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Listen before drawing
The best brief comes from walking the garden with you: where the light falls, what you use and what you would change.
The studio
A small studio thatlistens, then plantsfor the long run.
Fieldwork is a small garden design studio in Melbourne. We draw on site, plant for the soil you have and stay around for the seasons after, because that is when a garden becomes yours.
How we workMost of our work happens outside, on the lawn, with a sketchbook.
Three things wehold on to.
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Design for the person who cares for it
A garden should suit the time you have. We plan the upkeep along with the planting.
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Leave room for change
Gardens grow and households change. We draw structure that lasts and planting that can shift.
Good gardens take time,so we stay for it.
A garden is never finished on the day the landscaper leaves. The first two years decide how it settles, so we plan for them from the start.
We keep the studio small on purpose. The person who walks your garden is the person who draws it and the person who comes back to check on it.
And we write everything down: the plan, the plant list and a care sheet in plain words, so the garden can be looked after by anyone.
Start a garden brief
How we work
with you
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One person, start to finish
The designer who visits is the one who draws your garden and comes back to check on it.
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Drawings you can build from
Plans, a planting schedule and notes a landscaper can price without guessing.
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Care in plain words
A care sheet written for your garden, and visits in the first two years when it needs them.
Plants we come back to, because they suit Melbourne gardens: Westringia, Lomandra, Poa, Correa, Salvia, Nepeta, Pennisetum, Olea, Leucadendron, Acacia cognata, Banksia, Grevillea.