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Charlie Albone
Have Straight Lines Had Their Moment? Why Curves Are Shaping Modern Gardens
For years, modern garden design was dominated by straight lines. Square lawns, rectangular garden beds and perfectly parallel paths became the go-to look for new homes across Australia. Clean, structured and easy to plan, they suited the architecture of the time. Today though, the trend is beginning to soften. Landscape designers are moving towards gardens that feel more natural, more inviting and more connected to the environment around them. Instead of rigid corners and sharp edges, we’re seeing flowing pathways, curved garden beds, circular lawns and organic planting layouts becoming the centrepiece of Australian backyards. It’s a subtle change, but…
By Charlie Albone The topography of your garden has a huge impact on the design aesthetic of your space and one that needs careful consideration to not only look good but have useful areas and successful planting. When it comes to creating areas on a sloping garden you can use for entertaining and relaxing creating flat spots is a practical must and for that you will need to ‘cut and fill’. This basic landscaping principal means taking from the high spot and placing that earth in the low spot to create a flat area but it’s not as easy as…
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