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Summer at Paul Bangay’s Garth Cottage | Diary of an English garden

After decades of drawing inspiration from English gardens, renowned Australian landscape designer Paul Bangay finds a cottage garden of his own to reinvent in the Cotswolds. Summer at Garth Cottage is a season of rapid change in the garden.

Red brick wall with white flowers and an established garden by Alissa Ricci.

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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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The five-line drawing | Meditations of a Landscape Architect

The five-line drawing. This piece is from Meditations of a Landscape Architect, which brings together observations, stories and digressions made by David Irwin through four decades of landscape architecture and urban design practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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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.

Courtyard garden with layered planting and outdoor seating by Timeless Outdoors in Melbourne, Australia

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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

The standalone “cookhouse” is an entertainment area with wonderful garden views in Canterbury garden

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Elemental design | A Canterbury garden designed for weather extremes

Creating this Canterbury garden meant factoring in weather extremes, while also designing around a central entertaining pavilion, anchoring it to the surrounding landscape

Stepping stones leading to a white exterior door in a garden by Saint Remy

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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.

Groundcovers and low growing plants like Stachys byzantina ‘Big Ears’ (lamb’s ear) and Viola hederacea (Australian violet) are used to soften the transition between spaces.

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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.

Andy Murray Landscape Design X Sage Journal - Preston

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A free-spirited perennial garden in Melbourne

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The green room | An art-filled inner city cottage garden

This inner-city cottage now opens seamlessly onto its new garden – a lush haven with a pond, striking sculptures and hedges for seclusion.

Sculptural outdoor fireplace surrounded by native planting in a Phillip Withers designed garden in Geelong

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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.

Coastal Garden in Inverloch - Victoria Australia

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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.

Stone pathway through colourful borders in RHS CFS The Tate Britain Garden.

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Art among plants | RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Tate Britain Garden was designed by nine-time RHS Chelsea gold medal winner Tom Stuart-Smith Studio.

Layered shrubs and small trees creating a tranquil landscape in RHS CFS The Children's Society Garden.

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A place to pause | RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Children’s Society Garden designed by Patrick Clarke Landscapes was awarded a Gold Medal at Chelsea and was highly commended in the RHS Environmental Innovation Award.

Mixed planting against turquoise steps in RHS CFS: Flourish in the City.

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A pearl in the city: Small Garden of the Year winner at Chelsea

Flourish in the City is inspired by London’s pocket-sized gardens and green spaces, the garden draws on the city’s history and urban landscape to create a layered retreat filled with resilient planting.

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Locus Pacis | The practice of peace

Charlotte and Jason, owners of landscape design and construction business Espaso Verde, have named their garden, Locus Pacis – meaning the practice of peace.

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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

Garden pavilion surrounded by planting in RHS CFS The Eden Project

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A garden for what comes next | RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Eden Project: Bring Me Sunshine Garden, was awarded a Silver-Gilt medal and the Environmental Innovation Award at Chelsea. Inspired by Morecambe Bay and shaped alongside young adults from the local community, the space explores how gardens can nurture people and place.

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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 garden made for movement

When architect Aaron Paterson and his wife Kate renovated their Auckland villa, reworking the garden was always in the plan. Together with landscape designer Xanthe White, they shaped an abundant, accessible space – designed with wheelchair movement in mind – that prioritises colour, flow and connection to the house.

1 Flowing path framed by trees, shrubs and meadow planting in Sarah Eberle’s RHS CFS garden.

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Finding beauty at the edge | RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year

This year's RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year turns its attention to a landscape most of us pass without a second thought. The Campaign to Protect Rural England Garden: 'On the Edge' was designed by Sarah Eberle.

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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.

Under Southern Skies showcases New Zealand ferns, structural planting and Dawn Conn Sculpture's in UK garden designed by Siobhan Keating.

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Under Southern Skies | A southern sanctuary at Chelsea

The Under Southern Skies garden, a sanctuary shaped by the spirit of the Aotearoa New Zealand bush, brought together Siobhan Keating’s experience of designing gardens in both England and New Zealand, with the artistic vision of sculptor Dawn Conn.

Bright orange modern furniture sits alongside pool and layered planting in Andy Murray Rosanna garden

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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.

Curved beds and soft planting at Satis Garden by Noble Fox

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Restoring a cottage garden on the edge of a Marlborough vineyard

A revived 1920's Blenheim garden, reworked into a productive space for growing flowers and vegetables and enjoying life in the outdoors.

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A New Zealand coastline, reimagined in Shenzhen

The award-winning garden Ocean's Edge was proudly featured among a small collection of internationally designed gardens at the 2026 Shenzhen Greater Bay Area Flower Show in China.

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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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