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Established pre-Covid, the prolific gardens of this holiday home in the NSW Central Coast town of MacMasters Beach really came into their own during the long spate of lockdowns. A wall of native shrubbery along the shared driveway shields the house, while trees and grasses act in soft contrast to the charred-timber exterior. Upstairs, elevated decks and balconies look out to lush canopies with views to the beach beyond.

Landscape designer James Headland of Pangkarra Landscape Design makes regular visits to the home – which belongs to

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