Garden Lighting
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 [...]
Curves or Straight Lines?
There has been a pendulum swing between curves and straight lines since landscape design came into being. Gardens with mostly straight lines are more formal in appearance than those with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Your Garden in Spring…
Ian was asked recently by Inside Out magazine to provide some recommendations to readers for what they could do in their gardens in Springtime. Ian's advice will be appearing on the [...]
GARDEN DRUM – Romantic Perennial Garden a Florist’s Dream
Head over to Garden Drum to read Ian's latest article about our recently completed romantic perennial garden - the St Kilda project! Click the logo to visit the Garden Drum website.
GARDEN DRUM – Contemporary perennial garden gives Victorian-era house a facelift
Head over to Garden Drum to read Ian's latest article about our plant filled, naturalistic perennial garden - the Box Hill project! Click the logo to visit the Garden Drum [...]
GARDEN DRUM – Design for a plant-focused parterre garden
Head over to the Garden Drum website to read Ian's article on our Glen Iris project. This is the first article we have had published on Garden Drum and we [...]
Ian's Top Ten Landscape Designers
Ian was recently asked to give a presentation at the Anston Paving Stones Industry Night in Adelaide about gardens that have influenced him over the past five years, and the [...]
Ian's Anston Paving Stones Industry Night Presentation
Ian was recently asked to give a presentation at the Anston Paving Industry Night in Adelaide about gardens that have influenced him over the past five years, and the direction [...]