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
Creating a native garden from scratch
Bob and Dot O’Neill have spent 4 years creating a native garden from scratch. They moved to their current 0.4 ha property just four years ago. Their garden, begun from…
View storyExplore an enchanted paperbark forest
Come and explore with me an enchanted paperbark forest. This is nature’s handiwork at its best, a garden like no other! I want to share this walk with you, through…
View storyA Mediterranean garden in South Australia
I am enjoying growing a Mediterranean garden in Moonta Bay, in South Australia. Distinct seasons in a Mediterranean climate A garden in a Mediterranean climate is fun because the seasons…
View storyCreating a thriving Mediterranean garden
I am creating a thriving Mediterranean garden in Western Australia. The key is to garden with nature. Living in a Mediterranean climate I live and garden in Kojonup, Western Australia,…
View storyA truly habitat garden
Shirley Carn has created a truly habitat garden. About Shirley Melbourne members of the Australian Plants Society knew Shirley well. She was an amazing plants woman. In the time I…
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