Moran Garden The Moran house and garden was designed in 1925 by Harold Desbrowe Annear, a towering figure in the history of Australian architecture. The building is a mix of classical and baroque elements, while the garden has an Italian and Mediterranean influence....
Natural Rock Swimming Pool Once swimming pools were boring, rectangular things in the backyard, but now innovative designers are creating pools that are not only stylish, but also water wonderlands for children. Don visited the Wynne family and looked at their...
Pymble Garden The owners of this Sydney property gave landscape designer Anne Thomson a free hand when it came to their garden. They only had one request: that the garden should be green all year round. However, Anne was faced with one very large problem – a...
Sculpture Garden Seven years ago Ann and Tony Emmett moved from Queensland to the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. They are keen gardeners, and had always wanted to live in a cool area and grow cold climate plants. When they bought the 1.4ha (3.5 acre) property...
Snow Pear Garden Guy and Jeanette Cooper asked garden designer Peter Fudge to create an instant garden that was low maintenance, and in keeping with the style of their newly renovated house. Peter’s stunning design takes its influence from the formal...
Tom Thumb Makeover A dwarf evergreen magnolia (Magnolia ‘Little Gem’) was planted on each side of the entrance to a building with stark, white walls. ‘Little Gem’ reaches about 4-8m in height. It has a dense growth habit, glossy leaves...
Tropical Inner City Garden The owners of this inner city home have a busy lifestyle and wanted a simple, low maintenance garden that they could enjoy on weekends. Landscape designer Brendan Lewis came up with a combination of easy care foliage plants to provide year...
Ferns When Tamara Cox walks out into her fern garden, she feels as if she is entering another world. It is a world that is tranquil, cool and invigorating, where it’s possible to relax and unwind from the tensions of everyday life. A lot of people think ferns...
Tropical Paradise Garden Have you ever dreamed of living in a tropical paradise, far away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life? You might think that sort of idyllic lifestyle is only for the privileged few, but Ann and Graham Humphrey have transformed...
Formal Cactus Garden Don visited a cutting edge garden belonging to Gitta and Gunther Rembel. The garden is situated in bushland, and takes elements from the natural landscape as well as borrowing sparky ideas from other countries. The Mogul gardens of northern India...