One Thirty Art Studios, Wollongong
Constructed by studio owners, sculptor Orlando Norris and painter Daryl Lo, this garden was designed for gallery event spillout, welcome, quiet enjoyment and the display of sculptures. Made from completely recylced and local materials, the garden's feature is a serpentine gabion retaining wall with handcut timber seating.
Filled with recycled concrete aggregate and soil, this retaining wall provides perfect drainage for endemic rainforest plants like cordyliines as well as hardy exotic ornamentals. These form a soft foil for Orlando and the other artists' sculptures.
Kathryn loves an excuse to mosaic with her kids and so included this stepper in the gravel sitting area.
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.