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by Fleur and Sachi

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Lighting in Garden Design

May 9, 2025 · 36 min

Garden lighting finesses a good design; adding safety, security and ambience. But it’s so often poorly done. In this episode we share tips from the experts to enhance your night garden experience, how to use lighting responsibly and what…
End State or Journey?

April 11, 2025 · 27 min

Gardens are dynamic; we can plan and anticipate but we can't predict how they will evolve. So what do you expect from a garden designer? Are you buying a product with an end-state or are you buying a journey?In this episode we weigh up…
Who are Fleur and Sachi?

November 1, 2024 · 33 min

Have you ever wondered who are the real people behind these voices? If you’ve enjoyed listening to us over the last 16 months, this episode will take you ‘behind the scenes’ chatting about our friendship, career journeys, hobbies and…
Designing a Productive Garden

October 18, 2024 · 30 min

Designing your garden around food production is great for your physical and mental health. This episode discusses how good design can improve your gardening experience, productivity, efficiency and access. We give ideas and inspiration…
Memory Gardens

October 4, 2024 · 28 min

An outdoor space dedicated to reflection, relationship and connection can be deeply restorative. Perhaps you would like to create a memory garden to honour a loss or a celebration of a person, pet, event or cultural link? In this episode…

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Design Layouts for Different Garden Shapes

September 20, 2024 · 29 min

Back yards come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and each brings its own set of design challenges. In this episode, we chat about manipulating space to make a garden more interesting and inviting, and we offer design solutions for…
Difficult Gardens

September 6, 2024 · 38 min

Not all gardens are created equal. In fact, most have challenges that can feel overwhelming. This episode will tackle some of those tricky spaces, such as slope, balconies, vertical spaces, privacy and pokey corners. Listen in for…
Designing a Mediterranean Garden

August 23, 2024 · 36 min

Do you need a forgiving and low maintenance garden? We give you plenty of reasons to consider why a Mediterranean garden may suit you. To help create this tough, water hardy and sustainable garden style, we offer ideas and inspiration for…
Sense of Place

August 9, 2024 · 22 min

Sense of Place is about taking cues from your broader landscape to create a garden that belongs to that place. Honouring your surrounding landforms or soils, endemic plants or cultural references may become the central idea for your…
Designing a Formal Garden

July 26, 2024 · 35 min

Do you crave order and control? Are neat hedges and edges your thing? If so, the discipline and calm of a formal garden may be perfect for you. In this episode we chat about the design elements of a formal garden. We give you plenty of…
Sensory Garden

July 12, 2024 · 29 min

How about designing a garden based on a central idea? If you crave interactive experience, stimulation and response from your garden, try framing your design thinking around all things sensory. In this episode we chat about how choosing…
Designing a Contemporary Garden

June 28, 2024 · 34 min

In this episode we chat about the design elements of a contemporary garden. To create this stylish, crisp and asymmetric garden style, we give you plenty of ideas and inspiration for choosing the layout, structures, materials, accessories…

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About the show

Making garden design practical and entertaining for those interested in gardens, plants and chatting with Fleur from @gardenswithfleur and Sachi from @department_of_gardendesign. Based in Canberra, Australia’s capital (Hardiness zone 9a), Fleur and Sachi are long term friends and second career garden designers keen to share their love of design and gardens. https://instagram.com/gardenswithfleur https://instagram.com/department_of_gardendesign