Outdoor Design

Outdoor Design is one of Australia’s leading outdoor design magazines, showcasing the latest innovative design and construction for outdoor living spaces, bringing the best quality products and professional services in the landscaping industry to gardens all around Australia. Outdoor Design & Living is a bi-annual magazine that features particular lifestyles with outdoor rooms including kitchens, outdoor lighting, water features, sound systems and outdoor theatres, pools and spas, as well as indoor-outdoor furniture. Purchase includes the Digital Edition and News Service. Please stay in touch via our Facebook Page.

FROM THE EDITOR

Outdoor Design

SEAMLESS FUSION • This refined landscape combines contemporary elegance with timeless appeal to offer the ultimate harbourside lifestyle

TOTAL INTEGRATION • For John Storch, landscape architect and the founder of A Total Concept, a holistic design approach is essential

PERFECT PEACE • Working all the angles, this surprisingly private garden is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of urban life

BAYSIDE BLISS • Having acquired a waterside property as a second home, the next step was to create a garden of equal beauty

SPREADING THE JOY • Ensuring client happiness is of ultimate importance for Colin Marchant, Costata Landscape Design’s founder and director

IN THE ROUND • With curves in all the right places, front and back gardens settle the home into the landscape while conjuring the charm of the coast

ART OF DESIGN • Create a garden that feels planned and part of your home

UP THE WALL • If you’re short on ground space to grow plants, go vertical

UP IN LIGHTS • Elevate your garden with bespoke landscape lighting

LIFESTYLE INVESTMENT • How to find the right landscape designer for your new garden, pool or cabana

LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR AWARDS • Presented by Outdoor Design, the Landscape of the Year Awards celebrate design and construction excellence from around Australia. Here we showcase the amazing entrants in the 2026 awards

THE NEXT LEVEL • Outdoor Design’s Landscape of the Year Awards showcase landscaping excellence

JUDGING PANEL — WHO’S WHO • Meet the expert judges of Outdoor Design’s Landscape of the Year Awards 2026

NEW CONNECTIONS • This skilfully terraced, laidback coastal garden has gone from drab and out-of-date to a showcase of sophisticated contemporary design

HIDDEN GEMS • Concealed from passers-by, these refreshed gardens offer untold delights

COURTYARD CHIC • This luxuriant Mediterranean-style garden offers an immersive experience

PERFECT BLEND • A beautifully composed garden combining Tuscan and Balinese design notes

HYGGE HAVEN • Designed as a cosy, comfy and convivial gathering space, this unique garden encourages you to go with the flow

LIVE THE DREAM • A bespoke lifestyle landscape created for an exceptional canal-side home

LAP OF LUXURY • With its curvy cabana, built-in daybed and sophisticated pool, this reimagined landscape offers a luxurious resort lifestyle

MEANT TO BE • From the sleek infinity pool to the welcoming fire pit zone, this sophisticated garden epitomises modern luxury

DREAM WEAVING • This newly-built family garden is designed for year-round entertaining

A TALL ORDER • From precipice to perfection … the metamorphosis of this steep, awkardly-shaped backyard is nothing short of remarkable

RURAL RETREAT • The resort-style pool is the undeniable showpiece of this backyard haven

OASIS OF CALM • This thoughtfully landscaped family property has it all, from a leafy front garden to a...