Location: Thornbury, Melbourne

Project Type: Private

Completed: 2025

Photography: Jen Tighe

Thornbury

A backyard garden with a brick pathway, a wooden deck, and a white house with glass-paneled doors. There is a black wooden fence, potted plants, a small table with chairs, and a hanging plant basket.

About this Project

Thornbury

The brief for our Thornbury project was to enhance the existing lawn with outdoor dining areas and native planting, while maintaining a generous play space for young children and encouraging interaction with the garden.

Perimeter planting creates enclosure as the garden matures, while also providing visual interest when viewed from inside the house. Sandstone paving and corten steel edging form the hard elements, complementing the colour palette of flowering plants.

Every season unveils a new tapestry of colour and texture.

Close-up of small yellow flowers with green stems and leaves, blurred green background.
Yellow flowers blooming in a garden bed with green grass in the foreground.
A garden with yellow and grey-green plants along a black fence, with a pathway and a green trash bin in the background.
A backyard garden with a black wooden fence, featuring various green plants and flowers, including a tall silvery eucalyptus plant and small yellow flowers.

Photography by Jen Tighe Creative

  • Xerochrysum bracteatum

    Calothamnus quadrifidus 'Grey'

    Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue'

    Myoporum parvifolium

    Westringia fruticosa

    Lomandra longifolia

  • Corten steel

    Sandstone

  • Kuranga Native Nursery

    Plantmark

    Shapescaper

    Melbourne Brick

Next Project

Brighton East

Ready to collaborate with Prism on your own space, book a connection call with us today.

BOOK A CONNECTION CALL  ↓