The Family Farm

The Family Farm

Residential Produce Garden

First and foremost our clients expressed a desire to produce their own food without sacrificing aesthetics or functioning entertainment, and children’s play spaces. Rustic, natural textures were decided upon in an effort to reinforce the ‘rural’ theme and as a peaceful retreat from the surrounding suburbia. We worked closely with the clients throughout the design process with many of the details hashed out at the kitchen table… all while some impatient preserve jars loomed on the shelves overhead.

Organic curves, gently undulating garden beds and a blending of the separate elements not only add life and interest to the layout of the garden but allowed us to be creative with the limited space available. Rough sawn cypress pergola and decking timber contrast against the galvanised vegetable gardens and sand pit while the recycled sleepers add a soft texture and vertical features to the landscape. A mixed (yet primarily native) planting palette will grow to screen all the neighbours, provide shade in summer, colour, texture visually and habitat for local wildlife.

Not only have we created a visually attractive space (so the owners and the team at Stone Circle think anyway), but a highly functional sustainable garden. In a relatively modest backyard we have been able to incorporate:

  • A deck and pergola area for entertaining (the pergola acts also as a support for a grape vine, (yummy grapes and free eco-aircon in summer).
  • A fire pit area for entertainment and cooking
  • Lawn area for playing… and lounging around.
  • Generous utility area with shed, 6000ltrs of water storage, firewood stack, bin area and clothesline.
  • 4 vegetable gardens able to support the primary needs of a 4 person family.
  • Two Grape vines, two Apples, an Orange, Mandarin, Nectarine, Peach, Cherry, Plum and Apricot trees.
  • Composting area and worm farm.

Sure it was a squeeze but we got there and it will be fantastic to watch this landscape come into its own as the gardens grow to support the built structures.