Recently installed drip irrigation under a new lawn, bottom photo from one month later, watered using drip irrigation only.
Author Archive | Ian Lowndes
Five tips to save money on landscaping
Times are tough and one of the first items to have a belt tightened is landscape. Here are some ideas to lessen your financial load and maximize your landscape outcomes: 1. Design it right the first time Having a design stops you driving blind, it’s the map that get’s you there. Sure there maybe some […]
Terracing, an alternative to traditional retaining walls
wiki commons image Terracing your landscape can have some great advantages. For one thing, terraces hold back rainfall, reducing runoff and allowing rain to soak into the ground. They can minimize or maximize exposure to sunlight depending on the slope, allowing more consistent growth of plants and lawns. Regarding maintenance and mowing, a terrace is […]
Townhouse courtyard improvement
My clients’ desire was to get more use and enjoyment out of their townhouse courtyard garden. Timber seating and sitting edges work to create a more attractive and useful space, while potted plants can be enjoyed and maintained without seeing their pots.
No-Mow frontage, West End
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 […]
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 […]