Concept design · AI image
Quiet Courtyard
Layered greens, a gravel path and restrained seasonal colour create a Japanese-inspired retreat in Katoomba.
This Inspiration Garden is a concept design, illustrated with the help of AI, to show what's possible with plants suited to Australian conditions. Real gardens from our community are coming soon — share yours.
Garden Areas
Rounded Green Framework
A generous courtyard border uses repeated rounded shrubs, with colour-changing nandinas set into the brighter positions. Open gravel between the groups gives each plant a clear outline.
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View plant →Dwarf Sacred BambooNandina domestica nana
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View plant →Nandina Moon BayNandina domestica 'Moon Bay'
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View plant →Heavenly BambooNandina domestica
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View plant →Pittosporum Golf BallPittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball'
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View plant →Pittosporum Hole in OnePittosporum tenuifolium 'HI01' Hole in One
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View plant →Dwarf spindle bush Tom ThumbEuonymus japonicus microphyllus 'Tom Thumb'
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View plant →Dwarf spindle bush Green RocketEuonymus japonicus 'Green Rocket'
Sheltered Leaf Walk
A shaded path edge pairs broad leaves with fine strappy foliage. The planting is kept back from the walking surface, and the variegated leaves catch the available light beside the wall.
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View plant →Cast Iron PlantAspidistra elatior
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View plant →Galaxia Cast Iron PlantAspidistra elatior 'Galaxia'
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View plant →Arthropodium 'Te Puna'Arthropodium cirratum 'Te Puna'
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View plant →Evergreen Giant LiriopeLiriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant'
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View plant →Big Blue LilyturfLiriope muscari cultivars
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View plant →Tasred® DianellaDianella tasmanica Tasred®
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View plant →Dianella SilveradoDianella tasmanica 'Silverado'
Seasonal Viewing Bed
A sheltered bed viewed from the sitting room offers winter roses, summer hydrangeas and low foliage colour. The composition borrows the calm of a Japanese garden without claiming to reproduce a traditional design.
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View plant →Camelot Winter RoseHelleborus x ballardiae 'Camelot'
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View plant →Merlin Winter RoseHelleborus x ballardiae 'Merlin'
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View plant →Helleborus Shooting StarHelleborus x ericsmithii Gold Collection® Shooting Star
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View plant →Hydrangea White Knight
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View plant →Hydrangea Black LaceHydrangea macrophylla 'Black Lace'
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View plant →Coral BellsHeuchera x hybrid 'Black Varieties'
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View plant →Coral BellsHeuchera x hybrid 'Silver Varieties'
Complete Plant List 21 plants
| Plant | Botanical name | Light | Water | Detail |
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| Arthropodium 'Te Puna' | Arthropodium cirratum 'Te Puna' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Big Blue Lilyturf | Liriope muscari cultivars | part-shade | low | View → |
| Camelot Winter Rose | Helleborus x ballardiae 'Camelot' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Cast Iron Plant | Aspidistra elatior | part-shade | low | View → |
| Coral Bells | Heuchera x hybrid 'Silver Varieties' | part-shade | medium | View → |
| Coral Bells | Heuchera x hybrid 'Black Varieties' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Dianella Silverado | Dianella tasmanica 'Silverado' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Dwarf Sacred Bamboo | Nandina domestica nana | part-shade | low | View → |
| Dwarf spindle bush Green Rocket | Euonymus japonicus 'Green Rocket' | part-shade | medium | View → |
| Dwarf spindle bush Tom Thumb | Euonymus japonicus microphyllus 'Tom Thumb' | part-shade | medium | View → |
| Evergreen Giant Liriope | Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Galaxia Cast Iron Plant | Aspidistra elatior 'Galaxia' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Heavenly Bamboo | Nandina domestica | part-shade | medium | View → |
| Helleborus Shooting Star | Helleborus x ericsmithii Gold Collection® Shooting Star | part-shade | low | View → |
| Hydrangea Black Lace | Hydrangea macrophylla 'Black Lace' | part-shade | medium | View → |
| Hydrangea White Knight | — | — | View → | |
| Merlin Winter Rose | Helleborus x ballardiae 'Merlin' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Nandina Moon Bay | Nandina domestica 'Moon Bay' | part-shade | low | View → |
| Pittosporum Golf Ball | Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball' | part-shade | medium | View → |
| Pittosporum Hole in One | Pittosporum tenuifolium 'HI01' Hole in One | part-shade | low | View → |
| Tasred® Dianella | Dianella tasmanica Tasred® | part-shade | low | View → |