Choosing the right lighting for your garden design is just as important as the design itself. At Ian Barker Gardens our lighting philosophy is to ‘light up by candlelight, rather [...]
Autumn is arguably the most spectacular season of all where colour in the garden is concerned. It’s the time of the year where the landscape really steals the show and [...]
With time at home still the ideal and beautiful Autumn days like these, now is the perfect time to get out in the garden. Not only good for our bodies, [...]
Everyone’s favourite hedging plant, Buxus sempervirens (English Box or Common Box), is the perfect way to formalise any landscape design - and that’s exactly why it was high up on [...]
Back in 2015, Ian presented on ‘Naturalistic Perennial Planting in Australia’ at the Horticultural Gardening Festival. As part of this presentation, he highlighted his Top 10 list of landscape designers [...]
Sitting by a cosy fire is the perfect way to maximise time outdoors. So the team at Ian Barker Gardens was both delighted and excited when they recently stumbled across [...]
Whilst most other summer plants have long given up hope of doing anything productive, the Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha) is continuing to showcase its vibrant colour and striking poise [...]
Screening and hedging plants are in greater demand than ever, and one particular plant is gaining popularity, with good reason – the Bay Tree (Laurus nobilis). Bay trees make excellent [...]
There is certainly great art in creating a garden that respects a home’s heritage architecture, whilst simultaneously providing contemporary style and energy. Ian Barker’s team have painstakingly achieved this in [...]
‘A great house is always a strong marriage of architecture, landscape and interiors’, says Rob Mills, Director of award-winning Melbourne based practice Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors (RMA). RMA design [...]