Back garden - under mature eucalypts, part shade, lots of play
This -no-mow garden "grassy sward" is only strimmed occasionally. It's a complex matrix of native and water-wise exotic grasses, annuals and groundcovers.
The property features blurred edges between house and garden to encourage an outdoor lifestyle for the inhabitants. Here the edge of the timber deck is softened by low, close planting.
Deck by Brensco Construction, Coniston.
Biodiversity is amplified with the inclusion of exotic perennial and annual flowers which delight birds and insects.
Bark screening covers the original colourbond fence to soften edges and increase privacy from neighbours. Dry, sandy soil is planted with sedums, native grasses and bun-shaped shrubs in shades of green and blue.
Front Garden - Full Sun, coastal
Salvaged concrete pavers and sandstone found on site form steppers through the garden.
Steel salvaged from under the house used to retain a kitchen planting of herbs and flowers.
Peach decomposed granite was selected for the front garden path to blend with copious gum leaf litter from overhead canopy.
The verge - Full sun, school thoroughfare, concrete path
The no-mow garden extends right to the road. The verge garden is a "cramscape" of collected cuttings, seeds, council natives and bespoke mosaic steppers. pedestrians are encouraged to take cuttings and seeds for their own verge projects.
Steel salvaged from under the house used to retain a kitchen planting of herbs and flowers.
Peach decomposed granite was selected for the front garden path to blend with copious gum leaf litter from overhead canopy.
We acknowledge and thank the traditional owners of D'harwal Country, the unceded lands
of the Illawarra where we live.
We credit First Nations people for their ongoing work in protecting, holding and sharing knowledge that underpins best practice in landscape design and management
all over the world.
This land always was, and always will be,
Aboriginal Land.