Marino
Garden Design Solutions transformed this Marino backyard into a pet-friendly, easy-care haven for holidaymakers. Our design provides a warm welcome for Airbnb guests and their pets,…
Adelaide's Landscape Architects
Design & Landscaping Solutions.
We design then create your new Adelaide garden featuring specific lawn and plants, garden beds, small retaining walls, timber screens, low voltage lighting, water features and irrigation.
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Our Portfolio Across Adelaide
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Completed Adelaide Projects
Explore our recent residential transformations. Every project is designed and executed by our qualified Adelaide trades—from complex retaining earthworks to ambient evening illumination.
Wayville
The team transformed this backyard in Wayville by landscaping the yard with new lawn, laying a new paved path, patio area and pavers surrounding the pool,…
Wattle Park
The client’s brief was to create a simple and minimalist design. Our team achieved this by incorporating aggregate, artificial lawn, and pavers, which provided a clean…
How We Design For Your Suburb
Adelaide features vastly different soil profiles and topography. Select your local Adelaide zone below to see our recommend design approach.
Stirling // Aldgate // Blackwood // Mitcham
Sloped Terrains, water management & frost hardy plants
Properties in the Adelaide Hills face significant runoff, winter frosts, and erosion challenges. We design gardens that consider.
Erosion Control & Terracing
Frost tolerant planting
Earthworks and stormwater management
Automated Drip Schedules
Burnside // Norwood // Unley // Hyde Park
Heritage Courtyards & Clay Soil Conditioning
Eastern and inner-metro allotments often feature reactive clay soils and compact courtyard footprints. Taking this into account when designing and building your ideal garden, it is important to consider:
Clay soil conditioning
Size of plants at maturity and courtyard space maximization
Site access during construction
Future garden maintenance
Privacy
Brighton // Glenelg // Henley Beach // Semaphore
Salt-Wind Resilience & Drought-Proof Sand
Coastal Adelaide gardens must withstand relentless afternoon sea breezes, salt spray, and fast-draining sandy soil. We incorporate organic loam conditioning and select hardy coastal screening hedges and succulents in many of the designs that can handle the harsh conditions. When designer and building your coastal garden, we often recommend:
Salt & Wind Resistant Screening
Sandy Soil Loam Enrichment
Water-Efficient Subsurface Drip
Sculptural Succulents & such as Agave and Aloe plant varieties
The Adelaide Standard
Select with confidence.
Garden Design Solutions specialise in the design and landscaping of gardens of all shapes and sizes from compact townhouse gardens, front and back, to large family home allotments or gardens with unique features across Adelaide.
Based in Adelaide, our qualified team of highly skilled Adelaide trades and garden designers will work with you to ensure you make the most of your outdoor space, no matter the size with our focus based on delivering a space that you will truly enjoy and admire for years to come. From traditional, modern or contemporary designs we will create a look that is individual in design and style that functions for the outdoor lifestyle you desire and will be proud of.
How We Work Across Adelaide
The process – quotations
Our onsite no obligation quotes include, design and consultation, tailoring specifically to how you want to live and entertain outdoors. Depending on the size of the project and quote, a detailed design and planting plan may accompany the quote.
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Design Only
Curated architectural and planting designs (where specified).
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Spatial Styling
Designing and structuring the outdoor space to suit exactly how you and your family would like to use it for relaxing and entertaining.
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Full Landscaping
End-to-end structural landscaping of the residential site executed to exact design specifications.
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Plant Recommendations
Expert agronomic selection of lawns, feature trees, and screening flora acclimatised to Adelaide conditions and local soils.
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Irrigation & Water
Design and installation of automated, water-efficient irrigation systems and water features.
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Screens & Lighting
Custom hardwood timber screens combined with ambient low-voltage garden lighting to illuminate feature beds during Adelaide evenings.
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Retaining walls, paving & fencing
Heavy structural work delivered by GDS's qualified Adelaide trade partners — engineered for compliance and longevity.
Trusted Across Adelaide
Stories from Adelaide Gardens
See how we have transformed residential allotments across Adelaide Metro, the Eastern Suburbs, Coastal Adelaide, and the Adelaide Hills.
"Our garden has been completely transformed."
"We had a fantastic experience working with Geoff, Ryan and their team. Geoff took the time to really listen to our ideas and preferences and then translated them into a thoughtful garden design that perfectly suits our space and lifestyle. The works were done without issue or unexplained delay with the end result exceeding our expectations. Our garden has been completely transformed, and we couldn’t be happier with the final product."
"Better than we could have imagined."
"We used Garden Designs for our backyard, and I can’t recommend them highly enough. Not only did they exceed our expectations, but they also tidied up areas that weren’t even included in the quote. The team was polite, professional, and a pleasure to have around. The backyard turned out better than we could have imagined. We’re absolutely thrilled and wouldn’t consider using anyone else. Thank you, Geoff and team!"
"The result is beyond my expectations."
"I could not be happier with Geoff and the team at GDS. Geoff went over and above in this job and accommodated existing structures and paving. He ensured that everything flowed beautifully and the result is beyond my expectations. Everything was very transparent throughout the process and I even discovered he had been weeding a garden bed that wasn’t part of the works!! I now have much more useable garden space, finished off with lights and full irrigation. Thanks Geoff, Ryan and the team. I would highly recommend GDS to anyone looking for landscaping work."
Online Nursery Division
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Acclimatised Plant Store
Grown and conditioned for Adelaide gardens. Free Adelaide metro shipping on orders over $500.
Japanese Box
Price range: $17.80 through $39.50
Chinese Star Jasmin
$15.50
Sweet Viburnum
Price range: $16.80 through $78.00
That is the GDS Difference
Free plant replacement guarantee
Should a plant or plants not survive the new planting during the first 28 days, Garden Design Solutions will guarantee free replacement of these plants. That is the GDS difference. Conditions apply^.
^Plant Replacement Conditions:
- Plant must have been purchased through the Garden Design Website or have been recommended and installed by Garden Design Solutions as part of a quoted and approved Adelaide landscaping project and is subject to irrigation system being installed by GDS.
- GDS team must inspect the dying or dead plant.
- Replacement of plant must be like for like in size or smaller.
- Does not apply to missing or stolen plants.
^^Please acknowledge that under or over watering can kill plants especially in the first weeks of planting during Adelaide summers. GDS will recommend a watering regime.
No Obligation Onsite Adelaide Quotes
Contact us for a free quote
Tell us about your Adelaide outdoor space below, or speak with Geoff directly for immediate guidance.
Direct Adelaide Consult: 0416 172 468 (Geoff)