Brief was to complement the newly renovated house with an ornamental front garden featuring a variety of small trees, grasses and flowering shrubs. 

Before landscaping                                                               Magnolia, Rottnest Cypress, and a cycad feature in middle ground

                                                                                                     Dripline irrigation prior to mulching.

These trellises were made with pre-suaged stainless steel cables and planted underneath with star jasmine.

Over two years work on this acreage nestled beside the Peel Estuary saw a number of garden beds created, including an entrance garden shaded by large trees which was planted with Cycads, Cliveas and Bromeliads.  A swing for the grandchildren was strung from the bow of a Tuart tree, a nesting box installed high up its trunk.  The verges beyond the gates were planted with indigenous species and staked with tree-guard sleeves to deter hungry kangaroos. 

Brief was to transform an empty back yard into an entertaining area with a sunken patio, flanked by lawns, and framed by garden beds.  A pattern was devised for the paving, and semi-mature trees planted.  The landscape was also designed to withstand being the domain of two large and friendly dogs.

The front yard features a native garden planted in 2009.  Another native garden was planted to the side of the house two years later as well as a backyard featuring a food garden.  Four apple trees, three citrus, a mango, avocado, fig and a ‘Plumcot’, constitute an urban orchard of mostly dwarf varieties.  A raised vege bed of corrugated metal and a trellis of pickets and stainless steel mesh was constructed and planted with passionfruit to help disguise a shipping container.

Brief was to create a food garden including a raised vege bed, three citrus trees, an olive, plus a compost system.  This central area was surrounded by a low-maintenance native garden, irrigated by a separate station for lower water use, and featuring stepping-stone pathways, a bench-seat and bird-bath.  At the far side of the house, along a shaded path, a trellis of pre-suaged cables was installed and planted with jasmine.