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Blackburn.

ArchiPro Project Summary - A sustainable timber-clad passive solar house harmoniously integrated with a landscaped garden, featuring a structured layout and a beautifully crafted dry stone retaining wall that connects the property to its neighborhood.

Title:: Blackburn
Landscape Designer:: Andy Murray Landscape Design
Category:: Residential/; Renovations and Extensions

An older cottage was removed to make way for this timber-clad, passive solar house. The owners were driven by strong ecological values wishing to integrate their landscaped garden into their sustainable home.

The garden is structured into five sections linked by common themes: raised perennial garden, private lawn, paved seating area with steel pergola, structured vegetable garden, drive, and entranceways.

A large finely detailed dry faced retaining wall built with Castlemaine slate mirrors the curves of the house tying this new property to its neighborhood. Fences were deliberately avoided to create a soft transition, through a screen of planting to the surrounding gardens and streetscape. Eco House was featured in the 2016 Garden Design Fest.

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Andy Murray Landscape Design. Andy Murray Landscape Design is a Melbourne-based landscape design practice creating private gardens throughout Melbourne, the country, and coastal Victoria. Working hand-in-hand with our clients to design landscapes that reflect their personal vision, curated by our years of experience. We believe the best gardens are those that respond to the space and the people who use them, and we approach every project with an ethos of collaboration, transparency, and craft. We like to be closely involved with every one of our projects, no matter how big or small. We have a strong focus on collaboration and individual attention, from the initial meeting through to the completed garden.