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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...
Grafton Art Garden Although gnomes and other garden ornaments are sometimes frowned upon, they are amazingly popular among all sorts of people. Even well known radio man Doug Mulray has pink flamingos in his garden. During a recent trip to Grafton the Burke’s...
Gregg Chapman’s Garden Don visited Gregg Chapman, landscape designer, and Nicole Faulkner, landscape architect, at their home in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. They have transformed a dull and uninteresting garden into a beautifully designed, stylish garden...
Melbourne Apartment Gardens Courtyards adjoining tall buildings can be very difficult to landscape. There are often wind tunnels between the buildings; some areas bake in fierce reflected heat from the hard surfaces, while other areas are in full shade. Don looked at...
Melbourne Topiary Don visited the gardens of two expert topiarists, John Mircello and Peter Nguyen. John’s Italian background is evident when you look at his beautiful garden. He has been topiarising plants for around ten years, and spends much of his spare time...
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,...