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Simple and impressive ideas can literally change your life. The best gardens are those that make people happy and comfortable.  As a landscape designer, my team and I tackle issues of comfort and utility every day and it is for the benefit of our client and making them happy that we strive for constantly. 

The brief on this project was to create an experiential wonderland and the feeling of being in a resort. I think we nailed it, let me run you through how we did it. We craned in mature well-sized Kentia Palms into the site to sit above the beautiful dark pool. They superbly set the tone for the resort-style, pool zone and proportionally anchored the large home within the garden. The large, renovated Victorian terrace needed some large green elements within the landscape to match-up and unify both perspectively.

Mondo grass was set within sections of paving, allowing this space to read like a garden, breaking up the hardscape with living plants. This area also functions as a pool breakout area for lounging in the sun or enjoying everything about the outdoor shower.

The towering walls were drenched in green, by lining them in a tension mesh and encouraging evergreen vines to provide a year round vertical mass of greenlife with seasonal flowering. The Cordylines are tall and narrow,  adding to this abundant green without taking up too much precious space whilst the Rhipsalis further softens the hardscape with its cascading form.

Every garden needs a destination point for gathering, lounging and conversation. This one is perched above the pool and catches the sunshine whilst the dwarf date palms provide a sense of enclosure or a ceiling and connects to the luxury of this garden’s resort vibe.

The generous u-shaped seating allows for maximum seating for entertaining around the firepit or the family to relax and revel in being able to stretch out and take refuge from the world. Every level has a balcony that is dressed with plants which allows for a green vista out from all rear windows of the home. The kitchen balcony is filled with edibles for easy access while cooking or entertaining.

I adore this garden and love that we’ve achieved an impeccable result and a holiday-space-at-home for our happy clients.

Landscape Construction Ivory Gardens
Architect Jason Gibney
Project Builder To The Mil
Interiors Dylan Farrell Design
Photography Brigid Arnott

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