Come and explore this incredible modern Australian garden in Ivanhoe. It's a suburban family garden, designed for outdoor entertaining, complete with a pool, beautiful pool landscaping, a fire pit space, and a small lush lawn space.   This backyard is the perfect example of gardening in Australia for the whole family to enjoy - including teenagers! Designed by Paul Pritchard Landscapes, this garden uses clever garden design and different paving options to create different zones that define the space. Whether you're lounging by the pool or gathering around the fire pit, every area feels c ..read more

This stunning 10-year-old garden beautifully blends Australian native plants with a formal garden aesthetic, creating a harmonious connection to its bushland surrounds.   If you’re looking for garden design ideas or inspiration for gardening in Australia, this space offers a perfect mix of formal elements, like clipped hedges, a curved garden arbour and structured garden beds, with naturalistic native plantings that reflect the surrounding landscape. In this garden tour, we’ll explore a calm, established backyard in Warrandyte, featuring everything from striking Gymea lilies and a ..read more

This beautiful modern cottage garden makeover showcases the best of autumnal colours and textures. Welcome to Oak Cottage, with its garden design by the talented Tim Pilgrim. Situated in Macedon, just an hour northwest of Melbourne, nestled beneath a 100-year-old oak tree, this garden offers a perfect blend of contemporary garden design ideas and traditional charm, with seasonal planting ideas for year round beauty.   Join me, Chloe from Bean There Dug That, as we explore this enchanting autumn garden and see how it has transformed over the past year. This garden, planted only a year ..read more

If you're stuck on how to build a retaining wall that is both low cost and DIY friendly then I'd highly recommend you consider gabion walls. Gabion cages, sometimes called gabion wire baskets are so easy to put together - especially when you buy pre-made gabion kits that include all the materials you need and then you just add the stone or rock fill once you've put them together. Here's my tips on how we built our gabion wall, that doubles as a seat across our back lawn..... My favourite things about gabion walls or gabion retaining walls: 1. They are very DIY friendly and easy to piec ..read more

Ah successfully gardening in shade....turns out getting plants to grow and thrive in shaded spots is one of the biggest problems Australian gardeners face! So I decided to create a 7 part video series filled with tips on gardening in shade.  In this first lesson - we dive into WHAT TYPE OF SHADE DO YOU HAVE....coz yes there is MORE THAN ONE!        View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chloe Thomson Horticulturist & Garden Coach (@beantheredugthat) DEEP SHADE or FULL SHADE These areas have zero sunlight, if any at all directly hitting the plants. T ..read more

This beautiful contemporary cottage garden makeover showcases the best of autumnal colours and textures. Welcome to Oak Cottage, with its garden design by the talented Tim Pilgrim. Situated in Macedon, just an hour northwest of Melbourne, nestled beneath a 100-year-old oak tree, this garden offers a perfect blend of contemporary garden design ideas and traditional charm, with seasonal planting ideas for year round beauty.   Join me, Chloe from Bean There Dug That, as we explore this enchanting autumn garden and see how it has transformed over the past year. This garden, planted only a yea ..read more

Come and explore this beautiful courtyard makeover from a bland and boring garden to a usable and inviting space filled with great garden design ideas. Join Chloe from Bean There Dug That, as you to explore this hidden gem tucked away next to a beautiful parkland. Despite its modest 67 square meter size and tricky sloping terrain, this small courtyard garden is a testament to creatively gardening in Australia with some clever innovations in landscaping.    Nestled in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne, this garden showcases great garden design techniques that strike a balance bet ..read more

Over the last 12 years, the owners of this garden have transformed it into a low maintenance garden using Australian native plant garden that's brimming with great garden design ideas. Join me, Chloe from Bean There Dug That, as we delve behind the garden gate of this urban oasis in Glen Iris, Australia. This Australian garden tells a story of transformation, from a predominantly paved driveway to a lush oasis inspired by a passion for native plants.   The front yard is now home to many beautiful and sometimes rare Australian native plants - it creates privacy from the street and a habita ..read more

Step into the enchanting world of this tiny garden that features small garden design ideas a plenty! If you're looking for ideas on how to garden in a new estate with a tiny backyard and equally tiny front yard then this video is for you! Breanna's garden in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne is only 3 years old and although it is TINY it's a wonderful example of how creative you can be when gardening in Australia, even on a very small block. If you're stuck on how to landscape your small space then Breanna's small garden landscaping ideas are for you - let me know which is you ..read more

Chloe goes behind the garden gate of a Victorian coastal garden, transformed from a challenging block into a colourful seaside oasis filled with hardy plants. This Fairhaven gem thrives against the odds of a clay-based sloping block and exposure to salty winds. We get up close and explore how using natives, clever water management, and thoughtful landscaping design transformed this garden on the Great Ocean Road into a resilient, low-maintenance and hardy garden.    We also look at how a blend of salt-air-tolerant plants, an artisanal stone-wall pizza oven, and a charming flower-pic ..read more