10 Glorious Gardens Blooming With Inspiration From 2022

A Hawthorn Home Enveloped In Dreamy, Layered Gardens

‘Wild’ and ‘organic’ aren’t the first words that come to mind when you think of the traditional backyards in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

But landscape design studio Peachy Green has created something unique at this new Hawthorn home, with a diverse and textural planting scheme that’s reminiscent of a ‘woody meadow’.

The family residence is surrounded in thoughtful, layered garden spaces, which soften the white-brick exterior with evolving shades of green and pastel flowers.

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A Former Paddock Turned Vibrant Botanical Wonderland In Regional Victoria

It’s hard to believe artist and garden designer Ralph Bristow only started working on this flourishing garden in regional Victoria three years ago.

Tucked away on a six-acre block in Barwite, near Mansfield, the neglected paddock has been transformed by Ralph into a spectacular botanical wonderland filled with Indigenous trees, biannuals, bulbs and shrubs, plus a vegetable patch and a perennial garden!

The colourful landscape changes magnificently with the seasons – witnessed from his strawbale family home. 

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A Serene Courtyard Garden Inside A Converted Bakery

Attracting the birds and the bees was a central part of the vision for this Sydney home’s intriguing garden.

The heritage building in Newtown was originally a corner shop and bakery warehouse that dates back to the early 1900s. Today, it’s a converted five-bedroom residence designed around a peaceful courtyard by The Garden Social.

Clever landscaping celebrates the property’s rich, industrial textures with soft layers of greenery that successfully bring nature back to its densely urban setting.

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A Cottagecore Folly Buried At The Bottom Of A Grand Garden 

In architectural terms, the definition of a ‘folly’ is a decorative or ornamental structure that is largely non-functional. 

But Cameron Kimber‘s folly is much more than a mere ‘ornament’. The interior designer’s quaint sheltered room at the bottom of his garden in the NSW Southern Highlands is packed with personality and put to good use!

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A Dreamy Dahlia Garden On A Regional Family Farm

Daylesford Organics farmers Kate Ulman and Brendon Eisner live on 50 acres of forest and orchards that make up their farm in regional Victoria, with their three kids, Indigo, Jarrah and Pepper.

In the heart of their block is an incredible garden, comprising a kitchen garden right outside their doorstep, and a larger, flower, veggie and berry garden on top of a hill at the Musk Vale property.

These picturesque grounds are straight from the pages of a country living magazine, with abundant rows of brightly coloured dahlias, perennial plants, and an amazing sunroom nearby – complete with lush indoor vines! 

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How This Young Photographer Transformed Her Rambling Coastal Garden In One Week!

With a little help from her friends, photographer Kate Shanasy totally transformed her jungle-like garden in Blairgowrie, Victoria, into an entertainer’s coastal delight – in just one week!

Inspired by designer Fiona Brockoff’s Sorrento garden (‘just around the corner’), Kate swapped finger grasses and overgrown ivy for sand grit, boulders and native plants.

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A Magical, Layered Melbourne Garden – With Giant Metallic Mushrooms!

When artist Kate Ballis and photographer Tom Blachford first came across their Ivanhoe East, Melbourne, home, the backyard was an overgrown, unruly English cottage garden with an impressive array of established fruit trees.

The pair decided this was the perfect base to work off, to create their own whimsical version of an English cottage garden, complete with ‘secret rooms’, winding paths, giant metallic mushrooms (!) and arbours leading to the beds of 41 rose bushes.

The result is something you might expect to see in Alice In Wonderland, with surprises around every corner!

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A Thoughtful Garden Championing Nature In The Inner-City

While the lifestyle and convenience of living close to Melbourne’s CBD has many perks, one of the drawbacks of the inner suburbs is the lack of space – and subsequent longing for a garden.

But if you’re lucky enough to have a yard and a sizeable block, there are still subtle ways to bring a sense of nature back to your urban environment.

Case in point; this Fitzroy North garden by Sam Cox Landscape. Thanks to a mix of native plants and established trees, it transports the homeowners to the Australian bush.

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A Rambling, Romantic Garden For A Third Generation Farmhouse

The Farmstead Tatura is a third generation farmhouse built by current owner Jim Ferguson’s grandfather in 1928.

Emily McEachern moved into the property (about 20 minutes from Shepparton) with Jim six years ago, and has been tending to the grounds and garden ever since. With her love and attention, she’s revitalised the sprawling five-acre garden previously created by Jim’s mother with soft colourful blooms and over 150 roses, reminiscent of an English garden.

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A Thoughtful Native Garden Anchoring A ‘Floating’ Home In The Byron Hinterland

This striking home in the Byron hinterland is perched on a crater formed by an ancient volcano that was active 23 million years ago.

Now known as Coolamon House by DFJ Architects, the floating residence features uninterrupted views out towards the ocean. But its Fig Landscapes-designed gardens are just as spectacular.

While the build itself was completed in 2020, landscapers have continued planting almost every week to ensure the sprawling natives will beautifully envelop the house over time.

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