Planned Around Your Block.
Reservoir lawns get used. These are large family blocks in the northern suburbs, so the grass takes the wear of children, pets and weekends outside, and it has to bounce back rather than wear into bare patches. Many gardens here are well established, with mature trees that throw deep shade and older soil that compacts under foot, so a lawn lives or dies on the base beneath it. We rebuild that base to drain properly and feed the grass, choose a hard wearing natural variety that copes with a busy backyard and full Melbourne sun, and lay it level across the generous areas these blocks allow. Walk the dog around Edwardes Lake and you see how much green space matters here, and the same goes for the lawn at home. Where a section sits in deep shade under established trees, or takes such constant traffic that no grass survives, artificial turf stays flat and green all year with no mowing. The surface goes in to handle real family use, not just to look good on day one.
