Landscape design

Designed around
how you live.

Every project starts on paper. Our landscape architect designs around how you actually live outdoors — site analysis, spatial planning and a planting palette matched to your soil, aspect and climate. You get a resolved scheme and full documentation, ready to build or tender.

Capital DCM design desk: landscape masterplan, material palette and planting schedule in review
What we do

From site analysis to a buildable set of drawings

Good design is specific. We start with the block itself — its levels, aspect, soil and the way light and wind move across it through the year — and with how you want to use it: entertaining, a pool, privacy, somewhere for the kids. The concept grows out of those two things, not a catalogue.

What you receive is a resolved scheme with full construction documentation: the plan, the planting design, the materials and finishes. It is ready for our own builders, or ready to tender if you'd rather build another way.

  • Concept & master planning
  • Planting design & selection
  • Materials & finishes
  • Full construction documentation
  • Council & approvals documentation
  • Design-only, or design and build
How it works

From first visit to handover

A clear process, so you know what you’re getting at every step.

  1. 01

    Site visit

    A free walk of the site and an honest conversation about what's achievable, with a read on budget and timeline.

  2. 02

    Concept

    The scheme takes shape: layout, levels, the planting palette and the materials, resolved around how you live.

  3. 03

    Documentation

    Full construction drawings and schedules — everything a builder needs, whether that's us or someone else.

  4. 04

    Build

    Carry on with our own licensed builders under one contract, or take the documentation to tender.

Selected work

Design-led projects

All projects
Good to know

Frequently asked

Do you offer landscape design on its own?

Yes. You receive a resolved scheme and full construction documentation, ready to build or tender. Many clients then choose to build with us, but it isn't a condition.

What do I actually receive?

A concept and master plan, the planting design and plant selection, materials and finishes, and full construction documentation — plus the documentation needed for council and approvals where required.

Do you design for Canberra's climate?

Always. Frosts linger into spring and summers run hot, so planting is matched to your soil, aspect and climate and chosen to establish well and hold through both.

Does the design account for approvals?

Yes. Where a scheme needs council applications or approvals, the documentation is prepared with that in mind and our project manager handles the lodgement.

Work with us

Tell us about your block.

Every project starts with a free site visit and an honest conversation about what’s possible.