Blog | Small Spaces Garden Design | Melbourne, Australia

September 2, 2019

Decked out courtyard

This courtyard had a deck already to go, we just needed to do the courtyard design to complete the picture. Our brief, to create a green space with raised planters, soften the view and finish on all the fences, and some space to grow a few edibles.
Our solution, we installed planter boxes on castors for some flexibility and a mix of concrete pots with corten steel, to give some depth and interest to the garden space.

We often work with Future Environment, they build custom sizes for us, so we can mix it up depending on our courtyard design. http://www.futurenvironment.com.au/

Pots by https://potsnpots.com.au/ for some lovely (and heavy!) concrete pots.

October 8, 2018

Planters in small spaces

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Making the most of a small space with raised planters can be tricky.

Building raised garden beds can sometimes take up lots of valuable space and may appear too chunky for the space. Opposite to this is using lots of pots, which may or may not work. Pots are great but sometimes you want a more streamlined look. This is where I tend to go for steel planter boxes and cylinders.

These can be manufactured to whatever size I want and, are relatively simple to make and install.

Round, square, rectangles, narrow and high, short and squat to tier the garden. Anything you fancy.

Colours can be bright and showy, subdued and muted, it’s flexible, using a wide range of powder coat colours, or, Cor Ten steel for a more organic look.

These are 3 vastly different projects we have worked on recently;

a narrow bluestone terrace in a new build, a modern townhouse and a native garden with a lovely new paved terrace overlooking the garden, all dotted around Melbourne.