• A Soldier's Settlement block with a scoria front yard devoid of plan life. Two established River Red Gum trees
• Evolved organically over time
• It was a blank slate
• Slow gardening method
• No heavy construction, no poison used
• Experimenting with design principals ‘Mass and Void’
• A place to experiment with plants
• To grow fruit and vegetables
• Front garden plant material to have high tolerances to drought and water

 Before 

 After

Experimenting with planting combinations
Using both native and exotic plant material
Responding to the surrounding environment

We created a habitat for native animals and insects including:
Native Blue Banded Bees, Koalas visit our garden, Superb Fairy-wrens nest, Lizards scuttle around

Backyard

We grow vegetables with a Mediterranean themed planting style, love to cook with seasonal organic vegetables, buy heirloom seeds and have learnt to grow most of our own seedlings, compost all our food and green waste on-site, and harvest seeds for next years’ crops