The Queensland Gardening Pages

Information & resources about plants & gardens for Brisbane & Qld

Garden Designers

Even if you have ideas about the garden you wish to create, a professional garden designer can help you with approriate plant selection and layout. They should be able to point out good features in the landscape to enhance, or bad features to disguise, while making good use of available space. They should also take into account the ongoing maintenance required and your abilities/budget.

While there is some cost involved in hiring a designer, your garden is an investment. Good advice could help you avoid expensive mistakes. Lost growing time also results from having to to move or replace unsuitable plants.

This page is intended to let the residents of Queensland know about Garden Designers / Garden Design Services / Landscape Designers / Garden Consultants / Garden Planners available.

Garden Designers and Related Services

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WOMBAT HORTICULTURAL SERVICES

Ph: (07) 3341 5214
Mob: 0415 115 246
A/H: (07) 3341 3430
Email: caz4156@hotmail.com

Whether you're revamping an established garden or starting from scratch, Wombat Horticultural Services can devise a plant list or garden design to suit local conditions and your needs. With 25 years experience in horticulture, selection of the right plants for your garden is a speciality.

Advice on all garden-related matters. Pest and disease identification and soil testing. Garden cleanups, planting and maintenance can also be organised.

Servicing Brisbane southern and eastern suburbs and Redland Shire. Reasonable rates for all services. Phone Carolyn on 3341 5214 or mobile 0415 115 246 for more information or to arrange an onsite consultation.

Some garden centres may also offer garden design services or be able to put you in touch with garden designers in your local area.

If you're a professional garden designer in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, or anywhere else in Qld, more information about the inexpensive and targeted advertising available in the directory above (or elsewhere on the site) can be found here. Nurseries offering garden plans as well as independent garden designers may apply.

For those starting a new garden design business in Queensland: If you're just starting out and need promotion, more thoughts here: Starting a gardening business in Qld?

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The following are for general information and ideas. Your own garden design will be greatly influenced by the particulars of your local environment, house style, personal lifestyle, municipal regulations etc.

Queensland

How to design your garden Tips from Brisbane City Council

Garden and outdoor living areas Example of "Smart Housing", Department of Public Works, Queensland Government

Australia

Australian Garden Design A collection of articles about designing gardens, with particular reference to Australian native plants. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Planning or Designing a Garden - Is there any Difference? Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Garden Design Some general garden design advice from the Australian Plants Society, Victoria

Ellis Stones: Landscape Architect Article about this prominent Australian figure. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Designing a Garden - The Lang Approach Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

The Late Inclusion of Trees in Garden Design Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Garden Design: Now and Then Some of the challenges designing with Australian native plants through the decades

Australian Society of Garden Design

International

Working with a Garden Designer University of Georgia

Choosing a Landscape Design Professional University of Georgia (PDF)

Landscape Design Basics University of Vermont

Basic Principles of Landscape Design University of Florida

Principles of Garden Design Iowa State University

Landscape Design for Homes University of Vermont

Garden Design Lots of ideas for various gardens styles, from Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Planning the Home Landscape Texas A&M University

Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series University of Minnestoa

Planning a water efficient garden includes some general garden design tips. Qld Department of Natural Resources and Water

Garden Design to Reduce Stress University of Vermont

Design and Implementation of a Children's Garden The Ohio State University

Landscape Art in the DQ Landcsape design of the Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco World magazine

Functional Uses of Plants in the Landscape Some of the practical benefits of plants when planning a garden design. Ohio State University

Fences in the Landscape Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service

Designing for Plants in Small Spaces

Sissinghurst: Now I See It. Now You Do, Too Human Flower Project

Help make gardening season easier for arthritis sufferers Extension Service Garden Hints, Oregon State University

Developing a landscape plan Perry's Perennial Pages, University of Vermont

Garden design to reduce stress Perry's Perennial Pages, University of Vermont

Garden styles and design Perry's Perennial Pages, University of Vermont

Sounds or Silence? Perry's Perennial Pages, University of Vermont

Cons and Pros and the Joneses Post about garden makeover with the help of designers at The Human Flower Project

If you're looking for more about individual garden styles (Balinese, Mediterranean, African etc,) or designers or suppliers specialising in those themes, start here: Garden Styles

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