Water features are sometimes the perfect focal point. The sound of water provides a cooling effect by day and with lighting at night provide a flicker of light to adjacent walls and through the canopy of trees. Placed in a courtyard or front entrance they can be a dramatic statement or create a peaceful mood depending on their design.

Water features can be as simple as a pot with water flowing over the edge to purpose built designs. Not only can they look beautiful, but they can also serve a functional purpose like blocking or filtering unwanted noise, be it neighbours or traffic.

See a secret garden created, in the before and after feature this month in the Renovator issue of Vogue Living. Mark Curtis, Landscape Design Manager at Secret Gardens of Sydney talks about how Secret Gardens took an unusable rooftop and courtyard in our Potts Point garden and created an inner city sanctuary for our clients.

Peek inside the secret garden where art takes centre age. Modern Home Magazine this month features our Mosman garden where the owners love for art and our love for designing gardens combine to create a stunning contemporary outdoor space.

Secret Garden’s award winning garden design in Sydney’s Northern Beaches is featured in the March issue of Inside Out Magazine. Indigenous plants provide a dense canopy of shade for a range of subtropical plants in the understorey and the grass pathways that meander through the garden.

This issue of Vogue Living profiles an Ultimate Secret Hideaway created by Secret Gardens. Perched above Sydney’s urban jungle this rooftop garden was transformed into an enchanted space with ponds, wooden walkways and an entire entertaining level complete with hot tub.

The new issue of Inside Out magazine profiles a range of Secret Gardens landscape designs over the past two years.