Australian House & Garden – September 2019

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Fiona Ericsson’s tips for creating a warm and welcoming front garden in tune with your home:


✚ Take your lead from the architecture when choosing plants:


“For a Federation-style house, a contemporary cottage,
urban tropical or Mediterranean plant palette works well”.

✚ Look to the existing site when selecting your materials


palette. “For example, this house is sandstone and red brick
so we used random-length sandstone pavers on the paths

and recycled bricks for the paths and edges. This ensures
the space isn’t too busy and feels like it flows well.”
✚ Create an area to meet and greet. “The space near the
front door should be spacious and welcoming.” #
Sticks & Stones Landscape Design, Paddington, NSW;
http://www.sticksandstonesld.com.au.

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A Lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina) fringes the herringbone brick
path. B The long-flowering Camellia sasanqua. C The hues of
green range from deep emerald to silvery grey in this garden.
The delicate white flowers are those of Gaura lindheimeri.
D The soft-to-touch woolly bush (Adenanthos sericeus).
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