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A brand new garden for a new house Macleod
Every new house needs a new garden. These clients wanted a native theme garden to provide privacy and street appeal for their new home. We did use a few nonnative species like the Japanese Maple under planted with Clivia and a selection of succulents for some bold contrasting foliage amongst the mainly local native plants.
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Acreage property in Lower Plenty
We have loved working on this property, it was a blank canvas when we started with sloping, unused areas inhabited by rabbits – hence the plant guards still appearing in some photos. We installed over 40 cubic metres of Colac Rock, 30 cubic metres of 14mm Crushed Sandstone for pathways and we’ve lost count of…
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Blackburn Front Garden
The owners of this property in Blackburn Sth wanted a low maintenance garden with Wow factor. We removed the existing garden all except for the Bottle brush which we kept as the feature in the central garden bed, this was blown over 2 years later and has since been replaced with a Wolly bush. Compacted…
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Bundoora Front Garden
The owners of this Bundoora home have lived here for over 40 years and wanted a garden change. We removed the lawn and brought in 6 mtrs of rocks, 4mtrs of soil, plants, a water bowl,stepping pavers and mulch. The photos show what a huge change this was but we did keep some of the…
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Chirnside Park Native Front Garden
We removed the lawn in 2016 and installed Colac Rock to create some levels and define the nature strip from the garden. The nature strip has been surfaced with crushed sandstone pathways and garden beds have been installed either end of the property frontage to prevent cars parking on the nature strip but allow pedestrian…
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Classic – Modern Compact Front Garden in Fairfeild
As you can see from the before photos below, this garden has had a big make over. The totally new lay-out includes a new Blue stone path now centered with the house, New fence with wide inviting gate, The Gardenias in pots our client did have and we made them the central features for the…
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Coburg Compact Front Garden
The owners wanted a Native Garden so we installed a compacted sandstone street entrance, path to the rubbish bins and side gate with Natural sandstone as stepping pavers to the tap. Native plants have been planted throughout the garden. Over time the plants will provide a natural privacy screen from the street.
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Coldstream stone walls
Cold Stream stone walls are our specialty. The stones comes directly from the quarry and are put together like a jigsaw puzzle. The mortar joins are made so small & hidden to give the walls the illusion that they are dry stone walls meaning No Mortar used.
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Coldstream Stone Walls
Cold Stream stone walls are our specialty. The stones comes directly from the quarry and is put together like a jigsaw puzzle. The mortar joins are made so small & hidden to give the walls the illusion that they dry stone walls meaning No Mortar used.
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Commercial Gardens
Just because you’re a business doesn’t mean you can’t have a nice garden. 1/ Eltham Vet (2014) 2/ Cargo Crew’s new home in Bundora ( Sept 2019) 3/ Doctors clinic in East Brunswick (Feb 2019)
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Compacted Toppings
Photo 1 and 3 Is 14mm crushed sandstone sometimes refered to as Tuscan toppings or Donny brook toppings. The edging used at this property is Form Boss Redcore which is the rusty metal and some sections of flexible plastic. Photo 2 and 4 Compacted Granitic sand. Edging is the flexible plastic held in place with…
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Crazy Paving
Crazy paving is usually natural stone (but can be concrete or broken pavers) in random shapes (not square or rectangular) laid on a concrete slab with grout in between. These photos show two examples the first 3 are Castlemaine Stone and the second is Sawn Blue Stone.
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Diamond Creek Formal Front Garden
When I meet with these clients, the brick retaining walls and concrete steps had already been installed. Due to the symetrical lay out, we decided to go with a formal planting theme, using plants that like the full sun aspect of the block. We used Deciduous trees on the higher level close to the house,…
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Diamond Creek Lush Tropical Feel Back Garden
A trip to Bali inspired this garden. Alot of Melbournians like a tropical look garden, and this can be achieved but good plant selection is a must as plant must be frost tolerant. The trick is to get lots of foliage colour and texture, to create that lush tropical garden feel with hardy plants.
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Diamond Creek, New Build Back Garden
This New house needed a back garden to include ; A Trampoline, Space to kick a ball around, retaining for a steep slope, Screen neighbours without blocking the view, Drainage area to catch the water that ran down the side concrete path, a space for vegies to grow and a small lawn area, the space…
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Diamond Valley Library Garden
After consultation with the library manager and discussion regarding the requirements and public needs the garden was aiming to achieve, we went about designing a user friendly and functional lay-out for the garden while working within the budget constraints. We removed the lawn to reduce on going maintenance and made more space for corrugated iron…
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East Ivanhoe Kid Friendly Back Garden
A totally new look for this backyard, we removed all the lawn and replaced it with winding paths linking useable spaces together. The stairs are made from Second hand Jarrah Sleepers back filled with Dormana toppings. The retaining is achieved by the rocks and plants.
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Eltham Circular Stone Seat / Retaining Wall
This seat doubles as a retaining wall holding back the sloping garden bed behind, it is constructed from Cold stream Stone. The low wall is constructed at seating height and the high wall that starts further along is retaining the higher ground then becomes the back of the seat. We reused the exsiting pavers, and…
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Extra Parking for Teenage Cars, Caravans & Visitors
Extra parking is always a popular request when starting a garden design consultation especially for clients with teenagers. Creating user friendly parking is very important especially for new drivers, making the parking bays wide enough and long enough as well as easy to enter and exit. Making good, functional use of the space available so…
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Fire Pit Seating Areas
A great way to entertain friends and use your garden through winter. Get outside and toast some marshmallows, heaps of fun for teh whole family. We make these areas circular in shape so everyone can get up close to the warmth of the fire.
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Garden Lighting
Yes we can supply and install your Garden Lighting * Multi coloured and white * Switching on / off from inside the house * Day light sensers so lights come on when the sun goes down * Remote control On / Off Our Electrican is based in Eltham, send me an email through the contact…
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Garden Make Over For Property Sale – Rosanna
You dont have to spend a fortune to get your garden looking good for sale. These before and After photos show a backyard make over on a budget of $4,500.00 to present the property for sale. The clients decluttered and we weeded, shaped garden beds, edged, planted and mulched using 2 types of mulch to…
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Garden Paths
A well positioned, nicely shaped garden path can really add something special …. Check out these before and after photos.
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Greensborough Backyard Makeover on a Budget
This couple wanted a garden they could enjoy on a budget. They needed it to be low maintenance so we got rid of the lawn meaning no more mowing and put in a network of pathways winding around the unusal shaped backyard. We leveled of an area to be the seating area for the 2…
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Heidelberg Heights Back Garden fro Family Fun
This young family wanted a space to entertain friends and watch the kids play, along with a huge shed / man cave, with a bit of thought we came up with a good lay-out and made it work. The owners commissioned a builder to construct the undercover entertaining area and then we came in and…
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Indoor Gardens
Lots of houses have an indoor space for a garden here are two examples of work we have done. After consultation with these clients we installed a low maintenance potted plants. 1/ Indoor / Outdoor garden in West Melbourne doesn’t get much sun so ferns are perfect under story plants, with some Autumn leaves for…
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Low Budget Front Garden in Diamond Creek
On a low budget, we transformed this front garden in Diamond Creek. Second hand sleepers have been used for the steps, and the pathways are topped with Granitic sand and then compacted.
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MIFGS – Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2023
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2023 “First All female garden at MIFGS. Gold medal winning team! This is a first in the history of MIFGS! Heaps of fun to collaborate with such an awesome bunch of women!“ “More than one hundred thousand people converged in Carlton Gardens and the world-heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building in…
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Nature Strip Gardens Instead of Lawn
Increase street apeal and reduce maintenance by removing your lawn and installing a garden bed to the front of your home.
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Plenty Garden Designed for Entertaining
Circular shape Cold stream stone seat with secondhand Red brick paving. A Blue stone feature circle was installed in the center of the circle to tie in with the Blue stone paving where the outdoor setting and BBQ are located. The Decking is undercover and leads out from the house on the same level as…
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Pots & Plants
I find clients often asking “What should I plant in this pot?”, and “What sort of pot should I get for this space?” We can assist you with these decisions and also supply potting mix, plants and pot it all up for you.
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Reduce and Remove Lawn Areas
A lot of people ask “What can we do with space if we have no lawn?” Well, below are some before and after photos with some examples of what you can do with your garden to reduce your lawn area. We recommend clients reduce the size of lawn areas, or get rid of lawn totally…
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Research Front Garden
We are very happy with how this sloping front garden in Research has been transformed. Client Testimonial: “Well done Kate, what a great job you have done! You and your team have transformed our steeply sloping building site into a wonderful, useful and practical front garden, something that we can now enjoy all the time.…
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Reservoir Back Garden
The owners of this property did a total renovation & extension of their California bungalow, they wanted a brand new garden to admire through the new large windows and doors looking out to the garden. We built a curved cold stream stone retaining wall at seating height to enlarge the outdoor entertaining area and extend…
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Rock Placement in Gardens
Rocks can add character to a garden, be used as steps, provide retaining for steep banks & can add an element of fun to a kids garden.
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Rosanna Multi-Use Back Garden
Low maintenance, Country / Rustic style garden designed for kids, chooks and veggies. The lower area is for basketball, soccer and cricket, the wasted space behind the gum tree is now home to the Trampoline and the garden beds are now ready for the owners to plant. The lawn has been totally removed so no…
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Second Hand (2nd Hand) Red Bricks
Second hand Red bricks are a popular choice for edging pathways, paving entertaining areas and used in vertical wall. Here are some photos showing examples of our work with Red bricks.
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Sloping Front Garden – Lower Plenty
This sloping front garden was a bare canvas for us to work with. It was wet, as neighbours spetic tank water ran down the hill. There where lots of hungry rabbits, and it was a very steep bank. We got the excavator in there and did a cut and fill to create a level area…
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South Melbourne Courtyard
This courtyard came up a treat. We made good use of the tight space by constructing built-in seating and garden beds. The render texture was matched with the existing back parapet wall / boundary wall and then painted to match the colour. The multipurpose BBQ bench with storage was also built-in to match the seating…
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Steps and Ramps in Gardens
We design and construct alot of gardens on sloping blocks so steps and ramps are often required for access and usability of back and front gardens. This page shows some examples of our work.
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Surrey Hills Back Garden
I drafted plans for this garden before the house was renovated, the client wanted a terraced, English style garden. We arranged the terraces around the large under ground water tank that is used to water the garden and flush the toilet, you can see the top of it in some of the photos as the…
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Surrey Hills Cottage Garden
We removed the lawn, put in some second hand red brick paving and cottage garden plants. Now this garden compliments the cottage.
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Veggie Gardens
Lots of people want to grow veggies, weather your garden is small or large it can be achieved. If you have decent topsoil then it can be improved with compost and the beds can be directly in the ground, but if you don’t have topsoil raised beds are the answer for your garden.
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Watsonia Family Fun Back Garden
We removed alot of lawn and added some character and purpose to this back garden. Increased the garden bed space, added a dedicated area for growing Veggies, a Cold stream stone seat and crushed sandstone pathways edged with second hand Red bricks. Some lawn was left for the kids to kick a ball and stretch…
