Don's Landscaping Tips: Good Geometry
The use of good geometry in garden design creates a spectacular formal courtyard in a small area. Matching the pinky-grey brick of the house with limestone pavers can give a natural looking backdrop for geometrically placed plants and other ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Garden Design
Many gardeners have stood at the back door looking out at the garden and dreamt of all the things they would love to do. Turning these dreams into reality is possible but the first thing you must do is create a garden plan. The aspects of the ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Creeping Fig - Plant of the Week
Don showed how classy creeping figs can look when used in a formal garden design. The figs were trained to fill recesses in a masonry wall, so that they formed perfect green rectangular shapes. The fig rectangles provided a wonderful backdrop for ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Eden Garden Designs
Creating a design for your garden is all about harmony and lifestyle. A garden is also a very personal thing. So it is also essential that each garden is designed to suit the lifestyle and needs of its owner. Success is often about bringing a ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Indoor Plants
Indoor plants are no longer out! Landscape designer Jamie Durie, of Patio Garden Design, introduces us to the new and trendy plants that can be seen indoors today. The indoor plant has returned as a symbol of sophisticated style. The comeback has ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Coastal Garden Design
Keeping a garden looking its best though dry times can be tough going, but imagine a garden by the ocean. Sandy soils hold little moisture and the wind dries things out even more. Then there's the salt, which can do terrible damage to delicate ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Adelaide Hills Garden
Judi and John Denton live in the Adelaide Hills. Their garden design shows a modern approach that reflects the contemporary design of the house. This interesting garden features evergreen plants as structural elements, bold mass planting, soft ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Garden Design at the King Family Garden
Welcome to week number four of our water-wise makeover. Last week the King family had a Greymate system installed so that they could safely use grey water from the washing machine on the garden. Now this week the backyard really starts to be ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Jim Fogarty
Neville fell in love with Jim Fogarty's garden design at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in 2006 and it now looks like he is bringing a bit of Aussie back to Singapore. As an international show, it was important to Jim to bring ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
The King Family Garden
During the last stage of the new King family water wise garden, the garden company revealed the garden design and left a huge hole in the garden ready for a recycled water tank. The guys from VersiTank have come to the party with a new water ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Adam Levine
Adam Levine is a freelance writer and two time winner of the Garden Writers Association Quill & Trowel Award. A contributing editor to Garden Design, his work has also appeared in Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Martha Stewart Living, and ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Diarmuid Gavin
The ultimate garden design book: a visual delight covering all aspects of working and living in your garden with stunning photographs of gardens from around the world. The contemporary garden carries a profound connection both to the environment ... [... more]
Random House |
