The Trueform Guide
Before You Spend Serious Money on Landscaping
Work through nine chapters covering site, brief, budget, design, scope, materials, construction and long-term care.
Read the Guide →TRUEFORM resources
Practical guidance and tools for applying the Standard.
The Trueform resource library turns the framework into better questions, clearer checks and more informed landscaping decisions.
Core resources
Start with the Guide, Score and Checklist.
Each resource supports a different part of the decision-making process. They are practical aids, not substitutes for site-specific professional advice.
The Trueform Score
Measure how clear your project is.
Score nine decisions and identify where uncertainty could create quote gaps, assumptions or late changes.
Calculate your Score →The Trueform Checklist
A clear check before you commit.
A practical pre-design, pre-quote and pre-construction checklist for the decisions that should not be left implicit.
Specialist guides
Go deeper on a particular part of the landscape.
Specialist resources will apply the same calm, practical decision framework to materials, structures and outdoor living.
Paving
Paving Guide
Styles, construction considerations and cost planning for paving in Melbourne.
Decking
Deck Cost Guide
Materials, common mistakes and realistic cost factors for natural timber decks.
Outdoor living
Outdoor Kitchen Guide
Layouts, services, appliances, weather protection and common planning mistakes.
The wider framework
Future calculators and assessment tools.
Trueform will continue to develop practical tools that help homeowners and professionals test assumptions, define scope and assess important decisions.
Planned architecture: future guides · calculators · assessment tools