Full Transformations, Built Right.

Landscaping in Malvern East.

Gardenscape builds gardens on the terms Malvern East sets. This is estate country. The Gascoigne subdivision was the first Urban Conservation Area declared in the old City of Malvern, and the War Service Homes estate around Villers and Bretonneux Squares went up in 1920. Clinker brick, leadlight and corbelled gable detail are the local vocabulary, and a garden either matches that craft or it reads as borrowed. Two of the brothers are senior project managers from civil construction, so the setout, drainage and base work behind a Malvern East build get the same discipline as the joinery on the house.

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What’s Included

Everything Under One Build.

A transformation is rarely one trade.

Gardenscape scopes and delivers the lot as a single coordinated project:

Retaining walls
Paving and concreting
Garden beds and softscapes
Excavation and site preparation
Drainage and levelling
Turf, natural or artificial, to finish

Our Landscaping Process

Our Process

Run Like a Major Project.

Site Assessment

We walk the block with you, measure the trees against the Stonnington thresholds, and read what is under the surface before anything is promised.

Scope and Quote

A written scope and a straight quote, with any permit work on a heritage overlay street named up front rather than discovered later.

The Build

Sequenced so trades never trip over each other, and so a narrow estate side return never turns into the bottleneck.

Handover

A garden that holds its line against the house. The brothers put their name behind it. Built Right. Built to Last.

Landscaping in Malvern East

Built to the Bungalow Lines.

Estate Streets, Planned Properly.

Malvern East was drawn as estates rather than as one long ribbon of infill, and it still reads that way. The Gascoigne and Waverley streets carry heritage overlay protection under Stonnington, so what goes into a front garden is a planning question as much as a design one. Council also treats a tree as significant once the trunk measures 140 centimetres around at 1.4 metres above the base, or 180 centimetres at the base, and that single number decides where a footing or a slab can honestly go. We settle all of it before anyone digs. Then comes the craft: paving toned to answer the clinker brickwork, rendered walls squared to the bungalow lines, steps and retaining that take up the fall instead of pretending it is not there. Central Park sets the local benchmark, eight hectares of Edwardian layout still intact after a century, and a private garden earns the same structural honesty. We also build across Malvern and Carnegie, and a lawn from our turf installation team in Malvern East finishes the build.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything You Need to Know

Can you build a garden that sits right against a Californian bungalow?

Yes, and it is most of what we do here. Malvern East is thick with interwar bungalows and brick veneers, so we choose paving, walling and planting that answer clinker brick, leadlight and deep eaves instead of arguing with them. Where the house is Federation era on the Gascoigne or Waverley estates, the detailing shifts to suit it.

Do I need a council permit for the trees in my Malvern East garden?

Often, yes. Stonnington counts a tree as significant once the trunk measures 140 centimetres around at 1.4 metres above the base, or 180 centimetres at the base, and any tree on the Significant Tree Register counts whatever its size. A Tree Works Permit is required before you touch one, and a Significant Landscape or Neighbourhood Character Overlay tightens it further. We design around the trees and settle the paperwork before we dig.

What does heritage overlay protection mean for my front garden?

The Gascoigne Estate was the first Urban Conservation Area declared in the former City of Malvern and now sits under a heritage overlay, so front garden structure, walling and hard surfaces are judged on how they read from the street. We scope that in at the start, which is how the design that gets drawn ends up being the design that gets built.

How long does a build take on a Malvern East block?

It comes down to scope and to the overlay. A rear terrace and a set of steps moves quickly. A full front and rear rebuild on a Gascoigne Estate street runs longer, because permit work and tree protection sit in the programme before an excavator ever arrives. You get one point of contact and a written sequence from day one.

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