A softer outlook
Landscape designer Alissa Ricci transformed the garden of a converted Edwardian home in Melbourne, creating a lush, seasonal setting for a medical clinic.
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A Richmond garden that reveals itself gradually
This Melbourne inner-city garden is brimming with layered planting and thoughtful design, bringing together the family’s life between Australia and the UK, the heritage of the site and the needs of everyday living.
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More than meets the eye
A compact garden in Victoria was shaped around privacy and connection by landscape design studio Timeless Outdoors
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A garden built for downtime, beneath a living roof
From the heritage front garden to a leafy courtyard and green roof, this South Yarra garden by Saint Remy wraps the home in planting at every level.
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Finding the flow | A garden in Melbourne’s CBD
A once-disjointed Melbourne garden has been reimagined with distinct functional zones, layered planting and better connections between spaces.
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A free-spirited perennial garden in Melbourne
Designed by Andy Murray, this laid-back garden flows effortlessly with the rhythm of its owners’ easygoing lifestyle.
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Field Notes | Winter pruning guide
In Ashley James' latest Field Notes column, he shares the three pruning cuts every gardener should know, his favourite tools, and practical advice for everything from roses and hydrangeas to fruit trees and wisteria.
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A Geelong garden shaped by family, friends and coastal living
Landscape designer Phillip Withers has created his own garden to be low-maintenance, accommodates daily family life while also maintaining a deep connection to its coastal surroundings.
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A coastal Garden in Inverloch, Victoria
Inspired by the rugged beauty of Victoria's coastline, discover Phillip Johnson's 4-ha garden in Inverloch, featured in book: The Coastal Garden.
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Across Australia by rail | RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Journey Beyond the Tracks: From Adelaide to Perth Garden was awarded a Silver-Gilt Medal at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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A South Yarra garden shaped by architecture and seasonality
This Melbourne garden began after a major renovation and extension to the home, which included a new garage and first-floor terrace. The original garden was removed entirely, giving an opportunity to rethink the landscape.
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A native garden designed to connect a Surf Coast home
Set on a steep site in Anglesea on Victoria’s Surf Coast, this garden by Simon Taylor Landscape Design is thoughtfully connected to its wider coastal surroundings, creating a sheltered retreat for family life, visiting grandchildren and summer stays by the coast.
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Natural order | A Rosanna garden with softness & connection
This cleverly designed Melbourne garden has been influenced by the contours of the land and its surrounding plantings. The result is a palette that favours softness, connection and a sense of gentle continuity.
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A garden room with a view | The Glasshouse at Hillandale
Brimming with an array of succulents, fuchsias and geraniums potted in simple terracotta, this glasshouse sits within Hillandale Gardens in the countryside of Yetholme, NSW
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Enduring romance | Red Hill Cottage
How do you create a romantic cottage garden – with all the charm you would expect – while also facing the realities of hot summers and limited water? Landscape designer Ashley James shows us how careful planting can deliver beauty that stands up to the elements.
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From bare block to cottage garden in the Yarra Valley
From a bare block in the Yarra Valley, Emily Todd has created a romantic cottage garden alongside a productive kitchen garden, complete with chickens. She reflects on building it from scratch and the connections it has fostered within her community.
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A Carlton worker’s cottage reconnected through landscape
Landscape designer Josh Arkey of Jala has transformed the garden of Melbourne architects Stephanie Burton and Joseph Lovell’s inner-city worker’s cottage, dissolving the boundary between house and garden.
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A pollinator’s haven | Beauty in a Cape Woolamai garden
A garden designed for two young homeowners, featuring a pollinator-friendly planting scheme intended to attract bees and butterflies.
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Barefoot luxury & the restorative magic of nature
Emma Doman looked to her home state of Queensland for inspiration when creating a resort-style subtropical retreat at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
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A biodiverse, coastal-inspired haven in the city
‘We the Wild’ by Ratio’s Matt York at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (MIFGS) is a resilient garden filled with native Australian planting, designed to bring environmental benefits to its surroundings, and serve to reconnect and restore those who visit.
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A family-friendly Victorian garden planted for wildlife
Ben Saunders Landscapes thoughtfully designed this garden to provide a space where a young family can play and relax, while also creating a welcoming habitat for local wildlife.
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Ordered beauty | A mod take on a classic European garden
With ‘Urban Luxe’, garden designer Andrew Stark’s 2026 Show Garden at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show offers a contemporary take on formal European gardens, with clipped structure, symmetry and lush planting.
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Climate, culture & migration | A Silk Road-inspired Show Garden
The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show garden, ‘Echoes of the Ancient Silk Road’ by US-based designer, Iftikhar Ahmed, uses layered planting, modular structures and reflective water to invite visitors to slow down and consider the enduring relationship between land, culture and time.
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Cricket & cement | A Show Garden that remembers a childhood
In a nostalgic twist, this Show Garden at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show is inspired by Joel Barnett’s childhood spent around the Geelong Cement Cricket Club.
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A real-life love story at the Show
This year, the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show will host a spectacular wedding ceremony set within an enchanting garden.
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A garden shaped by heritage at a Toorak home
A Toorak garden designed to complement the home’s heritage architecture while supporting contemporary family living and entertaining.
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Introducing Ashley James | Our new gardening columnist
We’re excited to announce the newest columnist to Sage Journal, Australian garden designer, Ashley James. In his first piece, he shares where his love of gardening began and how his romantic, European-inspired style took shape.
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A Prahran garden softened by light & layers
The traditional garden at this Victorian-era home in Prahran was redesigned, replacing formal hedging and dominant trees with softer, more naturalistic planting. New paving and features have transformed the front entry and rear courtyard into practical, everyday living spaces.
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Renewing a century-old Brighton garden for modern family life
In Victoria, Australia, Paul Pritchard has reinvented this garden with a renewed sense of life while also honouring its history.
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A Mornington Peninsula garden evocative of local beach walks
A garden with thoughtfully designed zones that capture the spirit of its coastal location.
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