How to improve a garden with poor drainage Before this garden makeover - the front yard of this home in Preston, VIC was a boggy mess every time it rained. The front garden before was just lawn that become completely waterlogged with heavy rain events and in really wet weather the water would...
WOW - This large garden feels like your own private park land! The acreage property includes a renovated dam (filled with water plants), rolling green lawn beneath towering gums, a cozy firepit space and lots of Australian native plants. Even if you don't have a large space to work with this...
In West Brunswick, VIC, the owners of this charming small garden had a unique request for Garden Designer Emmaline Bowman from STEM Landscape Architecture & Design. They envisioned a front garden that fostered a sense of community, encouraging conversations with neighbours and locals passing...
In the leafy inner north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, a remarkable low maintenance garden thrives, predominantly adorned with Australian native plants. Designed with a busy family in mind, the goal was to create an easily manageable garden. The owner specifically desired a "overgrown" and...
Garden edging was an ESSENTIAL part of our backyard garden makeover. We used it to construct terrace-like stairs up to a small (9 square metre) lawn and then across to our clothesline space.
When planning our backyard makeover we looked at various ways to construct the stairs or terraces -...
