Depending on the size of the area you can use a variety of clumping bamboos in the landscape. We have a relatively small backyard, think most new housing estates do these days and I wanted something relatively tall but have small culm diameters. Needles to say we went for the ever popular Slender Weavers where the max culm diameter ranges from 25mm to 35mm at heights of 6m to 8m. They grow fast too, we planted 22 of them 8 months ago with an average height of 1.5m and most of them are about 3m. Some of the other species with bigger culms are like the Oldhamii and Buddha's Belly where they reach up 100mm in diameter. For the most part they're planted in rows and mostly for screening purposes but I've seen growers mix and match such as planting the taller Timor Black Bamboo (12m - 16m) at the back of the Slender Weavers followed by the shorter Himalayan Weeping Bamboo and/or Fargesia Fortuna. I'm also not opposed to the idea of incorporating running bamboo into landscapes as they have their own charm such as more delicate looking foliage and straighter stems from the ground as a result of them spreading out their rhizomes to larger areas before shooting upwards. Most common varieties is the Golden Cane Bamboo or Black Bamboo. You can usually tell if a species is a running bamboo by looking out for a flat side alternating between each node along the canes. Hope that helps...

Bespoke joinery or bespoke carpenter perhaps. The scroll work could even be done in plaster. Perhaps a business that does commercial outfits also. Some of the work done for store entrances can be quite unique.

I have this daybed, looking to put it on fb marketplace shortly. I can’t seem to find you via links here to contact so if you are still looking - you may have changed your whole plan by now - hopefully you’ll see this. I’m in Melbourne.

My first thought was something with blocks or pavers raised up to cover the gap but I don't know what's below/behind and how something solid might affect drainage at the base of the fence, so I thought of river rocks, larger ones that won't move so easily nor impede drainage. I agree though, personally I think pools look best with lush greenery and it could look so beautiful with some carefully planned 'low' maintenance landscaping rather than an overly stark 'no' maintenance look. I wondered if the existing grasses are full-sized Lomandra or something? In such a narrow space a smaller version might work better, as per Bigreader's reply. I think there's only Little Con in the Lomandras, and I have not had much success in growing that variety although the large ones do well here, but there are also quite a few smaller Dianellas.