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See Fig Landscaping's lush gardens of Coolamon House by DFJ Architects, perched on ancient volcano crater with uninterrupted views.

Woolooware

Native grasses, towering gum trees and panoramic views help draw the award-winning Elemental House into its natural surrounds.

An exquisite variety of robust, rugged plantings come together in this Mollymook garden.

Gardener and designer Tim Pilgrim has transformed a once flat block of land into a magical garden that blooms and evolves with the seasons.

Materials: Recycled railway sleepers. Off form concrete stairs. Deco granite. Corten steel. Planting: Banksia serrata, Lomandra tanika, Westringia fruticosa, Myoporum parvifolium, Echium candicans, Lavendula dentata. Furniture: Eco Outdoor

Ben Scott Garden Design is a boutique garden design studio. We craft plant-rich outdoor spaces with soul, serving as a sanctuary and seamless extension of the architecture.

Lisa Kaplan is a Sydney based landscape design specialising in bringing nature, people and buildings into balance by transforming the spaces outside your home.