Australian garden design

Materials: Recycled railway sleepers. Off form concrete stairs. Deco granite. Corten steel. Planting: Banksia serrata, Lomandra tanika, Westringia fruticosa, Myoporum parvifolium, Echium candicans, Lavendula dentata. Furniture: Eco Outdoor

While gardening trends come and go, the enthusiasm for natural-style gardens is proving something of stayer. A new survey of such gardens shows us how we might introduce more wildness into our patch.

The sandy dunes of Sorrento, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, are hardly what plant-lover’s dream about. Combined with cold, wet southerlies, hot northerlies and the salt laden air, even the most experienced of gardeners would find establishing a garden here almost impossible. But landscaper Steve Taylor has worked his magic and created a stunning, unique Mediterranean garden which is full of inspiration. With ornamental pears, stone walls and loads of beautiful green plants, there is so…

Ian Barker Gardens flips the switch on the traditional coastal garden to create a private green sanctuary protected from beach exposure.

Oyster Catcher is nestled in NSW’s South Coast (with private beach access!) where the serene waterfront landscape takes centre stage.

Australian plants are perfect for the Mediterranean climate of the Western United States. Here's how you can garden like an Australian.

Australian garden design ideas from Native Plant Project

Six leading landscape designers reveal their favourite Australian native garden plants to give your home a truly local feel.

A simply beautiful contemporary Australian native Garden done so well. Garden design @fig_landscapes Plants supplied by @exotic_nurseries…

It’s that time of year when the weather cools and the fire pit takes centre stage. Our design and build for @theplot_binnaburra