Come and discover this thoughtfully designed garden nestled in the heights of O’Connor, shown for the first time in Open Gardens. Spread across three levels, Louise and Ian’s garden surrounds their beautifully renovated 1961 home, offering sweeping city views framed by distant mountains. Wander through sculpted hedges, vibrant flowering shrubs, and thoughtfully placed pops of colour [...]

Surrounding a house of classic mid-century modernist design, visitors will enjoy wandering on paths through a gently sloping, lawn-free front garden filled with Australian native plants and dominated by a massive old Willow Peppermint (Eucalyptus nicholii). Nearby, two large Allocasuarinas and a large Kashmir Cypress form a backdrop to a pond and shelter the house. The [...]

A compact yet thoughtfully designed garden featuring a blend of exotic and native plants. The abundant planting reflects both cool climate Canberra and the owner’s native Brazil. The outdoor spaces provide inviting areas for relaxation, with carefully arranged seating nooks. Water features and striking sculptures add visual interest. Layered planting, in both containers and garden beds, [...]

Jinka Falls is a newly established garden, demonstrating what can be achieved with thoughtful design and determination in a small space.  Created in 2022/23, Jinka Falls features two garden courtyards, connected by a narrow side garden.  The first is a biodiversity hotspot with ponds connected by a small brook, surrounded by soft native meadow planting and [...]

Set on a large sloping block with spectacular views, this garden has been developing over the last 25 years. It was initially designed as a formal garden with stone terraces and hedges of box and camellias, but now also homes a variety of native plants in the mix.  A paved area at the front of the [...]

As you walk around the side of the house a most unexpected vista awaits, a lake surrounded by trees and shrubs serving as a haven for the many wetland birds that frequent the lake.  Over the last 20 years, several thousand trees and shrubs have been planted, transforming it from an overgrazed sheep farm with a [...]

Tanglewood is a 2-acre rural property which has unfolded over 25 years from a bare grazing paddock, through dense planting of deciduous and native trees, shrubs and groundcovers, to a place of productivity, sanctuary and beauty. The productivity includes an enclosed orchard where chooks and ducks waddle, quack and chirp to their hearts’ content; multiple vegetable [...]