Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)
Native gardens showcase
We all enjoy getting inspiration from others, especially when it comes to native gardens. Seeing what others have done in their native gardens can spark ideas and make creating your own garden more successful and satisfying.
In this section, we share about existing native gardens and their creation and evolution. Some are small, others large, some suburban and others rural, some are naturalistic and others formal.
Some stories go into a lot of detail about the gardens, while others give you a quick peek at a specific moment. All of them are packed with great ideas for your own journey.
Gardens are categorised by regional climate, as shown on this map.
See stories below that reflect people’s gardens today and their design approaches. You can search these stories by the bioregion or regional climate in which they exist.
Click on ‘Read more’, to see our archives which hold garden reports from 10 to 20 years ago.
Significant gardens
- The Kennedy Garden, Wheelers Hill, Victoria – developing a ‘bush block’ into an extensive garden.
- The Hanson Garden, Warrandyte, Victoria – a garden in the bush.
- The Snape Garden, Hawthorn East, Victoria – a suburban garden.
- The Ford Garden, Eltham, Victoria – a garden developed by renowned landscape gardener Gordon Ford and his wife Gwen.
- The Moore Garden, Park Orchards, Victoria.
- The Marriott Garden, Stawell area, central Victoria.
Garden Snapshots
- Barfield Garden, Victoria
- Bennett Garden, Calwell, ACT.
- Catriona Bate and Phil Trickett’s Garden, Milton, NSW
- Dave Herald and Margaret Streamer’s Garden, Murrumbateman, NSW
- Fiona Johnson and Alex Kruczaj’s Garden, Blayney, NSW
- Howes Garden, Westleigh, Sydney
- Jan Hall’s Garden, Yarrawonga, Victoria
- Jerkovic Garden, Glen Iris, Victoria
- Lewin Garden, Stawell, Victoria
- Morton Garden , Woodford, NSW
- O’Neill Garden, Victoria
- Rowland Garden, Pacific Palms, NSW
- Russell Garden, Aranda, ACT
- Tranter Garden, Queanbeyan, NSW
- Woodbury Garden, Googong, NSW
- Yarra Garden, Victoria
Native gardens showcase stories
‘Rosella Rise’ – a habitat and collector’s garden
Here is a showcase garden, being Deb McMillan’s native garden, Rosella Rise, a habitat and collector’s garden. It is located in Melbourne and was authored by Rae Bassett. It is…
View storyA sustainable collector’s garden
On one hectare, Dennis and Jan have created a sustainable collector’s garden of native plants. Establishing the garden for sustainability Dennis Cox and Jan Glazebrook established their Logan Village garden…
View storyA garden inspired by the site
Over the last 20 years, we have created a garden, inspired by the site. We are now bound to the site in ways we would never have thought possible. Where…
View storyUsing containers to trial plants in a beachside garden
In this small beachside garden, the owners are using containers to trial the suitability of plants before putting them in the garden. Designing a small bayside Melbourne garden In February…
View storyA botanically rich shady garden
Bob Bannon’s garden is a botanically rich shady garden in Queensland. He shares about the evolution of his garden and design and plant choices through the years. Introduction We moved…
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