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Landscape Techniques

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For The Modern Family

When the owners of this contemporary family home met with Josh Hooper of Landscape Techniques they already had a few design ideas of their own, and some specific requests. Chiefly, they wanted a large lawn and family sized swimming pool in the rear garden, an eye-catching, well-lit front garden, and a palette of plants and materials that suited the modern architecture of the house.

Project Year: 2015

Project Cost: $200,001 AUD - $500,000 AUD

Country: Australia

Postcode: 5066

The swimming pool and outdoor living areas were paved in sawn bluestone tiles which are contrasted by the light blue pool tiles and bright green foliage of the bamboo planted along one side of the pool. The outdoor entertaining space is covered by a louvre style roof that allows plenty of light...

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Of course the plants play an integral role. In the rear garden, there is evergreen ash (used for screening), murraya hedging, pink choisya, hardenbergia and bamboo to name but a few of the plants used. The front garden is planted with a feature ginko, silver birch, more murraya, Japanese box,...

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To further lighten the look, there are extra-large polished concrete steppers which flow from the front fence to the porch. These give the appearance of floating over the garden and tie in with the Corten steel raised planters. When the sun sets, strip lighting under the floating steppers and...

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To further lighten the look, there are extra-large polished concrete steppers which flow from the front fence to the porch. These give the appearance of floating over the garden and tie in with the Corten steel raised planters. When the sun sets, strip lighting under the floating steppers and...

Beaumont

To further lighten the look, there are extra-large polished concrete steppers which flow from the front fence to the porch. These give the appearance of floating over the garden and tie in with the Corten steel raised planters. When the sun sets, strip lighting under the floating steppers and...

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For the front garden, the owners had a few prerequisites: a secure front fence and gate, garden lighting and a modern material palette. Landscape Techniques delivered on all counts and even went a step further, using the slope of the block to create a few different levels and give the property a...

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Warm looking materials such as Corten steel and timber were employed to help soften the look of the large exposed aggregate concrete driveway.

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In the rear garden, some smaller rendered masonry walls were built. These walls enabled the creation of raised planting areas and the inclusion of built-in cantilevered timber seating. To match the colour of the house, the walls were painted in Resene Double White Pointer

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