Garden Design Projects
IN PROGRESS
Residential projects
A number of concepts have been submitted for residential projects. Permission is being sought from residents to post photos of their gardens on this site.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Local Government and School projects
Waterwise gardens: Carter House Native Garden, Client: City of Holdfast Bay, Civic Centre Garden, Client: City of Holdfast Bay Vegetable gardens: Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden, Client: Woodend Primary School
Carter House Native Garden, Client: City of Holdfast Bay, Location: Kingston Park, South Australia
Green Gecko Studios designed a demonstrative garden at the old Carter House block in Kingston Park, south of Adelaide. This site was a revegetation project – two-thousand plants used in the project are indigenous to the area.
The site borders Tjilbruke Springs – an important part of the Tjilbruke Dreaming Trail. The design tells the story of Tjilbruke - an ancestor of the Kaurna people. Plants used in the design demonstrate the use of plants by the Kaurna
Status: Signs which explain the story have now been installed. The garden was featured in the October 2009 edition of Backyard & Garden Design Ideas - Waterwise Gardens
Click here for progressive photos of the site.
Civic Centre Garden, Client: City of Holdfast Bay, Location: Jetty Road, Brighton, South Australia
The Civic Centre garden has been redesigned to show the plant species which grow in different habitats of the council area: woodland, cliff face, coastal and dunes. The garden shows indigenous plant species which can be used in home gardens.
Green Gecko Studios designed the planting scheme for Stage 1 of the redesign of the City of Holdfast Bay Civic Centre. Green Gecko Studios has designed Stage 2 of the project which has recently been completed. Stage 3 will be undertaken at a later date. Further information can be found on the City of Holdfast Bay website.
Status: Photos of Stage 1 and Stage 2 can be found in the Green Gecko Studios album.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden, Client: Woodend Primary School, Location: Sheidow Park, South Australia
Green Gecko Studios has designed a number of school vegetable gardens. Green Gecko Studios designed the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation grant-winning vegetable garden for Woodend Primary School. The garden is nearing completion.
Status: Woodend Primary School was one of the first South Australian Schools to be involved in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. Garden classes began in term 4 of 2009. Vegetables have been harvested from the garden by students for their use in the kitchen.
School grounds, Client: Woodend Primary School, Location: Sheidow Park
Green Gecko Studios, through involvement in the school grounds committee, has assisted the school with design ideas for the gardens in the school grounds. Year 7 graduating students were involved in creating artworks for the gardens.
Status: A school working bee installed decking areas for creative play and outdoor classrooms. Indigenous grasses have been planted to enhance the space.
Festival of Garden Living – Student Display, Client: Nursery Garden Industry of SA/TAFE SA, Location: Veale Gardens, October 2005
Award: Bronze Medal
This project involved twelve graduating garden design students - in three teams of four students. Students were asked to design three waterwise gardens: formal Australian native, Mediterranean courtyard and a cottage garden. The three gardens collectively won a bronze medal.
Monina Gilbey was involved in the Australian native garden and was responsible for the pathway design and the gecko theme. The three other designers were: Elizabeth Ganguly, Virginia Sheridan and Kylie Hutt.
The rationale for the design was as follows:
This garden showcases Australian native plants in a formal style. One of the focal points of the garden is the gecko gate which introduces a sense of native fauna visiting the garden. The contrasting pebbles in the path leading to the gate show the gecko’s trail before it jumped onto the gate.
Another focal point of the garden is the water feature. This water feature displays the harvesting of water through the use of a decorative rain chain. This is an idea that could be translated to the home garden. Dense plantings of grasses have been chosen as an alternative to the traditional swathe of lawn.
This design is plant focused and aims to display native plants in a manner which the design team hopes will encourage further appreciation and use of these plants which have evolved to adapt to Australia’s drought-prone climate.
