This residence in West End wanted a native garden frontage and yard that replaced the awkward hard to mow and maintain grass areas with something special. Exclusively using tubestock and native cultivars, the grass areas have gone completely, leaving a no mow low water use front garden that uses endemic plants only. Not only will […]
Author Archive | Ian Lowndes
Garden re-boot, Coorparoo
My client had a deteriorating timber retaining wall, and received quotes for its removal and replacement. Choking on the quotes received, they turned to Lowndes Landscapes. For way less than the received quotes, not only was the timber replaced with hard wearing corten steel retaining, but there was ample budget to replace and rejuvenate the […]
Home Grown Habitats- how to surround your home in our Regional Landscapes
South east Queensland is home to a diverse and stunning array of habitats and plant communities, from rainforests to mountain heaths, coastal communities and everything in-between. While bush regenerators and landcare groups use commercial tubestock plants to repair and restore these communities, did you know you can use these same plants to recreate these re-wilding […]
Resilient Landscapes – three all-new design tips for a better lawn
There’s something innate about most human’s love of clean green lawn. Perhaps it is linked to our distant past on the high plains of Africa, like this is the ultimate luxury savannah imaginable. Safe and soft. To get more of that high plains feeling, here are some design tips I feel are essential to a […]
Mid Century Modern garden
Set in the ‘Beverly Hills’ of Moorooka, this late 1960’s mid century house exudes the charm and optimism typical of it’s age. The clients approached with a specific design brief- to create a modern garden that would reflect the innovative nature of the original house design. Furthermore the client had a preference for native, and […]
One garden, four turf types!
For many people choosing the right turf type is a big decision. A professional garden designer can help you make your way through this ‘green maze’. In short all turf types have a use in the right place. Here, in an architecturally designed house in Fairfield, came a site that used all four types. Turf […]
A greener footpath
With the BCC now allowing verge planting, my client, who runs a highly rated ecology based architectural practice, needed a safe and clear pedestrian access way through their planted verge. The solution came by using galvanized steel edging to build up a level path and installing Tiff Tuff sports turf, a hard wearing and shade […]
Warwick Solar Farm Planting
To fulfill a development condition to plant a visual buffer around their solar farm, the University of Queensland commissioned Lowndes Landscapes to plant 30,000 tubestock trees at their solar farm at Sladevale, just outside of Warwick on the Southern Darling Downs, Queensland. The trees and shrubs are a mixture of local endemic species consisting of […]
Sandstone Crazy Paving v Corten Steel
Local materials come to the fore in this Yeeronga landscape. Cut sandstone crazy paving has been combined with corten steel edging, hoop pine mulch and indigenous plants to make an authentic landscape. Helidon sandstone is recognized as some of the best in the world and is scoured less than two hours drive from Brisbane. Corten […]
Tarragindi Luxury Residence
Recently completed luxury residence. The Client’s brief- create an interesting, low maintenance space that compliments the architectural elements of the building and assists with drainage. Another component of the brief was to retain and add stairs to the side of the house, which was driving dirt into the basement. The final design was to use […]