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Creating an inner-city Melbourne home akin to the mountain ranges of rural New Zealand, or the west coast beaches of South Australia sounds like an impossible brief, but has been remarkably achieved in this incredible house designed by Architecture Architecture.
Drawing on the qualities of these vast landscapes, the Victorian house in Brunswick has been overhauled and extended to offer subtle shifts in light, texture, and views.
The completed house has a sense of natural ease, unfolding like a stroll through the garden.
A beautiful home is something to behold, but a beautiful home surrounded by a beautiful garden (like yesterday’s home story!) is truly next level.
If you don’t have the chops to design and plant a garden yourself, it can be intimidating to know where to start. What’s actually involved in working with a garden designer? How long does it take? And the all-important question – how much does it cost?
When a reader asked us these questions recently, we realised we didn’t have the answers ourselves, so we asked a few of our expert friends to break down the entire process: landscape designer and Peachy Green founder, Fran Hale; founder and principal of Kathleen Murphy Landscape Design, Katheleen Murphy; landscape architect and director of Svalbe & Co, Katy Svalbe; landscape designer and director of Phillip Withers, Phil Withers; and Garden Life founder and director, Richard Unsworth.
Here’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about working with a landscape designer!
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