Category Archives: design events

michael cooke’s open garden

Hawthorne Stud Invitation
It’s that time of year again when Michael Cooke, of Michael Cooke Garden Design, opens up the the gates to his central coast property Hawthorne Stud for the public to visit. Full of hidden areas, the garden twists and turns and takes you each time to a place more beautiful than the next. With a [...]
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tealight wit!

Tealights
We all love a bit of mood lighting while entertaining with good mates, cuddling up with a good movie or a lovie dovie night in. One designer that I really love is London based Martha Freud who works with a very natural ascetic. Her designs have a very natural feel which is what I love [...]
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our new adelaide showroom is now open

Designers' Saturday
Our team down in Adelaide have been very busy building our newest showroom and we are so pleased to announce it is now open! They’ve done a cracker of a job, so head on down to 13 College Road, Kent Town to have a squizz. But the work doesn’t stop there, the team are now [...]
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spring expert instore – peter fudge

Peter Fudge Gardens
This Saturday just gone was the second of three Spring Expert weekends we are hosting in our Sydney, Melbourne and Perth showrooms and what a success! Our Waterloo showroom had Peter Fudge come by, who received a huge turn out and stayed well over the planned two hours. However, if you did miss him you [...]
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emerging artist

orb - damianvick.com
Melbourne based Artist Damian Vick creates some amazing sculptural pieces as you see below and we are lucky enough to stock a few of his designs in our Melbourne showrooms. Working with metal, timber and other natural materials ‘Damian’s aesthetic is bold and structured, tempered by a casual and refined chaos’. Winning 1st prize recently [...]
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interview with peter fudge

Peter Fudge
Our Danks St Waterloo showroom will be hosting the well known ‘Peter Fudge’ from ‘Peter Fudge Gardens’ on the October long weekend. So if you are in town make sure you swing in and introduce yourself as we are really excited about having Peter join us and can’t wait to hear his design advice for [...]
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interview with ken pattinson

Ken Pattinson
Saturday the 1st of October, you can expect to see landscaping expert ‘Ken Pattinson’ from ‘Art in Green’ in our Brookvale showroom. Ken will be ready to answer any of your questions and take at look at images, magazine cutouts, materials and just about anything that will help describe your space and what you would [...]
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interview with georgia harper

Georgia Harper
Our Spring Expert In-Store session number two is almost here and appearing at 10am on the 1st of October in our Richmond showroom, is well known Landscape Designer ‘Georgia Harper’. Georgia from ‘Georgia Harper Landscape Design’ completes a vast range of projects starting from small residential courtyards up to large commercial developments, so she will [...]
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whats your plan for october 1st ?

Spring Expert In-Store
For some lucky states October 1st is a long weekend, so already plans are in full swing to load up the car and escape for a change of scenery. Although there is of course those of us who will choose to stay put in our local area and soak up the action and good times [...]
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interview with matt cantwell

Matt Cantwell
Matt Cantwell from ‘Secret Gardens of Sydney‘ is another expert who will be appearing in store this Spring, so read on and start thinking of some questions you can throw his way… Describe your style. Sydney is an eclectic city with a range of architectural styles and personalities; so as a garden designer, flexibility and [...]
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