Outdoor Rooms, Built Right.

Landscaping in Port Melbourne.

Gardenscape builds outdoor living into Port Melbourne blocks that were never drawn for it. Robert Hoddle surveyed the Sandridge street grid in 1839 and set Bay Street on the line of a planned rail road, so the older cottages here stand in tight rows with the yard squeezed out the back. That is the space we work: a courtyard that seats eight, paving that reads as one surface from the back door, and structure that stands up to weather coming straight off Hobsons Bay. Two of the brothers are senior project managers from civil construction, and that discipline goes into scoping, levels and base work on even the smallest Port Melbourne courtyard.

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What’s Included

Everything Under One Build.

A courtyard on a Sandridge lot 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, work out where you will actually sit and eat outside, and check the heritage grading and setbacks that apply to your address before anything is drawn.

Scope and Quote

A clear written scope and a straight quote, priced against the Port Phillip controls that apply to your street. You know exactly what is being built and why.

The Build

Sequenced properly so trades never trip over each other on a narrow Port Melbourne lot with one way in and out. Honest timelines and clear communication throughout.

Handover

An outdoor room you will actually use, that the brothers put their name behind. Built Right. Built to Last.

Landscaping in Port Melbourne

Designed for a Bayside Garden.

Planned Around Your Block.

Port Melbourne rewards a plan, because no two parts of it were built to the same rule. The Sandridge grid gives you single fronted timber cottages with a narrow yard behind and a gate to the street. Garden City, west of Graham Street, is a different animal: the State Savings Bank of Victoria built it between 1926 and 1948 as two storey houses in attached pairs to six standard designs, and council still asks that the space in front of a dwelling stay lawn or garden rather than car parking, behind a woven wire fence no taller than a metre and at least 75 per cent transparent. Closer to the water, Beacon Cove came out of Mirvac’s work from 1996 and brought roughly 1100 dwellings whose courtyards want a finished surface rather than a project. We design for how you actually live outside: a table that fits, planting that holds its shape in open bay weather, paving set to a fall you cannot see, and structure built to last. We finish the lot with turf installation in Port Melbourne, and we build the same way across South Melbourne and Albert Park. One accountable team carries the Port Melbourne build from concept to completion.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything You Need to Know

Can you build an entertaining area behind a Port Melbourne cottage?

Yes, and it is most of what we do here. The single fronted timber cottages on the old Sandridge grid leave a narrow yard, so we plan the courtyard around one clear use: a table, built in seating and a surface that runs cleanly off the back door. We hand prepare where machinery cannot reach and set the levels and drainage before any paving goes down.

Does the Garden City heritage overlay change what I can do out the front?

It shapes it. The Garden City estate sits in HO2, the Garden City Housing Estates precinct, and council’s estate guidelines ask that the space in front of a dwelling be kept as lawn or garden rather than a place to park the car. Front fences run to woven wire at a metre, or timber picket at 900mm, and at least 75 per cent transparent. We design the front to those rules and put the entertaining space where it belongs, out the back.

Do I need a permit for a tree in my Port Melbourne garden?

You might. In the City of Port Phillip you need a permit under the Community Amenity Local Law before you prune or remove a significant tree, and a tree or palm on private land becomes significant once its trunk circumference reaches 150 centimetres measured a metre up from the base. Council also asks that the original uniformity of the street trees through Garden City be kept. We identify what is protected on the first site visit and set paving, footings and services around it.

How long does an outdoor living build take in Port Melbourne?

It comes down to scope. A compact courtyard behind a cottage moves quickly. A full rear garden with paving, retaining, planting and lighting takes longer to sequence properly, and on ground this flat the drainage design is what sets the pace. You get an honest timeline up front and one point of contact from the first visit through to handover in Port Melbourne.

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