Diamond-shaped pool edged with native grasses and strappy planting along a dark timber paling fence

Design Style

Coastal & Native

Relaxed, natural, unfussy

About the style

Coastal & Native

Coastal and native gardens favour informal planting drifts, natural stone, and timber over hard-edged formality, giving the space an easy, lived-in feel. Grasses and strappy natives soften fence lines and pool edges without heavy maintenance.

Suits

Suits family properties where the garden needs to be tough, low-maintenance, and comfortable for everyday use rather than precious.

Materials

Native lomandra and dianella
Gabion stone walls
Spotted gum sleepers
River pebbles
Timber paling fencing
Grey batten screening

Signature details

Informal grass drifts
Relaxed lawn-to-pool transition
Natural stone edging
Family-friendly open lawn
Casual native planting beds
Simple minimal fencing

The Gallery

Coastal & Native in South East Queensland gardens.

Native grasses and low planting along a stone-clad retaining wall on a timber sleeper edge

Retaining wall garden bed planted with native grasses and ferns, dark timber paling fencing behind

Close view of a gabion stone wall planted with native grass tussocks beside a paved path

Native strappy planting and shrubs along a dark timber fence beside a blue pool tile edge

Casual backyard lawn with a trampoline and a raised vegetable garden bed against a paling fence

Rectangular pool beside a traditional two-storey timber home with a black steel boundary fence

Rectangular pool with blue waterline tile bordered by a clipped hedge screen

Timber steps and deck leading down through a casual native garden bed

Gabion stone wall detail with native grass tussocks and low succulent groundcover

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