Design
Designing for golden hour
Great gardens are planned around the way light moves across a site. Here’s how we chase the last hour of sun.
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Field notes on outdoor living
Design thinking, planting ideas and stories from the studio — everything we’ve learned turning backyards into the best room of the house.
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PlantingThe case for native palettes
Beautiful, resilient and kind to pollinators — why we plant local, and where we make exceptions.
Outdoor LivingKitchens without walls
What actually makes an outdoor kitchen get used every night, and what makes one an expensive sculpture.
HardscapingBoard-formed concrete, explained
The texture behind our favourite modern walls and terraces — how it is made, and what it costs.
DesignHow we phase a big garden
Building your dream garden in stages without losing the plot — or paying for the same work twice.
CareWinter jobs that pay off
The quiet season is when next summer’s garden is really made. Six jobs worth doing now.
Outdoor LivingDesigning for evenings
Fire, light and shelter — the three ingredients of a garden that works after dark.
PlantingWater-wise, not water-less
Lush gardens on a fraction of the irrigation. The trick is soil and grouping, not gravel.
DesignReading a slope
Why the hardest sites often make the most beautiful gardens — and the four things we check first.
HardscapingChoosing stone that lasts
A field guide to the materials we specify — and the handful we have learned to avoid.
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