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A Lush Secret Garden, Inside A Converted Melbourne Church!

This surprising garden in East Melbourne has its own lagoon pool, a natural fish pond and 10m-tall walls covered in ivy.
Christina Karras

Gardens

This Remarkable 8-Acre Garden Has Been A Labour Of Love For 40 Years

The owners of a farm in Melbourne's west have created something that rivals our best public parks, with 4000 trees and pink florals!
Christina Karras

Gardens

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

How artist Kate Ballis and photographer Tom Blachford created a whimsical suburban garden of 'secret rooms'.

Gardens

A Melbourne Apartment’s Lacklustre Garden Turned ‘Sea Of Green'

Landscape designer Andrew Panton overhauled a 'struggling' ground-floor apartment garden into and evergreen outdoor space.
Christina Karras

Gardens

A Thoughtful Garden Championing Nature In The Inner-City

Sam Cox Landscapes brings a sense of the Australian bush to this Fitzroy North home thanks to a clever mix of native plants and established
Christina Karras

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A Serene Courtyard Garden Inside A Spectacular Converted Bakery

This former bakery and corner store turned dream home in Sydney hides a stunning seasonal courtyard by The Garden Social.
Christina Karras

Gardens

A Hawthorn Home Enveloped In Dreamy, Layered Gardens

This new family home is brought to life with lush gardens designed by Peachy Green – reminiscent of a flowering ‘woody meadow’!
Christina Karras

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A Semi-Formal Bayside Garden That Blooms Year-Round

Overflowing foliage and formal hedging meet in this Black Rock, Melbourne, garden by Andrew Panton Design.

Creative People

Creating Original, Ever-Changing Gardens With Kep Horticulture’s Andy Kepitis

Kep Horticulture founder Andy Kepitis talks how to create dynamic gardens, and his aversion to 'certain' plant palettes!

Gardens

A Hidden Flower Garden In Suburban Melbourne

From her Ivanhoe home Petrina Burrill has created a sustainable micro flower farm.

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A Beautiful New Life For A Generous Family Garden

The Haberfield Garden by Fieldwork Associates in Sydney unites multiple green zones under a canopy of excitement + abundance!

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A Modernist Front Garden On Sydney’s North Shore

In an extract from his new book 'The City Gardener', Richard Unsworth shares the Mid-Century Modern garden designed by his practice, Garden
Richard Unsworth

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A Lush + Functional Queensland Courtyard

The Y3 Garden by Dan Young Landscape Architect unites the aesthetic and functional to make the most of a transitional outdoor space.

Gardens

A Mediterranean Oasis In The Middle Of Sydney

With a tropical courtyard and sandstone cabana cave, landscape designer Antony Wyer’s own incredible garden is like a personal Greek islan...

Gardens

Three Trees + A Pool - The Love Story Of A Wild-Looking, Natural Garden

Mcnuttndorff Landscapes tamed this rambling Fairfield garden around a new pool and three majestic eucalypts!

Gardens

An Amazingly Abundant Lawn-Free Garden

A meadow-style planting palette by Peachy Green brings beauty and wilderness to this functional family backyard in Northcote.

Gardens

A Slice Of Primeval Paradise In Bronte

Situated on a steep site in a sometimes blustery coastal location, the planting palette for this stunning garden in Sydney is both soft, and...

Gardens

A Cultivated Wilderness In Inner Suburban Melbourne

Legendary landscape designer Phillip Withers completes a layered, three-tiered garden around a Toorak home designed by Cera Stribley.

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