Garden Design Projects
Colac country garden
Balancing angles and botanical appeal.
- Renovation of this 19th-century cottage adjacent to the Colac Botanical Gardens
- Heritage Mulberry tree retained with an energetic, angled layout;
- Collaborative sketch design process with the client;
- We delivered the hardscapes, empowering the client to do the rest;
- This transformation significantly enhanced the property’s market value;
- When sold, the garden was a headline feature, delivering a remarkable return on investment.
Winchelsea Garden
Seasons, play and productivity
- Aim to create a haven for a young family, with fun spaces for play and for a productive garden, while ensuring that every dollar adds value!
- Large circular lawn, potager garden, fruit trees, fire pit and sandpit,;
- Front garden of billowing grasses and perennials, & dwarf gum trees ;
- Cost-effective gravel paths, clever plant selection and good site preparation;
- The fast-growing garden continues to increase the value of the property, and rewards its owners with a lifestyle steeped in nature and beauty.
Rippon-Lea Garden
French-inspired urban potager garden
- First priority was to spend time discussing the clients needs and ideas;
- Two different sketch design options offered many solutions;
- Resolution of the design through preparation of technical layout drawings;
- Guided the project through quoting and construction and allowed the contractor to also become an active part of the creative design process, while ensuring the outcome was just what the client had dreamed of.
Thirteenth Beach Garden
Foliage-filled Entry Courtyard
- Asian-inspired home but with dull concrete entry;
- Two sketch design options resolved into an agreed concept;
- Assisted the client through the approval process;
- Cost estimates, tendering and guiding the works through the construction phase;
- The clients were so pleased with the outcome that the space was quickly filled with sculptures!
Caulfield Garden
Stylish and sustainable dryland garden
- This garden brings together sustainable landscaping and funky design.
- Low-maintenance, sustainable and cost-effective solution;
- Strong geometric shapes of grass, gravel and pebbles complement the horizontal architecture;
- Natural rainfall is collected and detained onsite in a gravel-lined swale - a dry creek bed - allowing it to recharge natural underground water storage within the soil, and functioning as the main feature element of the garden.
Geelong Garden
Renovation of historic Glenpanyall
- Glenpanyall Homestead (1849) originally 2000 acres, in 2009 the last 7ac was subdivided;
- Perry was commissioned to prepare landscape plans with a focus on respecting the heritage of the site.
- Guided by early images of the property, the landscape features recycled materials and period heritage details.
- Careful assessment of the historic garden and the clients needs;
- Design also provided a stormwater harvesting and irrigation solution.