A large sparkling pool with built in day bed sits elevated at the rear of the property surrounded by large trees and plants including magnolia, heliconia and raphiolepsis. The pool floats above a large green level lawn.

Howea House

Swaying Howea palms rise out of a verdant garden to balance the entrance of this reimagined mid-century home. Both the home and garden are modern, clean and layered in shades and textures of green. The landscape design creates useable zones on the sloping block, addresses privacy concerns and connects the home to the landscape.

Street view of a beautiful white century home surrounded by a lush green garden, including bring pink bougainvillea, Howea palms, tactile grasses and cactus framing the stairs.
Lush landscape design at the entry stairs is played and luxurious plants including salvia, Alocasia, Philodendron and Jasmine.
Birds eye view of the garden in this prestige Sydney home.
Modern sculptural plants complement the homes architecture. Cactus and ligularia frame the stairs.
The balcony is framed in brilliant prink bougainvillea, A single seat presents the prefect place to admire the garden from above.
In the rear garden aside a large grassed area a layered garden bed is filled with olive trees, senecio, ligulaira and alpinia nutans. The landscape design softerns the linear from of the pool and boundary fencing.
A large sparkling pool with built in day bed sits elevated at the rear of the property surrounded by large trees and plants including magnolia, heliconia and raphiolepsis. The pool floats above a large green level lawn.
Layers of ground cover planting and mid level shrubs in varied tones of green create an undulating garden bed faming the day bad and pool area.
The garden beds surrounding the pool are boarded with a mass of mature trees for privacy, including magnolia exmouth, heliconia and gum trees. These are mixed with an array of botanical species including, ligularia, santolina and raphiolepsis.

Credits

Creative Director Anthony Wyer
Interior Design POCO Designs
Architecture Nick Cain Architects
Builder Reform Projects

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Carlotta House — the plant palette for our new project, Carlotta House combines a mixture of creeping vines, swaying palms, and tactile ground covers, softening the finish of this modern home, adding an element of lushness to the entrance. ⁠ ⁠ Featured species include, Phoenix Roebeleni, Ficus Pumila, Rhaphiolepis Oriental Pearl, Ligularia Reniformis, Dichondra Repens, Neomarica Gracilis.⁠ ⁠

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