On Garden Design

Fleur and Sachi
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On Garden Design Podcast

Making garden design practical and entertaining for those interested in gardens, plants and chatting with Fleur from @gardenswithfleur and Sachi from @department_of_gardendesign. Based in Canberra, Australia’s capital (Hardiness zone 9a), Fleur and Sachi are long term friends and second career garden designers keen to share their love of design and gardens. https://instagram.com/gardenswithfleur https://instagram.com/department_of_gardendesign

  1. 6 SEPT

    Difficult Gardens

    Not all gardens are created equal. In fact, most have challenges that can feel overwhelming. This episode will tackle some of those tricky spaces, such as slope, balconies, vertical spaces, privacy and pokey corners. Listen in for practical ideas and inspiration to re-frame your thinking about how to best transform these tough areas. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:15) Intro (04:58) Slope (14:35) Rooftops and balconies (21:44) Light wells (27:08) Vertical (29:32) Privacy (33:54) Angles

    38 min

  2. 23 AUG

    Designing a Mediterranean Garden

    Do you need a forgiving and low maintenance garden? We give you plenty of reasons to consider why a Mediterranean garden may suit you. To help create this tough, water hardy and sustainable garden style, we offer ideas and inspiration for choosing the layout, colours, materials, accessories and plants. We also highlight style fails and how to adapt this style to your non-Mediterranean climate and soil. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:14) Intro (05:31) Layout (07:07) Materials (14:31) Water features (18:05) Plants (26:52) Supplements (30:20) Soils

    36 min

  3. 9 AUG

    Sense of Place

    Sense of Place is about taking cues from your broader landscape to create a garden that belongs to that place. Honouring your surrounding landforms or soils, endemic plants or cultural references may become the central idea for your garden’s design. In this episode we chat about what sense of place means and how it can be interpreted to inform your design choices. If your garden feels like it belongs to its context – bush, seaside or inner city – then it’s probably a good environmentally sustainable choice too. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:00) Intro (05:27) Layout (08:01) Touch (11:32) Sight (15:51) Smell (20:10) Taste (21:39) Sound

    22 min

  4. 26 JULY

    Designing a Formal Garden

    Do you crave order and control? Are neat hedges and edges your thing? If so, the discipline and calm of a formal garden may be perfect for you. In this episode we chat about the design elements of a formal garden. We give you plenty of ideas and inspiration for choosing the layout, plants, structures and materials that are true to creating these gardens. It may sound simple, but this is one style that demands restraint and application of the principles to really nail it. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:12) Intro (05:16) Layout (11:19) Water (13:57) Hedges (18:47) Plants (23:57) Materials & structures (28:30) Features

    35 min

  5. 12 JULY

    Sensory Garden

    How about designing a garden based on a central idea? If you crave interactive experience, stimulation and response from your garden, try framing your design thinking around all things sensory. In this episode we chat about how choosing sensory as your central design idea guides your choice of layout, plants, materials and accessories. Whether you want to soothe or excite your senses, listen in for plenty of tips and ideas in creating a sensory garden that’s just right for you.https://www.instagram.com/ongardendesign are on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ongardendesign ☕☕☕https://www.ko-fi.com/ongardendesign if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:00) Intro (05:27) Layout (08:01) Touch (11:32) Sight (15:51) Smell (20:10) Taste (21:39) Sound

    29 min

  6. 28 JUNE

    Designing a Contemporary Garden

    In this episode we chat about the design elements of a contemporary garden. To create this stylish, crisp and asymmetric garden style, we give you plenty of ideas and inspiration for choosing the layout, structures, materials, accessories and plants. It’s a great style to choose if you want an entertainer’s garden with low maintenance overheads. However, it’s not as simple as it sounds: it takes restraint and discipline to really pull this one off. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:00) Intro (06:50) Layout (09:48) Materials (14:00) Plants (17:21) Water (21:48) Accessories (27:20) Structures (29:02) Maintenance

    34 min

  7. 14 JUNE

    Night Garden

    Do you mostly use your outdoor spaces at night? An entertainer, moth watcher, star gazer or sun avoider? Then why not design a space that is entirely centred on the idea of engaging your garden at night? In this episode we chat about how to make a garden particularly evocative and interesting at night. We consider how to maximise your layout, plants, lighting, materials and accessories to deliver a night garden experience that’s just right for you. And when the sun comes up, it’s still got to look good too. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:00) Intro (05:51) Layout (07:53) Plants (14:06) Lighting (16:49) Materials (18:32) Accessories (21:53) Daytime

    26 min

  8. 31 MAY

    Designing Your Own Garden

    This informative chat steps you through the process for designing your own garden. If you’re up for the challenge, we give you plenty of tips and ideas for assessing, arranging and styling your garden. While we are keen to encourage you to have a go at design, we also highlight the tricky areas where it’s best to call in the experts. ⁠Photos for this episode⁠⁠ are on Instagram at ⁠⁠OnGardenDesign⁠⁠ ☕☕☕⁠⁠ BUY US A COFFEE⁠⁠ if you loved this episode 🌼🌷🌱 (00:00) Intro (05:32) References (06:56) Site assessment (14:02) Site plan and functions (16:54) Connections (23:43) Style (25:19) Plants (28:45) Principles (30:27) Tricky stuff

    36 min
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Ratings & Reviews

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About

Making garden design practical and entertaining for those interested in gardens, plants and chatting with Fleur from @gardenswithfleur and Sachi from @department_of_gardendesign. Based in Canberra, Australia’s capital (Hardiness zone 9a), Fleur and Sachi are long term friends and second career garden designers keen to share their love of design and gardens. https://instagram.com/gardenswithfleur https://instagram.com/department_of_gardendesign

Information

  • Creator
    Fleur and Sachi
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Fleur and Sachi
  • Show Website
    On Garden Design

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