drainage fixes: ag-pipe runs, re-grading, dry creek beds
- Removal of old shrubs, tired sections of garden, dead lawn
- Pebble, decorative stone and gravel beds in side passages
- Bigger garden refresh staged across multiple visits
When To Plan
Best Time to Book a Landscape Job
A bit of timing makes a big difference on a landscape job. New turf takes hold faster in cooler months, mulch holds better in autumn, and pavers and edging are easiest when the soil is workable. Here is when we usually recommend booking each job type in our service area.
Send us photos and rough timing, we will tell you the best window to lock in.
- New turf or seed: autumn or spring, avoid peak summer
- Garden bed installs: late winter through spring, plants establish fast
- Mulch refresh: any time, ideally autumn before the rain
- Edging & pathways: dry months, March through November
- Drainage works: dry season, easiest to dig and grade
- Pre-sale refresh: 4 to 6 weeks before listing for best photos
Why C&J
A Real Local Crew
We don't sub the work out. The same crew who quotes the job is the crew who does it.
You Talk to Craig
No project managers, no surprises. You speak to the person doing the work.
Fixed Price Up Front
A clear fixed price before anything starts. No "while we are in there" billing.
Fully Insured
Public liability and the rest, every job.
Plants Cared For
We don't dump-and-leave. Watered in, mulched, and walked through with you.
Right Crew For The Job
Big Design Firm vs C&J
Big Landscape Firm
Best for a brand-new home block, a full architectural design, pool surrounds, complex retaining and engineered structures. Multi-stage process, designer plus builder, longer lead times, bigger budget.
Hiring C&J
Best for a refresh, a new bed, new turf, edging, a tidy-up before sale, fixing a problem section. One crew, fixed price, in and out in days not months. We tell you straight if your job needs the bigger firm.
How It Works
From Idea to Finished
Site Visit
We come and walk through the space with you, look at the soil, sun and access.
Fixed Quote
You get a clear, no-pressure fixed price, including plants and materials.
Prep & Install
Beds prepped, edging in, plants in, paths or turf laid.
Walked Through
We walk it through with you, watered in, mulched, and tidy.
Tools Of The Trade
Gear We Bring To Every Job
Landscape work is hard on tools and easy to half-finish if you don't have the right ones. We bring:
- Mini-excavator access for bed prep, edging trenches and drainage
- Petrol turf cutter for clean lift-and-replace lawn jobs
- Plate compactor for paving sub-base and path build-up
- Wheelbarrows, mattocks and bull-handle shovels (the unsexy hero gear)
- Soil, mulch, edging and turf delivered to site, no truck for you to chase
- Watering kit so new plantings get an even soak before we leave
Landscaping FAQs
Common Questions
We are a local family crew, so we take on small-to-medium garden work. New lawn, a few garden beds, edging, path repair, a small entry refresh. For a full landscape design from scratch on a large block, we will tell you up front if it is outside what we can do.
We do small-scale design as part of the quote, walking the space, picking plants suited to the spot, mapping out where things go. For complex larger designs we are happy to work with a landscape designer you bring along.
A garden bed install or new patch of lawn is usually a 1 to 2 day job. Bigger refreshes spread across a week or two. We tell you a finish window when we quote.
Yes. Bare patches, drainage issues and tired sections of lawn are common landscaping jobs. We work out what's causing it before we install anything new.
Yes. The fixed quote includes plants, soil, mulch, edging, turf, all the materials. Nothing extra to chase down on your end.
We lean on natives and drought-tolerant species (lomandra, dianella, westringia, grevillea) for low-water gardens, and proven exotics (buxus, photinia, agapanthus) for formal looks. We pick to suit the spot, soil and how much care you want to do.
Up to about 600mm we are happy to do treated pine, concrete sleeper or block retaining as part of a job. For higher walls or any engineered retaining, we bring a structural landscaper into the quote so it is done to code.
Often, yes. Most boggy backyards are a re-grading job, an ag-pipe run or a dry-creek bed. We walk it with you, work out where the water is sitting, and price the fix.
Most of our jobs (gardens, mulch, paths, edging, turf) don't need council approval. If a job does need a permit (some retaining, work on the verge, anything against council trees), we will tell you up front and help with the paperwork.
Yes. Old turf, dead plants, demo waste, builders rubbish, it all leaves with us in the fixed price. You should not be left with a pile.
Where We Landscape
Suburbs We Cover
Based in Bacchus Marsh, landscaping across Melbourne's west and the Bacchus Marsh corridor.
Melbourne West
Inner West
- Williamstown
- Altona
- Sunshine
- Footscray
- Yarraville
- Essendon
- Moonee Ponds
Bacchus Marsh Corridor
- Bacchus Marsh
- Ballan
- Gordon
- Myrniong
North & Macedon Ranges
- Sunbury
- Gisborne
- Riddells Creek
- Romsey
Ready When You Are
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