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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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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How to improve drainage in a waterlogged garden with water soaks & swales - Behind the Garden Gate Jul 13, 2023

How to improve a garden with poor drainage Before this garden makeover - the front yard of this home in Preston, VIC was a boggy mess every time it rained. The front garden before was just lawn that become completely waterlogged with heavy rain events and in really wet weather the water would...

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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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A welcoming small garden filled with Australian native & pollinator plants - Small Garden Ideas - Behind the Garden Gate Jun 29, 2023

In West Brunswick, VIC, the owners of this charming small garden had a unique request for Garden Designer Emmaline Bowman from STEM Landscape Architecture & Design. They envisioned a front garden that fostered a sense of community, encouraging conversations with neighbours and locals passing...

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