Emma and Nik are respecting the warehouse roots of their converted factory home with an industrial style renovation.
Although they would like to continue the same style outdoors, they need to find a way to marry the harshness of the raw elements, like exposed brick, with the softness of plants.
Emma and Nik are going to great lengths to make this lush garden a reality, despite the limitations of their inner-city Sydney pad. Acquiring additional land from their neighbour was the first step, but they also have a cunning plan to fit two car spaces and a natural pool into the one hundred square metre space.
They have also enlisted the expertise of landscape designer, Hugh Main, to strike a balance between the built form, that extends from the house right around the garden, with layers of greenery.
Hugh’s plan is to create the appearance of an overgrown factory; one that has been taken over by mother nature. It is the addition of a car stacker that has given Hugh the space required to achieve this look.
Car spaces in small gardens are a dilemma faced by designers in crowded cities right around the country. Michael visits two landscape designers, in two different cities, who have found creative solutions to this problem.
In Melbourne, Paul Bangay has beautifully disguised a car space in a courtyard, while in Sydney, Adam Robinson has taken a very different, but equally impressive approach.
Both have achieved stunning but functional gardens in confined spaces. Emma and Nik may have solved the car issue, but will they achieve the look of an abandoned warehouse that typically takes years, if not decades to attain naturally?
Production credits: Supervising Executive Producer, Frances O’Riordan. Executive Producer, Jane Rowley, Series Producer, Leisa Pratt.
