A dream garden designed around creating cool and shade | Garden Design | Gardening Australia
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When Jenny Cas and her family moved to Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Northcote, she turned to landscape designer Fran Hale with the aim of turning their hot property into a very cool garden.
The modern home was light and airy but had a fairly empty garden and was incredibly hot in summer. They sought out Fran’s help to create a beautiful garden but also help shade and cool the house.
Fran was excited by the brief, which allowed her to include lots of different plants and find a way to design the space without a central lawn.
With two young children, Jenny also wanted to create some fun play areas.
Fran also focused on soft plantings to balance the bold lines of the home.
From the window the garden offers lots of interesting green layers that draw you outside, which is relaxing to come home to after work.
A perennial meadow of flowers creates interest through the summer and a shady entertaining area away from the house is quite immersive and feels separate; an escape area that both children and adults enjoy.
The process of working on the garden with Fran inspired Jenny to study garden design herself, and she now works on this as a side business – with Fran as a mentor.
Filmed on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country in Northcote, Vic
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