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Barton heritage cottage: white-rendered home with terracotta roof, manicured lawn, a brick path and established garden
Case study · Barton ACT

Barton

Location
Barton ACT 2600
Scope
Heritage front garden renewal, turf, brick edging, garden bed reset, established-tree care
Delivery
Design, Construct and Manage under one contract
Completed
2023

The brief

One of Barton’s original white-rendered cottages, with mature trees worth protecting and a front garden that had lost its shape over the years.

The goal: renewal, not reinvention. Honour the heritage character, tidy every line, and hand back a garden that looks effortless and cared-for from the street.

What we delivered

We reset the beds with crisp brick edging, laid fresh turf to a true level, and re-mulched deep, clean garden beds around the existing ornamental trees — keeping the specimens that give the cottage its maturity.

Clipped feature shrubs and a curving brick path re-establish the arrival sequence to the green front door. Restrained, classic, and built to be kept in order in an hour a week.

Designed, delivered and managed by one team.

Brick entry pillar with the house number, brick-edged garden bed and an established tree
Curved brick garden edge threading between lawn and layered planting to the cottage
Side of the cottage with a new brick-edged garden bed and fresh planting
Strappy planting and agapanthus in fresh mulch against the white cottage
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