The Lorikeet Garden
An Australian native xeriscape garden for a Gold Coast family — water-wise sculptural natives matched to a retro 80s home, designed to feed local birdlife and stay low-fuss for everyday use.
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The brief
An Australian Native Xeriscape with Personality to Match an 80s Character Home
An Australian native garden for a Gold Coast family — built around attracting birds and giving the family a low-fuss space to hang out with their daughter and dog. The house is a retro 80s build with arches, full of character; the brief was for a garden with the same personality.
We landed on an Australian native xeriscape — a drought-tolerant style usually built around southwestern-USA cactus, but here using sculptural, water-wise natives that suit the climate and feed the local bird life. The alternative was a white coastal palette, which would have read as too generic for the architecture. Xeriscape with natives gave the garden character to match the house.
What a Master Plan looks like
Indicative Master Plan deliverable — 3D site model and quantified materials schedule
Two pages from our canonical Master Plan sample, illustrative of the MP-tier output: an annotated 3D site model (left) and a quantified materials schedule with supplier references (right). Each MP project is tailored to the site — the structure and depth carry across.
Site before
Bones intact, planting reset
Retro 80s home with arches and character. Existing planting didn’t carry the architecture — redesign starts here.
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Spec Your Own Site for a Plant Plan
Drop a pin, drag-trace your beds, and capture the details that shape plant choice — sun, slope, drainage. Ten minutes; you walk away with a brief ready for a Plant Plan.
How Much Does Landscape Design Cost?
A clear design means everyone’s working from the same vision — you get comparable quotes, confident decisions, and a result that looks like it was always meant to be there.
Most clients start with Concept + Planting. Opt for Concept + Master Plan when the build needs full setout, materials schedule, services intent and 3D renders.
Concept + Planting Design
- Design strategy workshop — lock in the vision on-site
- Concept layout (2D) — see the design intent before you build
- Materials & plant palette
Concept + Master Plan
- Everything in Concept + Planting, plus:
- 3D site model — spatial planning tool
- Quantified materials schedule
Plant Plan
- Video consultation (no site visit)
- Zone-by-zone planting schedule
- Layout illustratives
Remote Concept + Planting Design — $3,190 inc GST. Same deliverables as the on-site package, with a video consultation replacing the workshop. ~2 week turnaround.
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Tell me about your project and what you’re hoping to achieve — 20 minutes, no obligation.
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