Landscaping in Montmorency.

Montmorency rewards a design that works with the bush, not against it. The large blocks of this leafy part of Melbourne’s north east leave room for the lot: native garden beds, a lawn for the kids, a paved area for the table, established trees worth designing around and the structure to tie it all together. The bush setting brings its own demands, with mature canopy, sloping ground and heavier soil through the Plenty River corridor that make drainage and base work too important to leave to chance. We design for how you actually live outside: clean zones that flow from the house to the garden, retaining and levels that turn a sloping block into usable ground, native and climate suited planting that belongs in the setting, and drainage built to handle a Melbourne downpour. From a full rear garden to a front that lifts the whole street, one accountable team runs the project from concept to completion.