2 March 2019

How to use sandstone in your garden design

Sydney is built on stone and the local stone is sandstone and this is why it is commonly used in many of our gardens. It offers texture and softness to your garden and can be used in a contemporary or traditional styled garden. Sandstone Walls Sandstone is a great long-lasting and versatile choice for walling. […]

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15 December 2018

Succulent and Cactus Gardens

Requiring poor low nutrient soil, limited water and care cactus and succulent gardens are suitable for the gardener with limited time, water-wise gardens or as we at Think outside gardens like to use them for gardens in pots. Architecturally striking with subtle washed out chalky colours Cactus and Succulent plants can provide an intriguing element […]

10 December 2018

Top 3 tips for designing your swimming pool area

When designing a family pool, there are a number of elements which should be considered to ensure the pool sits within the landscape and becomes a functional, safe and enjoyable asset to your home. 1. Maximise Space With the increase of large homes being built on smaller blocks of land, there is a demand for swimming […]

5 December 2018

Roof top gardens

The team at Think outside gardens have developed a number of rooftop gardens and always enjoy seeing these usually redundant spaces become both functional and beautiful. With the increase in density of living especially towards the city centres, this is a really exciting way to add value. Often these spaces present opportunities to enjoy a […]

30 November 2018

Garden design

Garden design starts with layout and functionality Great garden design ideas consider what the space needs to deliver for the family. Would the family like a pool, a trampoline, storage or lawn areas to kick a ball. These type of basic requirements provide the framework from which to develop a considered family garden design. Pool […]

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5 September 2014

Cloud pruned garden design

The Marqueyssac gardens The 17th Century Château de Marqueyssac which is built on the cliffs in the Dordogne Valley, France is home to the incredible Marqueyssac gardens. Consisting over 150,000 thousand boxwood which have been pruned and trimmed by a small team of four grounds people into the surreal, landscape which appears to morph its way around […]

23 June 2014

Outdoor Heating

There is no need to retreat into your home this winter as we explore three great options to ensure you are warm and comfortable outside as temperatures drop. Wood burning Firepit This modern take on a traditional fire pit by German designer Carsten Gollnick is made from one central stainless steel cylinder which seems to […]

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12 December 2013

Ourdoor design on a larger scale

Set on the shore of picturesque Kaipara harbour just north of Auckland New Zealand is a 1000 acre site of rolling green pastures that spill dramatically into shallow waters known as the Gibbs Farm. In contrast to the surrounding dairy farms Mr Gibbs has commissioned artists to create and install some quite extraordinary abstract installations. […]

10 October 2013

Check out the Instagram feed

Gravel doesn’t sound like a glamorous hardscaping material. It’s cheap, ubiquitous, and really, well, gravelly.

10 October 2013

Grand Designs Live is here

When Lauren Snyder and Keith Burns renovated their istoric brownstone in brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvents neighborhood