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Turning our food into garden food in 24 hours!
We hear all the time about how much food we send to the landfill each year. Composting can help with reducing wastage, but when you live in a small home, [...]
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
With its earthly tones, dark copper-red daisy-like flowers and dark brown centres, it’s little wonder this beauty was chosen to feature in our Southgate project.The flowers are produced en masse [...]
Southgate Project – Garden Design
We promised closure and here it is!Back in 2016 we highlighted our Southgate project nearing completion. We were commissioned to design and construct the garden area surrounding 28 luxurious executive [...]
A hillside gypsy
Bernard Trainor has been a team favourite here at Ian Barker Gardens for some time now. His ability to marry the functionality of a garden with its beauty is extraordinary. [...]
A living work of art
Inspired by vintage hanging plant holders, Angie Johnson of Norwegian Wood worked with a small metalworking company in Los Angeles to create these modern black and white hanging planters.Featuring a [...]
Job of the Month – Mt Waverley Project Now Complete
Cast your memory back to June 2016, we highlighted our Mt Waverley Project of the Month. We're thrilled to announce that this is now complete. We were commissioned by Pentana [...]
Tom Stuart-Smith’s Chelsea garden 2008
If you ask Ian Barker to list what inspires him, you’ll receive a very long list. But if you ask him who inspires him, you’ll get one reply: Tom Stuart-Smith [...]
A colourful hero
When Pentana Solutions asked us to create a social, relaxing space for their staff to enjoy we knew that happy colours were key to achieving this goal. Presenting a mosaic [...]
Garden tools to dig
There is only one thing better than creating a beautiful garden – and that’s creating it with beautiful gardening tools.Grafa garden tools are handmade locally in Melbourne’s inner west by [...]
The Ever-Changing Forest Pansy
Plants are obviously our passion, so we're keen to share some of our favourites and a tip or two on how to get the best out of yours. We’ve decided [...]