Sydney in Bloom 2003 -
'City Living'
This show garden shows how CSR-PGH products can achieve a modern look in an inner city garden space. Drawing from the earthy colours of Australia, this garden blends exotic plants and foliage colour to demonstrate our own unique tastes of design and lifestyle.

Three sides of the garden are framed by rendered Hebel Block walls, with the front of the garden open to viewing. A black timber pergola and chocolate brick pillar avenue add a vista to the right of the garden. Windows in the right side perimeter wall open up to the lush foliage of an external planter box of Magnolia "little Gems," adding some depth to an otherwise confined space.

A single mature tree provides the upper canopy and dappled shade to the garden. Hand chosen from country Victoria, the Golden foliage of the Gleditsia sp. provides a striking colour contrast to the earthy rendered wall colours and the mainly green and burgundy foliage colours in the shrubbery.

The back wall provides another feature. The "Dolphins" steel wall sculpture, designed by Jim and made in Melbourne especially for this garden, marry in with the fabricated furniture as well as the steel pots. The pots vary in height, creating a vertical swale inspired by the white curves of the retaining wall beds extending forward from the back wall to the left of the garden.

The centrepiece of the garden is the water feature. Providing sound and movement, the sheet of water cascades from the white rock face retaining wall into a void in the garden bed below…. all lit up for night time too!

A simple, but dramatic city living garden, showcasing CSR-PGH product in a modern setting.