Back garden at dusk with sandstone stepping-stone path, uplit trees and layered planting

Charlwood Court

A rambling garden for a mid-century home in the Dandenong foothills — sandstone paths wind through layered native and exotic planting, lit for evening walks.

Project details —

Type: Residential landscape
Location: Donvale, Melbourne
Services: Concept design, documentation, contract administration

Sandstone path between garden beds of grasses, salvias and silver foliage — Sandstone path through grasses, salvia and silver foliage

Garden path at night beneath white-trunked birches and purple flowering shrubs — The lit path beneath birches

Curved lawn threading between planted beds and a stone path — Lawn threading between the beds

Timber-battened studio wall behind massed grasses and shrubs — The studio wall disappearing into the planting

Timber deck with market umbrella wrapped by the house and garden — The deck between house and garden

Brick side path with climbing greenery on a dark brick wall — The brick side path, greened