Sydney Blooms
September 2004

Garden Room Details

The Debco Garden Room is designed to be a whimsical expression of the formal courtyard garden. Modern design elements such as mulch covered walls, copper uprights, abstract artworks and an organic resin water feature contrast against a formal, symmetrical, garden design.

The mulch-covered walls are designed to emphasise the beauty and texture of Debco Mulch 'N' Feed potting mix. The mulch has been glued and then clear sealed with polyurethane to stabilise the surface. On each side of the space and fixed to the walls are two rows of copper poles. These appear to support the wall like flying buttresses but are in fact designed to exaggerate the perspective of the room, give structure and scale to the immature flora and to draw the eye to back wall.

At the centre of the back wall, floating in the reflection pond, is an orange water sculpture, of staked oversized resin balls. The sculpture sits in front of a mirror framed by an arch of sandstone pool coping. The mirror creates the illusion of an opening to a walled garden that exists beyond the arch, imitating the perspective of a traditional walled garden.

Completing the room are two abstract artworks, painted using exterior grade paint on water resistant board. The randomness of their subject contrasts with their deliberate scale and symmetrical placement, which is intended to create balance and harmony to the space.

Plants have been selected for their hint of copper or claret coloured foliage and their tolerance to drought conditions. The feature plant tree is Magnolia Grandiflora “Little Gem” selected for the copper tone of the underside of it’s leaf. Below these is a hedge row of Escallonia, its deep green foliage and pink spring flower is contrasted against the dark claret leaf of the Myrtus ugni. The lawn species is Zoysia Empire, a drought hardy fine lawn species ideal for a fine quality lawn.

The potting mix used here is Debco Mulch 'N' Feed – a soil mulching and conditioning product containing;
SaturAid, a Garden Water Maximiser that assists to break the surface tension of soil water to improve water penetration.
Debcote – a controlled release fertiliser, that contains a formula of plant nutrients, which provide a balance of strong root growth, foliage growth and flowering that will not increase the plants susceptibility to drought.
Soil Breaking Compound – A liquid clay breaker which helps break up clay soils to also improve water penetration.
Composted Pine Bark which has been blended to provide to a balance of fine and coarse particle that will assist with soil conditioning and provide excellent mulching properties.

Facts List

PLANT SPECIES USED
Tree: Magnolia grandiflora “Little Gem”
Ground hedge: Escallonia
Border plant: Myrtus ugni
Lawn: Zoysia Empire

PRODUCT SUMMARY
Walls lined with Debco Mulch 'N' Feed, glued with PVA and sealed with polyurethane
Floor laid in Honed Tasmanian Sandstone from eco concepts 1300 131 413
Riverstone supplied by Tuscan Path 03 9470 1023
Copper uprights made from 4” x 2” pine battens painted with copper paint
Artworks painted on high weather resistant board and painted with exterior grade paint.
Potting Mix: Debco Mulch 'N' Feed
Reflection pond made from thick black pool lining plastic and held in place by pool coping
Plants supplied by TGA 03 5977 6044, Combined Nurseries 03 5971 2332
Turf supplied by Green Line Turf 02 4577 4356
Water feature made from stainless steel opaque resin and constructed by The Statue Workshop 08 8234 5988

Designed by: Tim Janenko Panaeff, Plank Modern 02 9310 5000
Constructed by: John Anthony Constructions 0411 145 411