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Florens Garden Design

Florens Garden Design by Millie Radeski, takes an observant and sensitive attitude to each garden with the end result being a dynamic, flourishing, and functional outdoor space. Each garden created by Florens Garden Design has an emphasis on enhancing and encouraging biodiversity through layered planting approaches and incorporating elements such as water and rocks into the design in order to support these welcome visitors to the garden. Florens Garden Design believes that by increasing biodiversity, the garden comes to life and can be enjoyed for its ever-changing potential.

Florens Garden Design is conscious about sourcing local materials where possible, using the right plants for the site and using skilled landscapers to complete gardens.

Millie Radeski is a graduate of the London College of Garden Design Melbourne. Servicing southern New South Wales to north eastern Victoria, Millie began her gardening career as a passionate home gardener and now applies her skills to all elements of garden design. Her love for plants will work in tangent with hardscaping elements to create a flourishing and functional garden that her clients will love.

Millie has entered gardens into into the Balcony Design Competition at the 2022 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show where her design, “A River Somewhere”, came to life for all to see and admire. In 2023, Millie’s garden “Into the Light” in the Border Garden Competition was a garden that reflected our climatic extremes. The garden showed diversity and personality and was admired in wonderment and intrigue.

  • A garden consultation will include a full site visit and analysis where the clients brief is carefully consider to create planting plans where hardscaping may not be necessary.

    If your garden requires planting rather than major hardscaping design changes, request a garden consultation to discuss. This is an option for budget conscious gardeners.

    Each garden design is different and a quote will be provided before the project begins depending on the size and requirements.

    There is an option to carry through the design, source plants and place them.

  • Florens Garden Design offers comprehensive plans to create the garden you will love.

    An initial client meeting at the existing garden will take place where a client brief will be discussed and a site analysis will be carried out by the Designer. A conceptual plan will be delivered which includes a plan view of the garden and supporting documents such as perspective drawings.

    A masterplan can then be derived which can be quoted from by a Landscaper.

  • In large gardens, or gardens with a sloping site, it is recommended that a professional site surveyor carry out an accurate site survey to obtain the correct levels.

    Clients are asked to sign off on the brief which will be delivered after the initial meeting at the existing garden, to minimise changes that will occur later. Refinements to the design can be discussed at the concept stage, when a garden design will be delivered based on the clients brief and the site analysis. Here, a delivery of the garden design in plan view will be given, along with other supporting documents such as elevations, cross sections and prespectives.

    Mood boards will be included to support the design intent. Clients are asked to sign off on the brief to minimise changes that will occur later. Any changes can be made by the clients until concept stage, which will include the delivery of the garden design in plan view, and elevations and perspective drawings will be included to support the design as well as mood boards to support design intent.

    If comprehensive 3D models are required, they will be outsourced at an additional cost to the client.

    Changes can be discussed here however major changes from the initial brief will incur additional fees.

    Once the design is agreed upon, a MasterPlan will be developed which will include comprehensive construction drawings and planting plans.

    In some cases, the Designer may source and place plants in conjunction with the Landscaper once the building of the hardscaping is completed. This will be discussed with each client.

    This will then be quoted on by a qualified landscaper and Council approval may be sought. Once this is achieved, you will be on your way to enjoying your garden.