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February 5, 2013

Summer in a Melbourne Garden

Damion Brown Uncategorized

We have just arrived back from a glorious few weeks at the beach. It’s always nice to get out of town for a bit over summer. Unfortunately along with the great weather at the beach, Melbourne has also experienced some very hot spells which is showing up as damage in the garden.

 

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January 15, 2013

Brunswick Vegie Garden

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December 21, 2012

Yarraville front garden

Kate Uncategorized

This is a front garden in Yarraville we developed in 2009.  I had the opportunity to take another look.  It’s always rewarding to go back More

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November 11, 2012

REVISITING A CHILD & DOG FRIENDLY BACK GARDEN

Kate News

We were in West Brunswick last week, preparing a front garden for renovation, and had the opportunity to revisit a garden I had worked on a couple of years ago.  A back garden for a young and growing family, complete with chooks and dog.

Fruit Trees in back garden before work started
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Fruit Trees and strawberry patch

Back garden view, during landscape works

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Small Spaces Garden Design | Coburg, Melbourne
October 2, 2012

Wrapping up September

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A gorgeous start to October, here’s the view on the way to the office. I heard Neil Robertson (formerly of Open Gardens Australia) suggest recently that the ideal garden is deciduous trees and Euphorbia!  I think he is on to something.  Here is the view on the way to my office at the bottom of the garden. More

Low Water Gardens | Small Spaces Garden Design
October 2, 2012

Low Water Garden

Kate Latest Work

Our client had just completed renovations and needed to link the garden with the house. The layout of the house allows for entry into the garden from three separate living areas. More

Latest Work | Small Spaces Garden Design, Coburg
September 26, 2012

Townhouse courtyard and garden

Damion Brown Latest Work

This courtyard had been undertaken by previous owners. Our client needed to make use of the existing hard elements and build on these to create a more appealing use of the space.

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Latest Work | Small Spaces Garden Design
September 26, 2012

Low water, low maintenance

Damion Brown Latest Work

A new suburban house on a narrow block. Our client requested an extremely low maintenance and low / no water garden that provided use of their limited north facing outdoor space. The solution was to use exposed aggregate concrete paving with minimalist planting to soften the expanse. More

Recent Work | Small Spaces Garden Design
September 19, 2012

Contemporary light well

Damion Brown Latest Work

This courtyard forms a lightwell in a contemporary inner city townhouse. The brief was to create a ‘Japanese’ feel for the area, working within the existing constraints of a concrete floor with limited drainage.  More

Sideway Garden | Small Spaces Garden Design, Coburg VIC
September 18, 2012

Contemporary suburban garden

Damion Brown Latest Work

Our client had just completed construction of a substantial new family home. The brief included allowing provision for additional car parking in the front garden, creating a view along the narrow north facing sideway and the challenge of providing both a modern entertainment area alongside a play area for a growing family.

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