Current project
Hobson: an architect's garden
Formal garden in the city
Beautifully renovated villa meticulously restored by the architect owner
Beautiful front garden & courtyard
Pleached hedging for street front privacy
Fence & gate detailing by architect owner
Formal courtyard
Formal entrance courtyard with a green & white garden
Layered hedges & hydrangeas
Front courtyard before landscaping
Front entrance - new fence, paving, steps and path
Victorian benches & urns
Standard white roses & Chatham Is Forget-me-nots
Pleached hedging for street front privacy
Pleached ornamental pears
Pleached pears a year later in autumn light
Refurbished black Victorian urn & diamond concrete pavers
Front courtyard before landscaping
Formal front garden
Front entrance courtyard in autumn
Autumn colour
Japanese Maple & Hydrangeas changing colour in autumn
Seasonal interest ~ autumn colour & spring blossom
White spring blossom
Flowering ornamental pears, Pyrus calleryana
Pleached trees at eye level
Street view
Incorporating house architecture into the landscaping
Architectural detailing incorporated into the landscaping
View down to the back garden
Beautiful portico marks the front door
View up to the front gate
Greening up the side garden in a narrow space
Victorian tiles and paver detailing at front door
New paving & tiling, fences & gates
Jasmine espaliers a year after planting
Secondary path to the back garden
The owner built all the fences & gates
New path concrete pavers set in exposed aggregate
Liriopes & Buxus path edging detail
The back garden & outdoor family living
Back of house before landscaping, with doors opening off living room
Opening up indoor outdoor flow & living area
New patio & concrete paver step detailing
Classic tall black pots planted with Crassula ovata
Contemporary classic black, grey & green textures
Money tree succulent, Crassula ovata
Crabapple, Malus ioensis plena
Laser cut staineless steel tree grate
Bubble Club outdoor furniture & spring free trampoline
Before - family back lawn & garden
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