This year E-GA is making a concerted effort to get out and engage with the wider design community. Whether through lectures, events or competitions, we feel that interaction with other designers is vital to prevent stagnation in our own practice. We also thought it might be nice to share some of those experiences with others […] Read more
Featured in the latest House & Garden Magazine are two gardens designed by E-GA. A pretty garden is a ‘gardener’s garden’, according to Myles Broad of Melbourne’s Eckersley Garden Architecture. ‘They’re places full of romance and feeling, where at any time you can step outside and find something to delight the senses. They should be filled with […] Read more
Rachelle Unreich from The Age, talks with Myles about creating inviting outdoor spaces. The best al fresco space is about thinking of a courtyard, rear garden or backyard as a living space. We’re looking at how we can be comfortable all year round in these places…The trend is that people are putting more money and resources […] Read more
The weather didn’t keep people away at the open garden this weekend in Surrey Hills. Here are some happy snaps of the property, just before the steady stream of people visited the garden. Read more
Don’t forget to put some time aside this weekend to visit this Open Garden. ‘Cooinda’ is located at 10 Robinson Rd, Surrey Hills. The garden is open from 10am-4.30pm Saturday & Sunday. Read more
The latest episode of Garden Gurus focuses on the Ellerslie International Flower Show. One of the most spectacular garden shows in the world you’ll be overwhelmed with ideas and blown away by the resilience shown by the people of Christchurch one year after the earthquake. Take a virtual tour of the show and listen to Scott talk […] Read more
Come and explore this lovely garden in Surrey Hills next weekend as part of the Australian Open Garden Scheme. Viewed from the street, it is hard to spot this Edwardian timber home hidden away in the greenery. The house has a new coat of colour giving the old sedate building a face lift to compete […] Read more
We are pleased to announce, E-GA has been awarded Gold for ‘The Last Australian Garden’ display at this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show. We also received a Silver Award for our display’s lighting design. Leading judge Jim Fogarty, said competition was very tough. The Christchurch Mayor stated in The New Zealand Star the quality of the exhibition gardens […] Read more
Scott has been busy at the Ellerslie International Flower Show putting together our ‘Last Australian Garden’ display. It was tools down yesterday and the judging commenced in the afternoon with the winners set to be announced today. Here is Scott’s wrap up of the event to date along with the images of the finished display. […] Read more
New Zealand is set to host the Ellerslie International Flower Show again this year after the 2011 event was cancelled due to the devastating earthquakes. We are set to participate in the event in March, exhibiting our ‘Last Australian Garden’ which won Gold at the Singapore Garden Show 2011. Read more here on their latest press release […] Read more
In the latest issue of House & Garden, Scott shares with Elizabeth Wilson tips on incorporating decking into a garden. A generously sized sun deck is a great way to extend living space into the garden, especially if there is a shady tree to offer protection from the summer sun. The October issue of House & Garden […] Read more
Soul Trader Rick Eckersley’s sensitive design for this Mornington Peninsula property brought a sleeping beauty back to life. In the latest issue of Belle, writer Georgina Reid steps into this country garden and discovers why it is a ‘fine example of a garden with soul’. Rick says, ‘I wanted the garden to feel like a bold, romantic […] Read more
The rejuvenation of the local park is bringing smiles and visitors back to bushfire-ravaged Marysville in country Victoria. In the latest issue of House & Garden, Judy Ostergaard writes about the rebuild of the Murchison Street Reflective Garden and the Kin Playspace following the Black Saturday Bush fires. The Murchison Street Reflective Garden is the main entrance […] Read more
The RMIT landscape urbanism 3 day design challenge is under way. Myles is working with Team X to design and construct a public space responding to the brief provided by the Urban Realities team. Read more
The winners of the 2011 Houses Awards were announced on Friday night at the Regent Theatre’s Plaza Ballroom. Congratulations to Virginia Kerridge Architect’s who won the overall prize, Australian House of the Year, for her project ‘House in Country NSW‘. Unfortunately we missed out on the award for the Outdoor category which was given to Terragram for the project ‘Garden of […] Read more
10 teams, 10 missions, 100 participants, 1 camp, 72 hours. Challenge the way we design and plan cities. Myles has been selected as part of the Landscape Urbanism event ’72 hour Urban Action Melbourne’. 10 teams of creative minded people join together in a challenge to design and construct a site in response to a brief. Participates will […] Read more
Scoop Homes & Art magazine take a look at the new Eco Outdoor showroom in Perth. Owners Pam & Peter Thomson are the first fanchisees of an Eco Outdoor showroom and have worked together with E-GA and Eco to bring the products to WA. Beautiful natural stone and wood surfaces mingle with furniture and accessories in a concept […] Read more
Inner sanctum Wrapped around a series of private courtyards and open living spaces, this old Melbourne cottage has a fresh new focus. In the latest House & Garden magazine – Luxe for Less, Judy Ostergarrd visits an inner-city Melbourne home with an E-GA garden. Read more
