The elegant union of ornamental and productive.
We offer full landscape design and landscaping for large blocks, but are also happy offering garden design for small spaces. Small front yards and backyards makeovers usually mean we must be maximise the use of vertical spaces to the fullest. For a sculptural and yet productive effect, the espalier fruit tree is an ancient and
Continue Reading “Espalier citrus fence & garden beds – Elsternwick”
At Libertas Gardens, we like to think that most concrete driveways are just absurdly thickly mulched garden beds… waiting for a rescue! . . This driveway can fit 8 cars… after our little intervention there will still be room for four cars, but room will be made for a few native plants, a bit of
Continue Reading “Turning concrete into garden… Ooooh yeah!”
Part of building and designing productive gardens is to find interesting and imaginative ways to use edible and useful plants in otherwise traditional landscapes. Per example, by planting edible hedges! . . Ever wondered if the standard (and quite boring?) Box hedge could be replaced with something useful? . . Meet Myrtus ugni (Chilean guava)!
These are a few pictures of a chicken coop we have just inaugurated today in Hawthorn. The chicken are is made of a fully fox proof cage around a gorgeous chicken house. Two adjacent chicken yards allow the chooks to access some green during the day, before being locked in their safe haven at night! The house
Continue Reading “Chicken house and chicken yard – Hawthorn”
This are a few pictures of a young guerilla garden. Today, a bit of lawn was removed and a few banana plants found a new place to live. This garden has been strongly driven by a local resident, with a great vision and a lot of determination. With some wild ideas and a lot of
Last spring we planted an edible passion fruit vine on this north facing fence, the idea being to green up the fence, maximize vertical space and also, share fruits with the neighbours. As we all know, passion fruits are of the tastiest fruits around, imagine having your own private and almost unlimited supply just a few
Cherry guavas – Psidium littorale (aka Psidium cattleianum) . Of all the perennial edible plants that grow and bear well in south eastern Australia, this one comes second to none. . A medium size shrub (1.5m to 3m), Psidium littorale has it all for itself. It is frost hardy (to -4c) and will fruit
This amazing urban block in Kew is well on its way to be fully transformed. We have been working with our very enthusiastic and determined clients to fine tune a great design for their newly bought property: . . The design includes: A huge productive garden at the front, surrounded by a mini food forest
Continue Reading “Destroy to rebuild – Garden design in Kew”
Libertas Gardens had the pleasure of collaborating with Cultivating Community to refurbish this community garden in North Melbourne. On day 0, this is what we were looking at (click to enlarge) A bit of heavy machinery was needed to scalp the top fertile layer of the entire area. Once piled up neatly and