A living green wall or vertical garden can beautify and enhance your personal environment. A green wall can be positioned and built in or outdoors to soften and screen ugly walls and fences. You can create a dramatic, artistic and colourful visual statement with a green wall that can be portable or fixed. There are
Set the mood with your landscape lighting. Outdoor lighting provides safety and security around your home. Modern LED lighting is both functional and decorative for your landscape. Get Grotec to provide a detailed design of landscape lighting for you. LED means light emitting diode – an electrical component that converts electricity into light, giving lighting that
Winter is the perfect time to start looking for flower bed ideas. Big or small, it's time to start to conceptualise, create and construct. These flower bed ideas will help you get started. There are many different shapes and styles of flower beds, paths, borders, and lawn areas, and these should fit with the surrounding
Planning a garden is an exciting and satisfying thing to do. Winter is the perfect time to plan your garden. It's time to put pen to paper and get planning! When planning a garden you have an opportunity to harmonise the exterior and interior style and colours of your home with a selected garden theme.
A subtropical flower garden will be lush, and textured. These subtropical flower garden ideas will blend with your home, and add to the indoor/outdoor flow. Native plants in the subtropical flower garden are generally drought resistant. As well as lush, the subtropical flower garden can be fragrant, and, importantly, be low maintenance. The creation of a
The popularity of Gold Coast high-rise gardens is increasing. With these green additions, there is the potential to change our cityscapes. The creation of Gold Coast high-rise gardens for roof tops or balconies will need advice on regulations. There are two types of roof top gardens – roof landscaped, or container gardens, both of which need
The Autumn Garden can create bold landscapes. With summer’s heat passed it's time to get your hands dirty. In the sub-tropics, this season is the time of maximum natural growth. Proximity to the equator dictates which plants will thrive in your autumn garden. The sub-tropical climate zone has one of the largest range of plants and most
Modern garden design focuses on texture and strong geometry. Textures are reflected in hardscape and planting with modern garden design. Simple, sleek materials and bold plantings also have a large role to play. A modern garden design is organised around outdoor rooms, and the provision of textures that blend with the boundary lines of the scenery beyond. Neutral tones
A cottage garden brings memories of ‘olde English‘ gardens. The design of a cottage garden is small and compact, brimming with flowers. Even in sub-tropical areas, a cottage garden can be created with careful plant selection. The success of your cottage garden will depend on your plant selection, and your understanding of the prevailing conditions and microclimate of
A Creative Swimming Pool Design is a welcome improvement to any garden. Create a resort style, tropical theme and turn your swimming pool into an oasis. Landscaping around the swimming pool will also create add a luxurious feel. There are a number of regulations for pool fencing that are required by Queensland law, you can find
