Looking to make the most of your outdoor space? Hanging baskets can provide an excellent means of introducing vertical greenery and interest. In alignment with your personal taste and specific environmental conditions, they can be constructed of luscious green foliage, flowering seasonal perennials or sculptural succulent and cacti specimens. The hanging basket, which as a...
Although a little late on the update, as promised in our earlier news post gardens abroad, we have put together a selection of images to share our experience of the Chelsea RHS Flower and Garden Show 2016, which we had the pleasure of especially travelling to in May earlier this year. A highlight for us was Phillip...
A recently completed JJL project, we were approached by these clients to assist them with not only beautifying, but also resolving issues around a difficult sloping block that gave way rapidly over a short distance in the rear garden; making it almost unusable in its existing state. Since purchasing this inner eastern Melbourne home around...
Within the garden space, structure is undeniably significant in embedding a house within its environment. An existing mass of lawn was all that softened this Malvern home, which positioned on an upward sloping block on a prominent main road, completely dominated its surrounds. JJL was engaged by the owners to envision a landscape design that...
Developing a garden design to link the heritage front of a Victorian house with a newly developed contemporary rear extension was the primary motivation for this project. Planted in two stages and completed over a year ago now, it is a great pleasure to see how the garden has flourished and is looking settled. The...
JJL is currently in the midst of planning an upcoming international trip to see the RHS Chelsea Flower show, in anticipation of this event we have come to the realisation that we have bypassed sharing some amazing gardens that we had the pleasure of visiting on a European adventure late last year. This is an...
With the rapid urban spread and development of apartment and multi-residential buildings throughout the city many are loosing the large open garden spaces we love, we are therefore being challenged to develop new ideas and come up with different ways of using restrictive spaces to introduce some greenery into our lives. Recently, the team at...
A little while back we posted a news item about a recent Jane Jones Landscapes project that was under progress, ‘Kew Garden.’ This was shared at the completion of the first of two stages, the back garden. Although a bit late on the update, we are happy to announce the completion of the second stage,...
As we settle into the heart of summer, the warmer months encourage a transition to plantings of vibrant colours. Coinciding with the beginning of the New Year, this is a time for reflection and rejuvenation. With this in mind and inspired by a recent pilgrimage to Claude Monet’s mesmerising garden at Giverny, we believe that...
