Xeriscaping ideas for a modern garden

Xeriscaping Ideas: Creating Sustainable Gardens with Space Landscape Designs

Xeriscaping Ideas: Creating Sustainable Gardens with Space Landscape Designs We at Space Landscape Designs, where style meets innovation, are aware of the difficulties in designing landscapes that are both aesthetically pleasing and also environmentally sound. Xeriscaping is more than simply a landscaping technique; it is an expression of our dedication to creating landscapes that work…

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How Long Does a Landscape Design Project Take?

How Long Does a Landscape Design Project Take?

When you imagine the perfect oasis of relaxation and beauty right in your backyard, you’re not just daydreaming—you’re planning. And as the saying goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is a backyard paradise. So, how long does a landscape design project really take? Here at Space Landscape Designs in Sydney, we’ll guide…

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How to Choose a Landscape Designer in Sydney

How to Choose a Landscape Designer in Sydney

When you gaze out your window at your garden, do you see a blank canvas eagerly awaiting the artist’s touch? Or perhaps you see an existing layout that needs a little reinvigoration. Either way, the decision to invest in landscape design is a big one. Your outdoor space is an extension of your home and…

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Make Your Garden Part of Your Home

Make Your Garden Part of Your Home

Most people in Greater Sydney and New South Wales want to take advantage of their entire property. There’s no point in hiding in the house when the weather is good for much of the year. The outsides of our homes can be as important as the interiors, and structuring the outdoor space can add immensely…

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Why You'll Want To Landscape Your Pool Area

Why You’ll Want To Landscape Your Pool Area

A pool without landscaping is just a pool. It’s not magic. It’s not gracious. It’s not particularly nice looking. It’s just a big outdoor tub of water that you use to swim and to cool off on hot days. That’s all well and good if that’s all you’re after. However, a truly attractive and sophisticated…

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5 Reasons To Use a Landscape Designer or Landscape Architect

You’ve seen it, and so have we. Some people do a great job designing, installing and maintaining their own landscaping. If you talk to a friend or neighbour who’s done it, you’ll find out what it takes: expert knowledge on a variety of subjects and lots of time and hard work. If you ask someone…

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Let Us Help You Visualise the Design

Let Us Help You Visualise the Design

When you bring a landscape designer or a landscape architect on board as part of your project, you do it for many reasons. Mostly, you want to take advantage of our expertise. We know about plant species and growth patterns. We know about the design and construction of pavement and decking. We know the local…

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The Tender Process In Landscaping

The Tender Process In Landscaping

In a previous post, we talked about visualisation of landscape design. Visualisation is really just a fancy way to say “drawings and models.” Yes, visualisation can be a huge help in developing a landscape design. In fact, it’s difficult to put together a good landscape design without scaled drawings to show the relationships between buildings,…

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Swimming Pools Are More Than a Check Box

Swimming Pools Are More Than a Check Box

Our landscape designs are highly customised and meticulously planned. Nothing is included without careful thought, planning and consultation. Nothing is dropped in without regard to its relationship to other elements. That’s especially true of pools. A pool isn’t just a checkbox on a list of elements for a backyard design. Swimming Pool design matters. Swimming…

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What's So Special About Landscape Architects?

What’s So Special About Landscape Architects?

At Space Designs, we have both landscape architects and landscape designers on staff. What defines a landscape architect? Landscape architecture is a self-governing profession in Australia. That means that there are stringent requirements that they must meet in order to be considered members of the profession. The Profession of Landscape Architecture Registered landscape architects must…

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