Fall in love with where you live

Garden designs by Dinah Meagher

 
Spring garden in canberra

CASE STUDIES

 Before and After

 

Creating a family garden on a blank canvas

Following a substantial addition to this family home, the owners turned their attention to the garden. Their wish was to have a series of interesting spaces as living systems which include a productive garden, summer shade offered by a copse of birch trees, permeable surfaces, a beautiful outlook from the house and nooks where family can come together or retreat for privacy.

Bringing cohesion to a woodland garden.

The owners wished to bring clarity of spaces to their generously treed garden. A narrow flight of steps connecting the two distinct terraces is replaced with wide, feature steps. ‘Rooms’ are defined by crisp edges with glimpses through the trees to the rest of the garden.

Going wild with water in Royalla

Rocks from the property, selected to create a pond, two tiered cascade, planting cells and paving, complete the garden surrounding this rural house.

The design retains the rock face cut to build the house, adds the soothing sound of falling water and attracts numerous different frog species.

Plants selected are a mix of native species which will filter the afternoon sun as they mature, soften the rocky backdrop and offer a calming place of interest.

Narrabundah family garden

The starting point for this family garden was an elegant extension to their weatherboard cottage.

Nooks where the children and adults can come together or retreat for privacy include a timber day bed, a second terrace for dining under a pergola and a number of raised beds for growing vegetables. Each space is separated and enclosed by low walls or plantings.

Koi pond terrace

Sometimes an outside space which captures winter sun can have awkward access. These clients had identified the spot but were looking to improve the approach and the experience of being close to their koi pond.