Brisbane Avenue Umina Beach Aug-Sep 2018.

Before and after images of Graham and Jemmy's new build.

Rear yard at the top of page. Front yard above.

Irrigation system is 5 station combination Drip and Pop Up for all areas, including front verge.

Garden design for Helen in Manly. Front courtyard.

Plants are-
Anigozanthus. Kangaroo Paw.
Grevillea 'Honey Gem'.
Alternanthera dentata. Little Ruby.
Viola banksii (previously Viola hederacea). Native Violet.
Westringia fruiticosa. Coastal Rosemary.
Syzygium. Lilly Pilly.
Rhoea.
​Phormium tenax.

                                                     Rear courtyard.    

​Drepanostachyum falcatum. Himalayan Weeping Bamboo.                                       

Sandstone cottage garden that originally had a one hundred year old, Borer riddled Peach tree in the corner, a gnarly old Murraya and a pretty sad Azalea.

Replaced with Buxus, Rapheolepsis, Hydrangea, Gardenia 'standards' and a dozen Camellia sasanqua 'Early Pearly's' down the side of the house.

​Down the centre, encased in aluminium strip edging are Cowra Gold river stones, everything laid on top of a drip irrigation system.

This is a cement slab for a basketball court as well as a retaining wall we put in for Stuart at Kincumber last year.
​One of those days when it hit 40 degrees. Ouch!

Killcare 2016-2017.

Garden design, water feature and paving done for Nick and Ann in Killcare on the Central Coast.

Plants list-
Adiantum fragrans (Maidenhair Fern)
Spathiphylum 'Lustre' and 'Sensation' (Peace Lily)
Ctenanthe 'Burle-marxii'
Asplenium nidus (Birdsnest Fern)
Fuchsia 'Shadow Dancer'
Abutilon hybridum (Chinese Lantern)
Acanthus mollis (Oyster Plant)
Grevillea 'Bronze Rambler'
​Westringia fruiticosa 'Flat n' Fruity'

Here we built a 7 tiered sandstone garden running down the side of the driveway, the driveway that goes straight out the back of Nancy's place to the lake. Beautiful.

Plants used were-

Camellia japonica
Camellia sasanqua
Acacia cognata 'Fettucinni'
Grevillea 'Fireworks'
Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'
Lagerstroemia indica ''Sioux'
Gardenia augusta "Florida'
Liriope muscari 'Just Right'
Plectranthus argentatus
Clivia miniata 'Belgian Hybrid'
​Viola banksii (formerly Viola hederacea)

This is a native garden we designed for John and Ava on their property in Holgate.
After rejecting the tonne of sandstone we brought in for the job, we took the Mini Loader up into the hills on the back of their property and recovered all the bush rock you see in the gardens.The last photo is John taking Michael up the mountain to eke out bushrock.

Plant list-
Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Crowea exalata
Conostylus canadicans
Leptospermum scoparium nana
Anigozanthus 'Bush Bonanza'
Dendrobium speciossum
Chamelorcium 
Philotheca myoporoides
Felicia amelloides
Telopea speciocessima 'Essies Gift'
Acacia cognata 'Fettucinni
​Melaleuca thymifolia

Gardenia augusta 'Florida' standards with Deschampsia caespitosa 'Echidna Grass" installed in a garden bed of railway stone. Turf is 'Sir Walter' Buffalo.

​The soil Ph originally in these beds was measured at 10 so to a depth of 500mm the soil had to be replaced.