Mixing Australian native plants into a formal cottage garden design | Behind the Garden Gate Oct 04, 2024

This stunning 10-year-old garden beautifully blends Australian native plants with a formal garden aesthetic, creating a harmonious connection to its bushland surrounds.

If you’re looking for garden design ideas or inspiration for gardening in Australia, this space offers a perfect mix of...

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Modern cottage garden inspiration, a garden designed by Tim Pilgrim | Behind the Garden Gate May 24, 2024

This beautiful modern cottage garden makeover showcases the best of autumnal colours and textures. Welcome to Oak Cottage, with its garden design by the talented Tim Pilgrim. Situated in Macedon, just an hour northwest of Melbourne, nestled beneath a 100-year-old oak tree, this garden offers...

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A courtyard makeover with great garden design ideas | Behind the Garden Gate May 10, 2024

Come and explore this beautiful courtyard makeover from a bland and boring garden to a usable and inviting space filled with great garden design ideas. Join Chloe from Bean There Dug That, as you to explore this hidden gem tucked away next to a beautiful parkland. Despite its modest 67 square...

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A low maintenance garden design using Australian native plants | Behind the Garden Gate May 05, 2024

Over the last 12 years, the owners of this garden have transformed it into a low maintenance garden using Australian native plant garden that's brimming with great garden design ideas. Join me, Chloe from Bean There Dug That, as we delve behind the garden gate of this urban oasis in Glen Iris,...

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SMALL GARDEN design ideas 🌱 Garden Tour 🌱 DIY Small Backyard Ideas | Behind the Garden Gate Dec 28, 2023

Join me for a garden tour of DIY gardener & plant lover, Steven Wells' small garden. His DIY small garden design ideas are incredible and they'll leave you so inspired on what you can achieve in small backyard!

This great garden design celebrates small spaces, the importance of gardening as a...

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A family friendly garden designed for outdoor entertaining 🌱 Garden Design Ideas Australia - Behind the Garden Gate Nov 29, 2023

Step into this family friendly, front yard designed for foodies and the joy of outdoor entertaining & gardening in Australia!

Join me as we venture behind the garden gate to explore a beautiful family-friendly garden bursting with great garden ideas, innovative landscaping concepts, and...

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Designing a stunning showcase garden from scratch 🌱 DIY Garden Design - Behind the Garden Gate Nov 17, 2023

Welcome to Wingspread Garden, a stunning example of what passion, dedication, and a bit of DIY magic can achieve in garden design. Join me as we explore this elegant garden oasis nestled in Toolangi, Victoria - Australia.

The owners, Keith and Andrew, designed, built, and created this magnificent...

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From bare ground to a lush tropical garden in 5 years in the suburbs of Melbourne - Behind the Garden Gate Jul 21, 2023

The owner, designer and creator of this garden - invites us to step behind the garden gate into a fantasy land away from the mundane life in suburbia.

Alistair Kirkpatrick from Stratis Landscape Architects designed and starting planting out this garden 5 years ago - when the space was completely...

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A large, park like garden with Australian native plants & a stunning dam Jul 06, 2023

WOW - This large garden feels like your own private park land! The acreage property includes a renovated dam (filled with water plants), rolling green lawn beneath towering gums, a cozy firepit space and lots of Australian native plants. Even if you don't have a large space to work with this...

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