This an amazing house which spills over a sandstone outcrop and is placed underneath a giant fig tree. It is sheltered by a stand of Casuarinas and hidden from the street by its rapidly growing native garden. The garden has been in for a couple of years and benefitted greatly from our recent wet Summer. The house is built by Join Constructions and designed by RAAarchitects.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510544-1024x1534.jpg)
The fig trees create a large amount of shade and made the growing of an understory a little challenging.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510513-1024x1534.jpg)
Cissus antartica was used both as a fence screening to create privacy and also act as a weed suppressant on the sloped garden under the Figs.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510515-1024x1534.jpg)
The house has a raised timber walkway and steps to take you down the slope to the entrance. A mixture of Cissus Antartica, Lomandra ‘Tanika’ and Macrozamia communis was used to retain the soil and green up the space.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510586-1024x683.jpg)
The brief for the street frontage was to provide screening to allow for an outdoor space on the upper level of the garden. There is a wonderful sense of discovery upon opening the front gate to see what lies within.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510579-1024x1534.jpg)
The raised timber walkway leads down to the front door. On the right hand side is a small outdoor fire pit area and sun trap hang out space.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510558-1024x684.jpg)
The ground is carpeted with Grevillea ‘Gin Gin Gem’, which is such a trooper in part shade. Screening from the street is provided by Callistemon ‘Pink Champagne’, Casuarina ‘Green Wave’, Leptospermum laevigatum and Calothamnus quadrifidus.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510605-1024x1534.jpg)
On the left hand side behind the garage the empty block next door has been incorporated into the garden planting palette.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510594-1024x1534.jpg)
Directly under the canopy of the largest fig the native violet is fighting a battle against the Pennywort which with a little help from the owner it should win 😉
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510536-1024x684.jpg)
In the image above you can see the fire pit and seating rocks with a birdbath in the foreground. This is such a peaceful spot to perch, protected from the wind and sun.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510622-1024x1534.jpg)
My favourite plants in this garden are the Grevillea ‘Gin Gin Gem’ scrambling in the front seen above and the Maireana oppositifolia ‘Smokey’ pictured below.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510590-1024x1535.jpg)
I love the way this garden has nestled itself around the house, it enhances the feeling of living in the trees whilst also providing a mini landscape to travel through before arriving at the front door.
![](https://malleedesign.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1510606-1024x1534.jpg)
Leave a Reply