Coastal Gardens

This page looks at the design style of Coastal Gardens

What makes a Coastal Garden?

Close to the sea.



Principles

Often space between plants showing the surface of the garden rather than full coverage of plants and mulch

Common design elements

Silvered off timber

Boulders

Sand



Plantings

Shrubs

  • Correa alba

  • Banksia marginata

  • Rhagodia sp.

Australian Grasses

  • Austrostipa stipoides

Trees

  • Banksia integrifolia

Low Cover

Carpobrotus sp.



Adaptations of Plants for Coastal Areas

  • Salt Tolerance

  • Wind Tolerance

  • Good Drainage

Session Outline

  • What makes a Coastal Garden?

  • Common design elements

  • Plantings

  • Principles

Presentations