Australian House & Garden

TIERS OF JOY

“WE WANTED A GOOD-SIZED POOL AND USEABLE, LOW-MAINTENANCE SPACES FOR THREE KIDS AND A DOG.”
Owner

While a well-designed garden always elevates a home, this multi-layered beauty in Sydney’s east reaches for the sky. Created by landscape architect Luke Baldwin of Formed Gardens, it is an inspired response to tricky topography, iffy sandy soils and an exposed coastal aspect.

Referred to the owners by a friend, Luke first stepped into the backyard in

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