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A Surprise Garden Brings This 'Pop-Up' Home To Life

More often than not, the preference for a sizeable family home outweighs the desire for a large garden, meaning designs for new renovations can often squeeze right to the boundary line. This is not the case for the Pop-Up House – a double storey residence that has been so cleverly designed by Figr that nearly half its 215m2 block is lush, landscaped areas.

Formerly a single-story, dilapidated weatherboard, the new three-bedroom home in Essendon packs a lot into a small footprint – including many window-seats, a netted play area suspended above the entrance, and various garden sections landscaped throughout!

The Heartbreakingly Beautiful Flowers Of Soho Rose Farm – The Design Files | Australia's most popular design blog.

Roses hold a sort of miraculous quality. There is perhaps no flower more imbued with the symbolism of love, beauty and devotion.

Soho Rose Farm in Victoria has a bit of a love story of its own. When more than 8000 rose bushes were set to be destroyed on a retired flower farm in Drysdale, florist Kristy Tippett and her husband Brock stepped in to save them. The couple corralled a team of people, who worked tirelessly to uproot and relocate  each individual rose bush, to be replanted on Kristy and Brock’s own farm, 2.5 hours away. Despite no experience with commercial growing, Kristy has spent the last three years tending to the roses, and cultivating the most glorious flower farm.

We talked to Kristy to find out a little more about the journey of Soho Rose Farm, and the magic of the humble garden rose.

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The Most Glorious Gardens In Australia!

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Fig Landscapes, The Plot

Fig Landscapes transformed this vacant cow paddock into a relaxed country garden filled with native plantings and raw, earthy materials that complement the surrounding landscape. A circular pool built into a long deck provides a focus on relaxation and enjoying the spectacular views.

The landscape designers were tasked with creating cohesion between the client’s newly transplanted Queenslander and its new surrounds – an absolute feat of their craft!

See our story on ‘The Plot’ here.

Fig Landscape, The Plot. Photo – Jessie Ann


Studio Bright, 8 Yard House. Photo – Rory Gardiner


Bethany Williamson Landscape Architecture, Prospect Hill. Photo – Martina Gemmola


Ian Barker Gardens, Blairgowrie. Photo – Sharyn Cairns


Phillip Withers, The Toorak Garden. Photo – Amelia Stanwix 


Dan Young Landscape Architect, Y3 Garden. Photo – Andy Macpherson 


Phillip Withers, Lara. Photo – Amelia Stanwix 


Mud Office, Essendon. Photo – Tom Blachford


Outdoor Establishments, Kenthurst Gardens. Photo – Natalie Hunfalvay


Fig Landscapes, Coolamon House. Photo – Jessie Ann


Peachy Green, Sharp Street. Photo – Sarah Pannell


Rush Wright Associates, Victorian Emergency Services Memorial. Photo – John Gollings

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