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Charlie Albone

Landscaping Expert

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Landscape designer from Selling Houses Australia, Charlie Albone, has been designing and building gardens for more than ten years and is an expert on planting and landscaping.

Latest Q+A's

Bamboo screen

Posted Wednesday 9 May 2012 |0 Comments

The walls of our house (brick) that face west and north get no shade in summer and heat the house up quickly as there is no insulation in the walls. We live in north-western Sydney. I was wondering if we could use bamboo...

Walkerville - Alan and Anita Day- series 2

Posted Wednesday 9 May 2012 |0 Comments

Hi Charlie What tree/s did you use either side of the water feature at Alan and Anita Days property in Walkerville. Hopefully jpeg attached. I saw the episode rerun last night. Would love to know in case they will...

patio plants

Posted Wednesday 9 May 2012 |0 Comments

have a garden box area under my pergola 3 feet x 25 feet with a wall as back drop with down lighting - planted yukkas which looked fantastic then 5 years later had to remove as they grew past about 10 foot (loved it there)...

privacy trees

Posted Sunday 6 May 2012 |1 Comments

Hi, our pool is in the front garden and we are looking to make it more private, we saw the episode at pacific heights and wondered what you used? (we are hoping to screen it kinda immediately so hopefuly we can buy them...

Soggy Backyard

Posted Sunday 6 May 2012 |0 Comments

Hi, I would love to know what we can do about our backyard. The side of the house where we have space to create a grassy area for our children to play in is permanently wet. How do we go about creating drainage so that we...

Sick mop tops

Posted Sunday 6 May 2012 |0 Comments

Hi Charlie, these mop tops have been in for about 4 years and have never done very well. I have put grass clippings at the bottom but not around the trunks a few times , I have sprayed them with rogor and white oil, there...

Balcony plants - Apartment

Posted Saturday 5 May 2012 |0 Comments

Hi Charlie, firstly.. Love your work! Big fan :) I live in an apartment in Perth CBD, I have tried to find plants for my balcony, most do not survive... My balcony faces north west and do get a lot of the afternoon wind...

Junior Sailors Mess

Posted Wednesday 2 May 2012 |0 Comments

G'day Mate, My name is Leading Seaman Carroll, i'm one of the instructors for the Navy's new recruits at our base in Victoria and I had a couple of questions for you. Our Junior Sailors Mess & Bar used to be a bloody...

Poolside planting

Posted Sunday 29 April 2012 |0 Comments

Hi, we have recently had a below ground salt water pool put in our backyard and will have a garden bed running along the length of the pool. We would like some ideas of what sort of plants will be suitable and something...

Too much room

Posted Saturday 28 April 2012 |0 Comments

We live on a 2 acre block with no hint of landscaping anywhere to be seen. We have seen many ideas that we like. How do approach landscaping an area of this size? The block is on a slope with a couple of serious outcrops...