The Block 2026 gardens and front yards week (Bunnings landscaping week) is done, and Rick and Tayla of House 5 won the final reveal with 27.5 points, taking $50,000 off their auction reserve. Here is the full result and where to read more.
Final Result: Gardens and Front Yards
- 1st: Rick and Tayla (House 5), 27.5 points
- 2nd: Adam and Jolene (House 1), 26.5 points
- Equal 3rd: Chantel and Wyatt (House 2) and Lisa and Rosco (House 3), 26 points each
- 5th: Courtney and Sev (House 4), 22 points
The full judging, buyers’ day and the new reserve-price law are in the Episode 49 recap.
House Five: Rick and Tayla
A 30-year-old buxus cloud tree from Adelaide, a bespoke concrete water feature from Modern Concrete Co and a simple, finished entrance won over Dave Franklin, Darren Palmer and Shaynna Blaze. “We’ve never seen anything like this on The Block ever.”
House One: Adam and Jolene
Despite losing most of the week to the access gate, they were praised for a hand-cut basalt water feature and a colour palette Darren called “heaven”. The round arbours were the only real complaint.
House Two: Chantel and Wyatt
A 4.6-million-year-old stone bath, a sauna the judges rated the best on the site and a borrowed, stone-clad fireplace gave them their best-received space of the season. They finished the season without a room win.
House Three: Lisa and Rosco
A family yard with an olive tree named Martina, a Stratco Umbra shed fitted out as a speakeasy and a water feature that House One ended up buying. Dave Franklin called it the most usable garden he had seen.
House Four: Courtney and Sev
After spending big on the wine cellar the week before, a squeezed budget left the front yard “a bit meh” in the judges’ words, though the caravan and Bar Crusher landing bay got a tick.
Week Recaps
- Episode 45: backyard and garage reveal
- Episode 46: final week begins
- Episode 47: toll gate, blood blisters and trivia
- Episode 48: crane wars and the wrong fireplace
- Episode 49: the final reveal
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Reserve prices are published a week before auction, with price guides of $3.6 to $3.9 million. Auction day is next.
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