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Melbourne Tropical Garden You’d think that having a tropical garden in Melbourne would be impossible, but you can create wonderful tropical feel gardens in the cooler zones of Australia. Garden design The garden features stone tiles, blue coloured river pebbles,...
Merlo’s Garden Jack Merlo is a Melbourne-based landscape designer who is setting a new standard in style for turn of the century Australian suburban landscapes. His work has been described as ‘disciplined yet extremely innovative and appealing’, and...
The latest trend sweeping Australian backyards is the creation of fantasy gardens. Often overseas travel provides the inspiration, then people return home and make their gardens over as a way of keeping those happy holiday memories alive. Many backyards are now pure...
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...