
Stone Walls & Planter Boxes
Limestone, travertine, granite and sandstone — retaining walls, feature walls and raised planter boxes, lit so they still read after dark.
10 photographs
Paving & Pathways
Sandstone and bluestone crazy paving, travertine, cut stepping stones and hardwood sleeper runs bedded into mondo — laid to fall, laid to last.
15 photographs
Decks, Screens & Structures
Hardwood and composite decking, pergolas, custom gates and laser-cut Corten screens that throw a pattern across the ground as the sun moves.
17 photographs
Water, Fire & Light
Ponds, stone water walls, fountains, fire bowls set into black pebble, and lighting designed into the stone from the start.
19 photographs
Outdoor Living & Seating
Curved sandstone bench seats, sunken lawn circles and paved terraces — the part of the garden people actually sit in.
6 photographs
Poolside
Travertine surrounds, stone retaining, frameless glass and planting that makes a pool feel like it belongs to the garden.
10 photographs
Lawns & Turf
New under-turf soil and a lush new lawn, with programmable irrigation — or synthetic, if you would rather never mow again.
10 photographs
Feature Planting
Unique feature plants, trees and palms sourced from all states — small through to ex-ground size, chosen to suit the aspect and the soil.
16 photographs
Flowers in Bloom
Frangipani, gingers, lilies, orchids and flowering natives — the plants that give the garden something coming on all year.
13 photographsPhotographed on site by Duncan across twenty-six years of gardens in south-east Queensland. 116 photographs in all. Colour graded, never restaged.
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Dayboro, Samford, Moreton Bay and across Brisbane’s inner north — Ashgrove, Grange, Nundah and surrounds.
