Table of Contents: The New Suburban Garden - Gardenista
Suburbs were a 19th century dream, for families to escape dirty city air and have their own swath of green space. Two centuries later we’re once again finding new ideas in suburban gardens.
A small garden in Melbourne suburb Toorak was a blank canvas the first time designers Cameron and Stephanie Paterson of Grounded Gardens saw the site. See the transformation at Designer Visit: A Courtyard to Covet in a Melbourne Suburb.
This week we hop onto a commuter train to discover Garden Ideas to Steal from suburban gardens.
Tuesday
Available seasonally at Old House Gardens (currently sold out), Iris ‘Florentina’ “is a pale, luminous pewter – unique and ravishing.” This year it was $11 a bulb or three for $30.
Our favorite new color for spring gardens?
Wednesday
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Bonus rooms: see our favorite garage space conversions in this week’s Roundup post.
Friday
Photograph by Tom Kubik for Gardenista.
We pay a call on Michelle’s next-door neighbor’s garden in this week’s Garden Visit.