Northcote

This original weatherboard home is undergoing a major renovation, with the landscape designed to wrap the house in a lush green envelope while creating distinct outdoor destinations for both recreation and everyday living.

The backyard is centred around a small, ground-level pool and timber deck, seamlessly connected to the house and gently stepping down across the site. An alfresco zone beneath a pergola draped in ornamental grapevine provides seasonal shade, with a built-in BBQ and generous bench space for entertaining. Stone steppers weave through layered planting, maximising groundcover and softening transitions between spaces. A flexible lawn area allows for play, gathering or quiet retreat, while a sculptural outdoor shower tucked into sawn boulders adds a sense of retreat.

Privacy is enhanced through a combination of screening plants and trellised climbers, creating green boundaries throughout. Feature trees including Corymbia ‘Scentuous’, Banksia ‘Red Dawn’ and Grevillea ‘Moonlight’ bring structure, colour and habitat to the garden.

A narrow side walkway has been transformed into a lush fern garden, complete with a repurposed laundry trough water feature that adds movement and calm. At the front, a new central path cuts through a soft Dichondra lawn, framed by feature trees and raised corten planters for homegrown produce. A classic white picket fence completes the streetscape, reinforcing the home’s character and welcoming arrival.

The result is a layered, textural garden that feels immersive, functional and deeply connected to the home’s renovation.