New build landscape

mccarthy.087

Hi, quick question for anyone in the know, Iv just built a house and want to tackle the outside and wondering do I need to landscape before laying concrete kerbing or do I lay the kerbs first for driveway and then landscape the garden upto the kerbs? I have a roughly stoned driveway upto and around the perimeter of the house already.

looksee

I would have thought it would be a bit of both. If your landscaping is going to need heavy machinery or importation of top soil or other large or heavy components, or more building, then do that before putting in kerbs. But put in kerbs before doing any finished lawns that will be adjacent to the driveway.

Reckless Abandonment

Kerbs first. Do all the structural stuff first then work on the soft landscape. But as looksee says you can do a bit of both as you go. But personally I'd get all the heavy work done first

CelticRambler

As the others have said, any work that involves heavy machinery should be done before you put neat lines in place. However, you haven't really said what you mean by "landscaping". If there's going to be a lot of digging (ponds, raised beds, terraces, removal of tree roots, etc) or the grading of large areas for grass or paths/lanes, this should all be done before you put down kerbstones or lay a proper drive.

On the other hand, if you just mean the planting of trees, borders and grass, then there should be no problem in building the driveway, up to the last (decorative) layer. This would be verging on plain old "gardening" rather landscaping, and any decent driveway/kerb should be able to cope with that kind of traffic, as that could easily be an annual activity.