Landscaping Supplies

This page covers suppliers of materials for garden construction projects like paving and retaining walls, as well as bulk soils and mulches for garden renovations.

If you have a large garden or just garden a lot, it may also be more economical or convenient to buy potting mixes and fertilisers from landscape suppliers than from garden centres or chain stores, even if you have to pay for delivery. Be sure to have a suitable place to store the materials until you need to use them, if necessary.

This page will be a place to find landscape supply yards and other suppliers of landscaping materials in Qld (see also categories at right).

News

Coup for Queensland concrete company
Toowoomba Regional Council is trialing a new environmentally friendly concrete associated with lower carbon emissions on a new footpath in Rome Street, Newtown. "Earth Friendly Concrete" was developed by a local company, who claim that it also has superior durability. If the trial is successful, the council will continue to use the product. Source: Council trials world's first premixed 'green' concrete in Queensland first (August 2010)

Places to buy Landscape Supplies in Queensland

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WESTERN LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Two locations:

Corner of Jennifer St
and Counihan St,
Seventeen Mile Rocks, Qld. 4073
Ph: (07) 3376 7500

Corner of Sherbrook Rd
and Bowhill Rd,
Acacia Ridge, Qld. 4110
Ph: (07) 3372 8380

westernlandscape.com.au

Western Landscape Supplies offers a wide variety of landscaping products for the homeowner or tradesperson.

Mixes, mulches, composts and fertilisers for the garden. Soil, sand & gravel, including crushed concrete and decorative pebbles.

Range of treated timber for fencing or retaining walls, cement, steel reinforcing products, and much more.

Under New Management from 2007 in two locations. Kelley's Landscape Supplies now incorporated with Western Landscape Supplies.

Home delivery available. For more information, visit the WEBSITE

SUNSHINE COAST GARDENER'S PARADISE
Incorporating Eumundi Palms

1073 Browns Creek Road,
Eerwah Vale
via Eumundi Qld 4562
Ph: (07) 5442 8492
www.gardenersparadise.com.au

Sunshine Coast Gardener's Paradise lives up to its name with over 200,000 plants from "tubes" to "super advanced" in stock.

Select from indoor and outdoor plants including ferns, rainforest plants, cycads and sun-hardened palms. Be sure to visit the Botanical Palm Garden featuring some eighty different species of palms, including rare varieties.

For a Balinese-style garden, the centre can supply thatched huts, decorative figures, pots and water features.

For more information, visit the Sunshine Coast Gardener's Paradise WEBSITE

If you're looking for someone to do landscaping work for you, see Landscapers
This page is intended to let the residents of Queensland know about places to buy landscaping materials for domestic DIY projects. Materials may include pavers, retaining blocks and logs, wooden or concrete sleepers, treated timber (pine, hardword) for outdoor use, cement, concrete mixes, quarried boulders, cut stone, crushed rock, bush rocks, sand, gravel, decorative pebbles, river stones, roadbase, aggregate, fill, soils, soil mixes, mulches (bark, coloured bark, glass, sugarcane, etc), playground mixes, manures, mushroom compost, top dressing, bulk potting mixes, geotextiles. Advertising information

More Links

These links are for general information and ideas - certain materials referred to in the following pages may be unavailable in Queensland or unsuitable for our conditions. Note that legal requirements with respect to building and landscaping may vary depending on your location, so always check with appropriate authorities for current regulations before starting any projects or hiring a contractor.

Think Brick Australia (previously known as the Clay Brick and Paver Institute). Lots of information about these products

pavingexpert.com British website with extensive information on paving, drainage and associated topics

Find Your Path - Selecting Path Materials University of Illinois

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products Association North American Group that offers a variety of general information on these products

Cement Concrete & Aggregrates Australia Lots of information for DIYers and professionals

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Concrete University of Florida

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Aggregates and Precast Pavers and Blocks University of Florida

Cleaning Concrete University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sand solutions: Replacing natural sand in concrete Article originally published in Quarry Management Journal (PDF)

National Terazzo & Mosaic Association Inc. USA

Bush Rock Conservation Society for Growing Australian Plants Queensland Region, Inc.

Timber Queensland Includes technical information for DIYers

Timber Development Association of NSW lots of technical information and DIY projects.

Gardening and Landscaping with Wood Addresses some of the problems using timber in the landscape. Ohio State University. (Note that timbers species and treatments may be different in Australia).

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Materials and Products -- Wood University of Florida

Organic Alternatives to Treated Lumber Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, USA

Treated Lumber and Alternatives in the Garden Purdue University

The Myth of Protected Preservatives (PDF) Discusses the issue of whether chemicals in pressure-treated timber can affect soil or plants. Washington State University

Treated Wood for Raised Garden Beds University of Tennessee (PDF)

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Materials and Products -- Wood Preservatives University of Florida

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Materials and Products -- Paints and Stains University of Florida

(More on raised garden beds here: garden edging)

Deadly Decks Warning After Collapses in VIC and NSW Archicentre, Australia

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Metal University of Florida

Fences in the Landscape Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service

First time fencing unravelled Department of Agriculture Western Australia

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Plastics and Rubber University of Florida

Sustainable Landscape Construction: Manufactured Lumber (Discusses plastic and composite timber substitutes) University of Florida

Gabion Stormwater Best Management Practices, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee (PDF)

Gardening with Gabions (terraced gardens) Reproduced from Veld & Flora, Botanical Society of South Africa, at the PlantZAfrica website.