Garden Removal Along a Fence Line in Brinsmead

This garden removal in Brinsmead was to make room for a new fence install. The bed ran along a timber paling boundary and was thick with gingers and heliconia. The plants had grown up against and over the fence, all sitting inside a block-edged raised bed.

The fencer needed clear working room along the fence line. So the job was to trim back the existing garden and take out the plants that were in the way.

We started by cutting back the gingers and heliconia. Some of it was pressing right onto the palings, with dry canes mixed through the green. Once the tops were down, we could see the block edging and the run of the bed.

Then we brought in an excavator and dug up all the roots. Gingers and heliconia hold on hard, so getting the root systems out matters. Digging them out leaves the ground clear rather than leaving stumps to reshoot later. The soil ended up turned over along the whole bed.

All the green waste went off site. That included the cut vegetation and the roots we pulled out. We left the bed as bare, turned-over soil along the fence.

The finished strip gives the fence installer room to work. You can see the timber fence and the block retaining edge clearly now, with the mown lawn running alongside. There is also a narrow strip beside the fence near the shed that we cut back and cleared.

It is straightforward work, but it sets the fencer up properly. No plants in the way, roots gone, and the ground open along the line.