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Garden Design and Landscaping IdeasDorothy Gurney said “One is nearer God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.” We agree! So if you’re researching garden design, you’ve come to the right place! Perhaps you’re looking for landscaping ideas for your brand new dream home? Or maybe you’re just seized with a passion for landscape gardening? Either way, we’ve assembled some of the best brains on garden design all in one place, including some of Australia’s best known manufacturers and some of our best design heads to help you. So let’s dig up some great landscaping ideas together! This is garden design, made easy!

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Ever pondered a produce garden?

Ever pondered a produce garden?

Posted: 17 November 2009 by Metricon

Produce gardens are a style of home gardening consisting of a clever mix of urbanised sustainability and peppered with good old gardening practices – just like our grandparent’s.

Tags: plants

A Growing Sensation

A Growing Sensation

Posted: 09 October 2009 by Metricon

In Metricon Display Landscape Designer – Brendan’s world, gardens don’t have lawns and, often, they don’t even have flowers.
Instead the awarding winning landscaper is turning the humble pergola into an architectural triumph and the vegie garden into an attractive masterpiece.

Tags: environment, plants

Taking it Outside

Taking it Outside

Posted: 09 September 2009 by Metricon

Have you noticed the trend? We’re moving outside...and we’re taking our belongings with us. Yes, we’ve well and truly discovered the benefits of comfortable and serene outdoor-living spaces where we live, play and entertain, by decking them out with the same sort of things we might find inside out homes.

Tags: colours, design, outdoor, trends

Bright, Fresh and Glamorous - It's All in the Garden

Bright, Fresh and Glamorous - It's All in the Garden

Posted: 27 July 2009 by Metricon

With winter now settled upon us for the coming months – many of us have begun to hibernate, including our pets who have taken up permanent residency in front of the heater. Traditionally, this time of year is extremely quiet in the garden, and the temptation is to draw the curtains and forget about the jungle growing in our back yard until the warmer weather returns.

Tags: colours, lighting, plants

Garden World on a Budget

Garden World on a Budget

Posted: 27 July 2009 by Metricon

Setting up a new garden can be a budget-blowing experience. Many fail to realise what costs are involved until the process is already in motion.

Tags: decking, design, furniture, theme, tiles

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