Planned Around Your Block.
Wantirna backyards tend to be generous, the sort of larger family block where a lawn does plenty of living. That space is the appeal, but the ground out here in Knox brings its own quirks: heavy clay that holds water, gentle slopes that shed runoff toward the house, and shade from the bigger trees these blocks have room for. We plan turf around what is already there rather than scraping it back and hoping for the best. The right variety for how much sun the yard gets, a base prepared to carry real family use, and drainage built to move water off after a Melbourne downpour. For a shaded corner under established trees, Sir Walter Buffalo holds its colour where thinner grasses give up, and artificial turf is there for the spots that stay worn or wet. The surface goes in to hold its place on a Wantirna block, not just to look good on the first day.
