Dream Gardens 2019

Dream Gardens episode 8 2019

Dream Gardens episode 8 2019

Dream Gardens episode 8 2019: Michael McCoy revisits a garden built after the owners lost their original property in a horror bushfire.     Dream Gardens episode 8 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream Gardens, launching on ABC TV this week. Eschewing how-to tips on growing plants (done so […]

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Dream Gardens episode 7 2019

Dream Gardens episode 7 2019

Dream Gardens episode 7 2019: Artist Meredith Gaston and her husband Kevin Lindemann want a modern landscape to surround their house in Victoria’s Mount Eliza. Instead, they have a neglected 40-year-old garden full of weeds and disease riddled trees.     Dream Gardens episode 7 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new

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Dream Gardens episode 6 2019

Dream Gardens episode 6 2019

Dream Gardens episode 6 2019: Young professionals Stuart and Monique Cormack are desperate to reinvent their tiny, neglected backyard. Will their big dreams fit their pint-sized, terrace garden?     Dream Gardens episode 6 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream Gardens, launching on ABC TV this week. Eschewing how-to

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Dream Gardens episode 5 2019

Dream Gardens episode 5 2019

Dream Gardens episode 5 2019: Simon and Fleur Ansell relish mid-century modern architecture. They have the house, now they want the garden to match. But can they create a contemporary design in sync with its vintage roots?     Dream Gardens episode 5 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream

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Dream Gardens episode 4 2019

Dream Gardens episode 4 2019

Dream Gardens episode 4 2019: A beach loving Aussie family transform their flat building site in Portsea on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula into a modern Australian coastal garden.     Dream Gardens episode 4 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream Gardens, launching on ABC TV this week. Eschewing how-to tips

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Dream Gardens episode 3 2019

Dream Gardens episode 3 2019

Dream Gardens episode 3 2019: A couple ask their son and daughter-in-law to create a unique garden in Kyneton in Victoria. But do they have the courage to embrace a design that will transform their bland backyard into a striking sculptural showcase?     Dream Gardens episode 3 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart

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Dream Gardens episode 2 2019

Dream Gardens episode 2 2019

Dream Gardens episode 2 2019: A couple sacrifice their honeymoon to create a rooftop oasis for their inner-city apartment. Facing strata, weight and water restrictions will they succeed in going from barren to blissful?     Dream Gardens episode 2 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream Gardens, launching on

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Dream Gardens episode 1 2019

Dream Gardens episode 1 2019

Dream Gardens episode 1 2019: Former city dwellers, Mark and Nicola Ruitenberg want an industrial style garden. But can an inner-city trend, dominated by waste concrete, be transplanted to a sub-tropical sanctuary in the country?     Dream Gardens episode 1 2019   Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream Gardens, launching

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Dream Gardens ep 8

Dream Gardens ep 8

Dream Gardens ep 8: Paul and Zoe Mitzi own a fabulous 1920’s art deco home in Melbourne, and they want a garden to match. But creating an ambitious space can take courage and bravery; especially when all of your friends and family think your design plans are crazy.     Their dream is made even more challenging by the decision to project manage it themselves, while juggling busy full time jobs and family life with their two teenage kids. “In the words of Alan Bond, bite off more than you can chew and then chew like crazy” says Paul. The

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Dream Gardens ep 7

Dream Gardens ep 7

Dream Gardens ep 7: Fashion magazine editor Justine Cullen and events organiser Greg Mathew are wildly busy with three young kids and high-pressure jobs that often take them away from home. It’s their dream to have a garden sanctuary to escape, relax and recharge in.     To achieve this feel they want a design that brings the indoors, out. This means expanding the living area of their small fibro cottage on Sydney’s Northern Beaches by carving an opening into one side of the home. At the heart of the design will be a Mediterranean-style pool and a staggered deck

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Dream Gardens ep 6

Dream Gardens ep 6

Dream Gardens ep 6: Nestled behind the Central Coast of New South Wales and surrounded by native bushland, is the rural retreat of Phillip and Maria Visalli. Using materials that are sympathetic to the surrounds including sandstone, weathered steel, and decomposed granite they have big plans to transform their land into a minimalist inspired garden.     The planting scheme will be ornamental and mature fruit trees will provide instant impact and help frame the view that leads down to a lake. The garden is not the only project the couple are embarking on, they are also expecting the birth

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Dream Gardens ep 5

Dream Gardens ep 5

Dream Gardens ep 5: since ancient time’s gardens have been celebrated for their healing power and more recently they’ve been shown to relieve stress, provide comfort and a sense of calm. For Roberto Masnata and his teenage children they are hoping that the transformation of their block will do exactly this and more.     The dream was to create the new garden with Karen, wife to Roberto and mother to Jordie and Lucca. It was to be the final stage of an ambitious project that had seen them work together to turn a dilapidated house near the Brisbane River

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