Featured
Featured areas
Seven very different places to build a garden — riverside slopes, canal fronts, bayside sand, valley acreage and brand-new estates. Each page covers what the ground there asks for.
01
Samford Valley
Acreage in the valley, established gardens and serious level change.
02
Clayfield
Large character homes where the garden is expected to match the house.
03
Hamilton
Riverside character homes, and blocks that fall toward the water.
04
Newport
Canal-front living, salt air and a garden that meets the water.
05
Redcliffe
Bayside gardens, coastal exposure and sandy soils.
06
North Lakes
New-estate blocks that all start out identical.
07
Mitchelton
Older homes on sloping family blocks.
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay
01
Dayboro
Home base. Acreage, rural blocks and the D'Aguilar foothills.
02
Samford Valley
Acreage in the valley, established gardens and serious level change.
03
Closeburn
Between Dayboro and Samford — acreage, slope and bush setting.
04
Albany Creek
Established family blocks, sloping backyards, pools wanting a surround.
05
Eatons Hill
Larger modern homes on sloping blocks that need levels resolved.
06
Warner
Mixed acreage and suburban, with room to build something substantial.
07
Cashmere
Leafy, elevated, bush-backed blocks where planting has to hold its own.
08
Ferny Hills
Steep, established blocks backing onto the D'Aguilar range.
09
Newport
Canal-front living, salt air and a garden that meets the water.
10
Redcliffe
Bayside gardens, coastal exposure and sandy soils.
11
North Lakes
New-estate blocks that all start out identical.
Brisbane inner north
Brisbane inner north
01
Ashgrove
Queenslanders on sloping blocks — under-house levels and tight access.
02
The Gap
Large leafy blocks against the range, with slope and established trees.
03
Bardon
Steep character blocks where every flat metre has to be built.
04
Grange
Tight inner-north blocks where a courtyard has to do everything.
05
Newmarket
Compact blocks, renovated Queenslanders, courtyards that need resolving.
06
Nundah
Flat to gently sloping blocks — courtyards, pools and screening.
07
Clayfield
Large character homes where the garden is expected to match the house.
08
Ascot
Brisbane's most established addresses — gardens built to be seen.
09
Hamilton
Riverside character homes, and blocks that fall toward the water.
10
Mitchelton
Older homes on sloping family blocks.
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