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Tall bird of paradise and banana palms arching over a stepping-stone path with a corten fire crate, framing a glimpse of the home beyond
Design Style

Tropical

Big leaves, dense green canopy

About the style

Tropical

Tropical style is built on foliage first: banana, heliconia, and clumping palms massed thickly enough to turn a path or courtyard into a genuine canopy. Fire crates, timber sleeper posts, and pebble beds sit low in the planting so the greenery, not the hardscape, carries the space.

Suits

Suits owners who want the garden itself to feel like the destination, with foliage doing the work that pools and pavilions do in other styles.

Materials

  • Banana and heliconia planting
  • Golden cane and fan palms
  • Recycled timber sleeper posts
  • Corten steel fire crates
  • River pebble path beds
  • Concrete stepping pavers

Signature details

  • Dense banana leaf canopy
  • Symmetrical planting archways
  • Fire features tucked into foliage
  • Sleeper-post path edging
  • Layered palm and heliconia underplanting
  • Glimpses through to pavilion and deck
The Gallery

Tropical in South East Queensland gardens.

Aerial view over giant banana leaves and palm fronds down to a free-form pool and timber deck at dusk
Dense golden cane and fan palms crowding a timber deck beside a free-form pool at dusk
Giant banana leaves arching over a rock-and-timber path with a corten fire crate leading to a lit outdoor pavilion
Backlit banana and heliconia foliage framing a stepping path between timber sleeper posts at dusk
Banana leaf canopy arching over a gravel path with a corten fire crate and timber sleeper posts
Banana and heliconia foliage framing a view through to an outdoor kitchen counter and covered deck
Flowering frangipani and heliconia planting massed around timber sleeper posts beside an outdoor kitchen deck
Corten fire crate glowing among dense banana leaf planting on a pebble path leading to a covered deck
Banana, heliconia, and bird of paradise planting bed framing a pool terrace beside a white weatherboard home

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