Backyard

Field of Manchurian Pear - Driving through the rural timber gates, the decomposed driveway is generous and bordered by massed Pennisetum and Birch groves. …

Peek over the fence of gardens created by a Sydney landscaper using a clever mix of natives and exotics.

We were excited to help remodel the Sunset Smart Cottage Garden at Cornerstone Sonoma. The mission was to design a narrow side garden in the full baking Sonoma sun, with a full shade front garden. A challenge, yes, but with Sunset plants, it's easier than it looks.

Sorting out a multi-level garden with beds sporting vibrant, low-growing plants has made this coastal patch in Torquay a standout.

This family needed more than landscapers who just plotted places for plants; they needed a vision for what life could be in the exterior space around their newly remodeled home.

Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) and Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos). The silver blue of the grass really sets off the orange: exponentially more striking than Kangaroo Paw on its own. Kan…

There is a lot of interest in stories about the environment – particularly driven by regular news relating to cost of electricity, solar panels and battery storage, climate change and global warming. Sustainable living is a practical, and easy to understand way that all homeowners can contribute to a greener planet. We have access to […]

Sorting out a multi-level garden with beds sporting vibrant, low-growing plants has made this coastal patch in Torquay a standout.

Shaun Lockyer Architects’ regional modernist style works a treat at any scale and the recently completed Folkhouse in Brisbane is no exception.

I friggin love our interviews! And today is another absolute goodie, as we chat with the talented, thoughtful and generous Emma Templeton, the principal of her eponymous practice, Templeton Architecture. Presented in partnership with Laminex.

Materials: Recycled railway sleepers. Off form concrete stairs. Deco granite. Corten steel. Planting: Banksia serrata, Lomandra tanika, Westringia fruticosa, Myoporum parvifolium, Echium candicans, Lavendula dentata. Furniture: Eco Outdoor

Materials: Recycled railway sleepers. Off form concrete stairs. Deco granite. Corten steel. Planting: Banksia serrata, Lomandra tanika, Westringia fruticosa, Myoporum parvifolium, Echium candicans, Lavendula dentata. Furniture: Eco Outdoor

Probably my most requested thing on Instagram stories is to share the details of my backyard garden. Today’s the day I share it all, from plants selected to the garden edging used, to the colour of the painted fence. Photography Mark Zeidler