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How Landscaping Adds Value to Your Home
Landscaping AdviceThe real impact of landscape design and landscaping on property value and home running expenses is a topic of keen interest, particularly in places like Perth, where we are able to enjoy outdoor spaces virtually year-round. Many indicato...
Avoid These Common Pitfalls: Top 10 Mistakes in DIY Landscape Projects
UncategorizedEmbarking on a landscape project as a beginner gardener can be both exciting and rewarding, but without careful planning and consideration, it’s easy to fall into common traps that can turn your dream garden into a nightmare. To ensure y...
How to Choose Pavements for your Perth Garden
Landscaping AdviceDesigning your ideal outdoor space requires thoughtful decisions about paving materials in their cost, location, drainage and aesthetics. People often ask about the pros and cons of different materials, and we’d like to share a little bi...
10 Ways Native Plants Can Enhance Your Perth Garden
Landscaping AdviceNative plants support local ecosystems while preserving the unique character and heritage of Australia. With some planning and forethought, you can create a range of appealing garden styles while incorporating native plants and enhancing...
TDL’s Tips & Tricks to Maximise Your Outdoor Entertaining Space
Landscaping AdviceDesigning and incorporating an inviting and functional outdoor space in your new home or renovation can provide additional living and entertainment areas while creating a seamless flow between indoors and out. In this blog post, we will ...
Selecting the Right Plants for Your Perth Garden
Landscaping AdviceWhen we’re putting together a design for a garden, a key consideration is the functionality of the planting. We think about whether the planting is being used to screen something off or if it needs a low profile, whether it needs to clim...
How to find the Right Sculptures, Planters, and Ornamentation for your Perth Garden
Landscaping AdviceSome spaces call for focal elements like garden sculptures and planters to create visual cues that establish hierarchy within the layout. Sculptures and planters can be used to frame entryways, to draw the eye to feature gardens, and som...
Our Go-To Tips for Selecting Perth’s Best Outdoor Furniture and Fittings
Landscaping Advice, TDL LifestyleWe are so lucky to live in Western Australia, our climate and roomy residences allow many of us to exploit the luxury of outdoor living and entertaining throughout the year. Here, bringing the indoors out is a worthwhile project that can...
Landscaping your Heritage Perth Home
Landscaping AdviceMany of Perth’s older suburbs boast beautiful heritage homes with spacious gardens. Heritage homes are known for their unique character and rich history and heritage significance is based on the historic and aesthetic values of the area....
Landscape Design Highlights – Our Favourite Projects
Landscape Design FeatureTDL’s residential landscape design team devote their full attention to creating practical, beautiful, bespoke landscapes for our clients. Their customised approach to each project is abundantly clear upon viewing the visualisations and...
What You Should Know About Landscaping Your New Build Home
Landscaping AdviceBuilding a new home from the ground up can be one of the most exciting and rewarding challenges a person can take on. You may have chosen your ideal location, and started the design process with the architect or builder of your choice. B...
7 Landscape Design Trends We’re Getting Behind in 2022
Landscaping AdviceWith the onset of cooler weather, now is the perfect time to prepare your Perth garden for a transformation. We will be looking at some of the most popular landscape design elements trending in Perth right now to turn your garden into ...