Landscaping in West Leederville, Perth WA

Because the suburb mixes character houses, newer townhouses and apartments, the job depends on which one you live in. A townhouse courtyard needs a layout that fits a table, some shade and low-care planting. A character house with a full backyard more often needs worn paths relaid, patchy turf redone and failing retic (the underground sprinkler system) repaired or replaced. A new build usually starts as bare sand that needs lawn, paving and planted beds.

Perth sand drains fast and holds few nutrients, so courtyard pots and backyard lawn alike need a good soil mix and a retic system set up around the two-day watering roster.

The base decides whether paving stays flat, so levels, drainage and any lighting cable trenches all go in before a single paver is laid. On a lot with little room to work, the earthworks crew levels the ground, works out where rain will run and lays a base that will not sink.

If you might want path or bench lights later, have the conduit laid now. Cutting a trench through finished paving costs far more than the lights do.

A townhouse with no side access means every bag of sand and every paver comes through the house, and that labour shows up in the price.

These Perth ranges, as at October 2026, cover the main parts of a job:

A small garden design costs $500 to $1,500. It is worth it because every landscaper then prices the same plan, so you are comparing like with like.

Composite and timber decking suit a courtyard or backyard where the ground steps down, or where bare paving bakes in the afternoon sun. Decking runs $300 to $800 per square metre. Timber costs less to buy and needs regular oiling. Composite costs more up front and asks for less upkeep.

The frame and footings underneath decide how long a deck lasts, so they deserve as much attention as the boards. An alfresco kitchen adds a bench, water, power and gas, and licensed trades do that regulated work. A roofed structure, a deck or a taller retaining wall can need approval from the local council before work starts, and the landscaper builds to that approval.

Mulch breaks down and retic heads shift within a season, so a new yard needs a look before its first summer. Maintenance runs from about $50 for a short visit to $400 a month for a regular service, depending on the size of the yard and the jobs involved. Those jobs include mowing, pruning, weeding, mulch top-ups and a check that every retic station still reaches its patch of garden.

Plants that suit sand and mulch over the beds cut watering and weeding, but hot easterly summers still stress lawn, so a regular tidy protects the money spent on the build.

West Leederville is a medium-density suburb: about half the homes are separate houses, around a third are flats and apartments, and the rest are semi-detached homes and townhouses. Yards therefore range from a full backyard to a small private courtyard, and job size varies just as widely.

Character homes sit beside modern townhouses and apartments, so one street can call for very different work. On an older house with a narrow side path, a full-size machine may not fit, and earthworks then go in by hand or with a smaller machine. That adds labour to the price.

The Mitchell Freeway separates West Leederville from Leederville proper. A yard that backs onto the Mitchell Freeway can call for screening plants or solid fencing, which costs $75 to $300 per metre.

Cowden Park, Ruislip Park and Lake Monger are close by. A yard on an open edge near parkland usually catches more wind, so screening and tough plant choices matter there. Request a Project Review with your block size, what stands in the yard now and how the ground falls, and get a clear price to work from.