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.

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.

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.