A private urban oasis designed for effortless family living—where alfresco dining meets lush, layered planting, and a heated magnesium pool invites year-round enjoyment.
Maroubra
About
The brief for this garden was to create a private but useable oasis for this young family. Off the back of the house an alfresco dining space flows with ease from the internal lounge moving toward a small but practical lawn. Stepping stones take you to a fully tiled, heated magnesium pool with a depth of 1.8meters.
Being overlooked from the back getting the correct orientation of the cabana was vital for privacy, it has ample space for lounging and enjoying an infrared sauna whilst looking out over the layered planting. This space has a roof top garden to soften the structure and to enhance the feeling of an urban refuge.
The planting is a layered sculptural mix of succulents, olives and other drought hardy shrubs giving year-round interest and colour. Although the owner, a keen gardener, low maintenance plants allow the family to enjoy the garden without being a slave to the upkeep.
Region
Maroubra, New South Wales
Year of completion
2023
Price range to build
$0.25m - $0.5m
Building style
Contemporary
Awards
Gold Medal - Residential Design – Up to 80m2 - 2024
Best In Category - Residential Design – Up to 80m2 - 2024
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Inspired Exteriors is an award-winning landscape design and construction firm based in Woollahra, Sydney. Founded by internationally renowned Landscape Designer and Horticulturalist, Charlie Albone, our services encompass Landscape Design and Architecture, Project Management, Horticulture, Landscape Construction Garden makeovers and Maintenance.
We are passionate about creating inspiring, beautiful outdoor spaces that enrich the lives of those that spend time in them. Inspired Exteriors’ dedicated staff have worked on a vast range of high-end projects, both here and overseas. In addition to Australian projects, we have also been commissioned to work in the UK, France, Hong Kong and Singapore. It’s this variety of projects and a carefully developed culture that has attracted some of the best design & construction talent in Sydney.
Charlie alongside his team at Inspired Exteriors have won multiple awards both at The Chelsea Flower Show in London and on home soil at the Melbourne and Sydney International Flower and Garden Shows. The team has also won Gold medals at The Australian Institute for landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM) awards and multiple Gold medals for the Landscape of NSW and ACT Master Landscapers (LNA) honours including the prestigious Best Design and Construction award for 2018.
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