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design principles

Landscape Design Principles – Scale, Balance and Proportion

Shape and Form landscapers are Melbourne’s Inner Eastern suburbs, premier choice for landscaping. Continuously following the design principles of scale,...
design principles

5 Landscape Design Principles To Guide Your Garden

Designers often consider the four design principles to be order, proportion,repetition, transition and unity, with emphasis placed on cohesion and...
good landscape design

5 Building Blocks of a Good Landscape Design

Just as the interior of your home must complement the architecture and honour the landscape, good landscape design must also...
landscape design for beginners

5 Tips – Landscape Design for Beginners

Though indoor-outdoor living offers dozens of benefits for mental, emotional and physical health, getting started on a garden can be...
5 steps to improve the value of your home

5 Steps to Improve the value of your home through landscaping

A beautifully landscaped yard will instantly boost the kerb-appeal of any home. If you are looking to sell your home,...
landscaping ideas

Landscaping Ideas to Improve your Properties Value

Looking for landscaping ideas? The property market can be very volatile at times with prices going up and down depending...
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How To Choose The Right Landscape Professional

If you love spending time outdoors in your garden, one thing you naturally want is for the area to look...
winter landscape design

5 Tips For a Winter Landscape Design

Winter is just around the corner and while people in Europe generally lock themselves indoors for the winter, the beauty...
design consultation

What To Expect From An Initial Design Consultation

What to Expect from an initial design consultation. YES – Questions about what you want to achieve with your garden...
right landscape designer

How To Choose The Right Landscape Designer

Designing your outdoor space from scratch or renovating an existing space is exciting, but can often be overwhelming. It is...
Curling Bluestone

Curling Bluestone

What is curling bluestone and why does it affect specifically bluestone paving? I have personally had an area of bluestone...
laying pavers

Laying Pavers Part 4 – Laying Pavers

Laying Pavers Now that we have prepared a good solid base for our pavers, that is we have excavated to...