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Discover What Front Garden Designs Tony Stanton Can Create Across Melbourne's East.
Whether you’ve built a new home and now need to focus on the gardens, or you have bought an existing house and want to put your personal ‘stamp’ on it, it’s time to let landscape designers do what they do best, and that’s coming up with a landscape design that’s both functional to your situation and looks aesthetically pleasing.
You may need an extra off-road car space or two, perhaps an area for the caravan that wasn’t there before. You may want or need an easier way to get to the letterbox, or you may like to change the garden’s style completely.
A front garden contributes to the home’s appearance and street appeal, while also serving the access, parking, privacy and maintenance needs of the people who use it. Changes to vehicle access, crossovers, significant levels or retaining may require council, engineering or other specialist input.
When looking at what front garden designs Tony Stanton can create for homes across Melbourne’s north-east, east, south-east and outer east to Coldstream, a few points are discussed and taken into consideration during the initial concept design session.
The size, shape, and slope of the block, who’ll be accessing the garden, what separate spaces or areas you’d like, and what elements or features you’d like to include along with what budget you have to turn your vision into reality once the softscape and hardscape construction plans have been finalised.
It pays to be frank and honest about the amount of money available for the landscaping work. Tony uses the budget to help prioritise the design, while construction prices are confirmed separately by the relevant contractors and specialists. Many design elements can be selected for different budgets.
The size and species of plants, type of paver and retaining wall blocks, etc. will all have an impact on the final build price.
Tony can explore what is possible, whether you have a courtyard, a small front garden, a typical suburban block or acreage.
Take a look at the conceptual images and pictures of front gardens shown below to give you some modern front design ideas and examples of what’s possible with different styles, gradients, and block sizes.
Modern Front Garden Designs
Formal Simplicity
Formal, modern garden layouts use straight lines and square edges within the landscape design.
The use of natural materials like pebbles, stone pavers, and timber decking with the right plant selection and colour palette all combine to create a statement that’s functional to use and stunning to look at!
Colonial Formal Front Gardens
Formal Heritage
Larger sized blocks with period homes built using bluestone or sandstone may suit formal front gardens.
Even if the front is fenced off from the street, the garden can be a welcoming area for their owners with plants to bring colour and joy.
Front Garden Designs For Sloping Blocks
Plan for Safe, Comfortable Access
Severe sloping blocks can make access to the letterbox difficult, especially in wet weather or for people with limited mobility.
Steps, ramps or retaining walls may help manage a slope, but access, drainage, engineering and approval requirements must be assessed for the site by appropriate professionals.
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