Featured Show Gardens
Fleming’s and Trailfinder’s Australian Garden presented by Melbourne, Victoria
Garden in the Silver Moonlight
Awards
This garden was awarded
Bronze
Brett Landscaping in association with Geoffrey Whiten
Real Life by Brett
Designer: Geoffrey Whiten
Contractor: Landscape Concepts
Sponsor: Brett Landscaping and Building Products
The Real Life by Brett garden is themed around adaptability and sustainability. The garden is about real-life aspirations, and provides a flexible outdoor space that’s perfect for everyday living.
It is designed to change as the garden’s owner does, and can be adapted to suit each stage of life. The garden could be recreated either as a small garden, or as part of a much larger one.
It incorporates a flexible, adaptable building, formal outdoor seating areas, water features, a compost bin and a series of square and rectangular plant beds. The paved areas are an attractive mixture of pavers, aggregates and ground cover planting.
The beds and borders are stocked with a selection of multi-stemmed trees, mature shrubs and pockets of colourful herbaceous plants, mixed in places with fruit, vegetables and culinary herbs.
Ground cover is planted in drifts and groups to add colour, texture and contrast to the muted shades of the stone. This balanced planting gives year-round interest.