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DANIEL PIPER GARDEN DESIGN and PENINSULA STONE MASONS
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2011 Bronze Medal Winner
"Your Garden"
Being our first year involved with the Flower Show, we wanted to create and showcase a timeless design that everyone could relate to. A personal space that would be a home set within a rolling landscape as it would be in an urban back yard. We decided to focus on the use of recycled timber and stone to create our structures, balanced with a selection of hardy flowing shrubs and deciduous feature trees.
At the front of our exhibit, we created a viewing platform for the public to gain a better view and scene of connection. The raised boardwalk, build using Australian Cypress has been set in on edge, and fixed so it that twists and turns giving it a sense of depth and direction.
It leads you to a bold pergola constructed using recycled timber from the Barwon River Bridge, Ocean Grove. The pergola frames and unique Chaise build from dry laid Western Australia and Mornington Peninsula Lime Stone rubble. Individual Lime Stone rocks positioned as stepping stones through the rear of the design allow access to the Olive trees which have been trained as espliers along the back wall. One of the feature rocks has been hand crafted to form a birdbath and sits into the edge of the boardwalk at the front of the design. We selected plants that provided scale, and a combination of foliage colour and flowering varieties that compliments the timber and stone elements.
Plant Schedule
Trees
Ulmus parvifolia 'Murrays Form' ( Chineese Elm )
Lagestroemia indica x L. fauriei 'Tuscarora' & 'Natchez' ( White & Pink Crape Myrtles )
Olea europea 'Manzanillo' ( Olive - Espaliered )
Acmena smithii ( Lilly Pilly )
Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' ( Little Gem Magnolia )
Shrubs
Westringia fruticosa ( Costal Rosemary )
Viburnum tinus ( Lauristinus )
Greavillea rhyolitica ( Deue Grevillea )
Dodonea viscose purpurea 'Hip Hop' ( Purple Hop Bush )
Dietes grandiflora ( Wild Iris )
Mestosideros collina 'Tahiti' (Metrosideoros Tahiti )
Lomandra confertifolia ssp. Rubiginosa 'Seascape' ( Lomandra Seascope )
Pieris ryukyuensis 'Temple Bells' ( Temple Bells )
Correa alba ( White correa )
Grevilla lavadulacea 'Billy Wings' ( Grevillea Billy Wings )
Hebe 'Emerald Green'
Ground cover
Rosemarinus officianalis prostratus & Rosmarinus officianlis prostratus 'Chef's Choice' ( Prostrate Rosemary )
Grevillea lanigera 'Mt Tamboritha' ( Greaville Mt Tamboritha )
We installed LED Garden lighting, cleverly positioned under the boardwalk along with lighting of the pergola and feature trees which really brought the garden to life in the evening.
Daniel Piper Garden Design and Peninsula Stone Masons would like to thank and acknowledge our supporters, for all their advice and time in helping us achieve this display.
Main supporters
TGA Australia - for the plant material
Combined Nursery - for the plant material
LDA Lighting Australia - for the garden lights
Others
Holtz Volts - for the electrical installation
Grimes and Sons - for the Timber oil
Limestone Australia - for the supply of the stone
Flashweld - for the steel fabrication.
Aser Labels - for the flyers
Pat - for his last minute help with the platform.
We hope you enjoyed our exhibit.
Cheers,
Daniel Piper
Director.
"YOUR GARDEN"
Daniel Piper Garden Design excels in timeless and innovative Landscape Design and Construction
Daniel and his team have been designing and implementing gardens throughout Melbourne and Victoria for almost a decade. A Professional and enthusiastic manner enabled the highest quality outcome within a project.
Sustainable Gardens and the Landscaping need to complement today's lifestyles. The ever growing trend for a seamless connection from indoor to outside needs careful consideration.
Creating personalized Outdoor spaces that have a sympathetic relationship with the surrounding environment, is achieved through a balance use of quality products and recycled materials. Selecting a manageable plant schedule, that will complement the space and integrate with existing plant material where possible, is instrumental to a successful project.
Daniel Piper regularly works in tandem with Architects, Interior Designers , and Builders which ensures an intergraded and holistic understanding of a project.
Daniel Piper Garden Designs knowledge and experience allow them to understand and meet client's expectations that delivers "Your Garden"
Featured in the September Edition of Home Beautiful.
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Daniel Piper Garden Design features in 'Home Beautiful' September issue - OUT NOW
July 2011Click here to see a video of Dan Piper at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
April 2011Dan Piper takes out Bronze Medal and Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
March 2011Danpipergardens.com.au launches.
The Design Consultation service starts with an onsite meeting to develop an understanding for your Landscape project. Together with your ideas, we will discuss and plan out all elements such as paving, garden beds, irrigation etc. This forms the foundation for a Landscape Conceptual Design.
The meeting generally takes 60 to 90mins where notes and images will be recorded. It is also a time to discuss forecasted budgets which allows us to understand the expectations and limitations within the project. Following the meeting you will be sent a Design Brief outlining the stages and fee in producing the Design.
The fee for a Design Consultation for Metropolitan Melbourne is $220.00 inc gst and is payable at the meeting. This fee is redeemable upon acceptance of a Design Brief. See Design for further information of this service.
