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A Clear Path to Creating a Garden You’ll Love. Discover how to avoid the common mistake people make. Creating a garden you love entails making the right decisions.
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A Clear Path to Creating a Garden You’ll Love. Discover how to avoid the common mistake people make. Creating a garden you love entails making the right decisions.
So, you’re ready to create your ideal garden.
At Whyte Gardens, we understand how important this space is to you. A place to relax, entertain, and enjoy everyday life.
Most people already have ideas.
What they’re unsure of is how to bring everything together.
Design, materials, permits, and construction all need to align, and without the right guidance, the process can quickly feel overwhelming.
It’s not just about designing a beautiful garden.
It’s about ensuring it can be realised, seamlessly, and as intended.
Your costs become clearer the further your design develops.
At Whyte Gardens, budget and design evolve together. As your garden takes shape — the layout, the materials, the structures — the costs become more defined at every stage. There are no surprises handed to you at the end.
If you’d like to understand how this works for your property, the best place to start is a free consultation with our design team.
Alternatively…
If you’re at the early stages and want a ballpark figure before we speak, use the estimator tool below.
Drawing on decades of experience designing and building gardens,
Andrew will help you understand the likely cost range for the elements you wish to include in your project.
This online consultation runs for approximately 30–45 minutes and is
designed to provide realistic budget guidance early in the process.
Dreaming about your ideal garden should feel exciting — not uncertain.
While budget naturally influences decisions, clarity changes everything.
When you understand what is realistically achievable, you can move forward with confidence and direction.
If you would prefer to explore your project independently first, our
Landscaping Estimator Tool is designed to help you gain early budget clarity from the comfort of your home.
This specially developed tool guides you through a simple step-by-step process, allowing you to select the elements you would like included in your garden and enter approximate areas in square metres.
As you progress, the estimator begins formulating a realistic budget
range based on the selections you make.
Because informed decisions become far easier when assumptions are replaced with clarity.
It’s time to bring your dream garden to life.
Understanding a realistic budget for your landscaping project places you in the drivers seat.
By pressing one of the following links, you are taking a large step forward in gaining control of your budget and ultimately, creating the ideal garden to enjoy.
People all across Melbourne have trusted us to build them the garden of their dreams. As a boutique landscape design studio, we work with a limited number of projects each year, allowing us to give every garden the design attention it deserves.
Your garden will be in the hands of industry-leading professionals
Our team has 30+ years of experience in all aspects of landscape design – and we’ve created more than 550 beautiful gardens along the way.
You can trust us to do all the heavy lifting from start to finish
We handle every step of the process so you can free up your time and never have to worry about a thing.
You’ll be kept in the loop during each step of the process
We communicate with you the entire time so you feel a real sense of partnership (and pride).
Your new garden will make your home the talk of the town
Our goal is always to create a sophisticated garden that makes you proud and stops neighbours in their tracks to marvel at its beauty.
It fits the three image tiles by tying together outdoor living, gardens, and lifestyle-focused design.
With 30+ years of experience in the landscape design industry,
Andrew’s developed a keen passion for nature and beauty. Over the course of his career, he realised that his purpose in life is to help more people experience the pleasures of the great outdoors. Why? Because he knows that connection to nature is vital to our well-being.
“Nature has the power to deliver human beings a sense of freedom and calm – and I genuinely believe that there’s more joy to be had outside than inside. It’s a hectic world for most of us and the need for a sanctuary is vital to our sense of well-being. That sanctuary is your garden.”
Andrew works closely with our expert team to turn your design vision into a functional masterpiece. Upon completion, you’ll be inspired by a garden that allows you to connect with nature, yourself and your loved ones.
This guide has been created to give you clarity — and to help you avoid the common pitfalls that can derail a garden project.
Inside, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of:
Creating a garden is a meaningful investment — one that will shape how you live for years to come.
Taking the time to understand the right approach from the beginning can make all the difference.
Whether you choose to work with Whyte Gardens or not, this guide will help you move forward with greater confidence and direction.
Please provide your name and your best email address, and we will email a copy of your guide to you in just a few moments.
Zeb did a great job of producing a wonderful landscape design that complimented the sloping block and lifestyle. Andrew Mills and the team did a great job onsite to produce a fantastic result. We are loving the garden and surrounds.
Fabulous experience from concept to completion. Andrew Whyte and designer Zac were very receptive to our specific brief, and presented flexible and innovative ideas which drew us to some exciting directions. The design and construction process was well explained and documented throughout. Delivered on time to an exceptionally high standard. A special shout out to landscape architect Zac for his brilliant mid-century inspired, bee-friendly design, and for the super friendly landscaping team who worked on our property, always with a can-do, respectful and consultative approach. We can't wait to see how the garden grows over the years. Six months on and the garden, crazy paving and deck area is already giving us great delight with little maintenance. Highly recommended!
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I have no hesitation in recommending Whytes Gardens. They project managed and executed renovations to both our front and back gardens including a new concrete pool and spa, 10m deck including outdoor kitchen and couch space, louvre roof, auto blinds & heaters - plus landscaping, concrete around pools and paths, lighting, reticulation and grinding back our driveway! The results are awesome and we love it. Particular thanks to Andrew M, Zeb, Connie, Andrew W and Lachie! Also to Laguna Pools for our fab new pool.
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Andrew & his entire team from the very onset have been fabulous to work with. Always available , helpful & most professional. It was delightful to hear. & see all the chaps so very happy working together. From the first initial inquiry, Whyte Gardens have delivered everything l could have possibly hoped for. The updates explaining the steps & background information was most comprehensive. Nothing was too much , everything was thoughtfully drawn & explained in detail . With all garden projects, flexibility is the key to create a wonderful outcome. The team embraced the challenges & along the way suggestions were presented to me. I have nothing but gratitude & respect for the entire Whyte Garden team from Andrew Whyte to supervisors, garden designers, plant consultants to the hands on construction team. I have waited a very long time for my own personally designed garden. Don’t wait too long to have your dream garden. I can be found wandering around my treasured garden, my happy place. Photos to follow. Thank you Whyte Gardens. Shelley
Read MoreThe fundamentals of a driveway, side concrete, rear alfresco paving, planting, irrigation, lighting, etc, can start at $100,000 and easily go to $200,000. When you add more sophisticated elements, it can go from $300,000 and up.
Our projects range from $50,000 to $500,000. It really depends on the scale and complexity.
Yes, simple projects with few elements. For example, a project that incorporates only one element. For example, someone wants a new paved path to their front door.
We design and landscape whole gardens.
You cannot design in isolation from the real costs of landscaping. You need to evolve a design that costs evolve along with it.
That is why our Tandem Approach has both our design and landscaping teams involved from the very start.
Find out how you can start creating your dream garden with a free consultation.
Get actionable advice about the design & and construction process for your unique garden as you speak directly 1:1 with one of our professional designers
Here’s just some of what we’ll cover in your call…
*Please note: Travel fees may apply for onsite consults.
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