The leafy North Shore look, at scale

Landscaping North Shore

Big leafy gardens, planned and built as one.

The North Shore is Sydney’s leafy heartland: large established blocks, mature canopy over the streets, and generous gardens on undulating ground. All Green has spent over ten years designing and building gardens with the quality and scale these blocks are known for. Licensed, 4.9 rated, open seven days.

Licence No. 353827C

4.9 from 52 reviews

10+ years

Open 7 days

0410 196 069

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353827C

NSW Licence

4.9 / 5

52 verified reviews

10+ yrs

Serving Sydney

7 days

Quotes and callouts

The whole region

North Shore coverage

A region, not a single suburb

Leafy, established and spread across councils

The North Shore is a region rather than one suburb, a broad leafy belt of established garden suburbs north of the harbour, known for mature canopy, generous blocks and a quiet, green character. The gardens here are established and often large, sitting on undulating ground under decades-old trees, and the expectation is quality landscaping built to last at scale.

Because the North Shore spans several local government areas, the exact rules depend on your suburb, so we confirm the right council before any tree work or approvals. For vegetation and planning rules generally see NSW Planning, and for watering and drainage see Sydney Water. We check the relevant local council for your specific block.

Large undulating leafy block on the North Shore before landscaping

What we deliver on the North Shore

Every service, at leafy North Shore scale

Landscape Design North Shore

We design the whole garden for a classic leafy block: generous established gardens planned around the mature canopy, with the structure, quality and family zones these blocks are known for. You get a considered whole-garden plan and plant list before we build.

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Mulching North Shore

Across the large beds of a leafy garden, mulch keeps the whole thing low-maintenance, holds moisture under the canopy and feeds established planting. We spread at scale and top up as part of care.

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Paving North Shore

We lay quality paving and entertaining areas for generous leafy blocks on bases that cope with roots and undulating ground, tying a big established garden together as one usable space.

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Retaining Walls North Shore

Undulating North Shore blocks use retaining to create the level lawn and terraces a large leafy garden needs, built and drained to hold on established, treed ground.

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Land Clearing North Shore

We clear and renew overgrown established gardens on big leafy blocks, working around the mature canopy worth keeping, and leave clean ground for a considered whole-garden rebuild.

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Turf Laying North Shore

A generous, hard-wearing lawn is the heart of a North Shore garden, so we lay shade-tolerant turf under the canopy on prepared ground so it holds across a big leafy block.

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Tree Services North Shore

We care for the mature canopy that gives the North Shore its character, health and shape pruning, hedging and management, with removals only where needed under the local tree controls.

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Weeding North Shore

Big established beds under the canopy grow weeds quickly, so we clear them at the root and mulch over, keeping a large leafy garden full of the planting you want rather than weeds.

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Garden Maintenance North Shore

Scaled, reliable upkeep for large leafy gardens: mowing, hedging, canopy and leaf work and bed care, keeping an established North Shore garden looking its best right through the year. One-off or regular, seven days.

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What a big leafy block asks for

Four things a North Shore garden has to get right

A large garden that hangs together

Big leafy blocks fail when they become a set of unrelated pieces. We plan the whole garden so lawn, beds, canopy and structure read as one considered composition.

Mature canopy to design with

The trees are the character of the North Shore, so the garden has to work with them. We design around the canopy, keeping and framing the established trees.

Undulating leafy ground

North Shore blocks roll and fall, leaving parts hard to use. We retain and level to create the generous lawn and terraces a big leafy garden is meant to have.

Shade and roots across the beds

Under a large canopy the beds are shaded and root-filled. We build the soil up and choose shade-tolerant planting so a big garden fills in rather than struggles.

Leafy-belt projects

Large gardens we have built on the North Shore

Whole-garden composition on a large North Shore block

Terraced lawn levels on an undulating North Shore block

Shade planting filling the beds under canopy on the North Shore

Established garden framed by mature canopy on the North Shore

What leafy-belt clients say

Why leafy-belt owners choose us

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How a large-garden job runs

From a big leafy block to one considered garden

Survey the leafy block

We walk the whole block, read the canopy, slope and existing trees and how you want to use it.

Plan the whole garden

One plan ties lawn, beds, canopy and structure together across the block before work starts.

Build the bones

Retaining, levels, drainage and hard landscaping build the structure a large leafy garden needs.

Plant at scale

Layered, shade-aware planting and generous lawn go in, then a care plan to bring the whole garden on.

Building the bones of a large North Shore garden mid-project

North Shore, the leafy-block questions

What leafy-belt owners ask first

On large leafy blocks the scale drives it, retaining, extensive paving and working around mature trees are usually the big items ahead of planting. A single area differs from a whole-block garden. We assess the block and quote free, so the figure fits the scale.

Yes, that is our strength on the North Shore. We master-plan and build entire large leafy blocks so lawn, beds, canopy and structure tie together as one considered garden rather than a patchwork of projects.

Yes, and we prefer to. The canopy is the character of the North Shore, so we design around the trees, build the soil up without disturbing roots, and prune for health, keeping the leafy feel intact.

It depends on your suburb, because the North Shore spans several councils. We confirm the correct local council before any tree work or approvals, so it is handled properly for your specific block.

Yes. NSW Licence No. 353827C, more than a decade of landscaping and a 4.9 rating from 52 reviews. Ask us and we will pass the licence details on.

We work right across the leafy North Shore belt, on large established garden blocks throughout the region. We are open seven days for quotes, builds and ongoing garden care.

Coverage across the North Shore