A stunning new eight-part series that sees unloved outdoor spaces spectacularly reimagined.Hosted by one of Australia's leading landscape designers, Michael McCoy, each episode follows the transformation of one garden as the owners work with the best designer's in the business to battle weather, absent tradies, shifting design visions and budget blowouts. From the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result, Dream Gardens captures some of the most imaginative and challenging garden designs coming to life.For design inspiration and clues to what the finished spaces will look like Michael also visits some of Australia's most spectacular gardens, as well as providing practical design tips along the way. Alongside the design evolution there is also a personal journey for the garden owners. Across the series all of the stories highlight the lengths that people are prepared to go both financially and emotionally to get their ultimate garden.This is a series that celebrates the great gardens of today, the best of Australian design and the spaces from which viewers can take inspiration.
Former city dwellers, Mark and Nicola Ruitenberg want an industrial style garden. But can an inner-city trend, dominated by waste concrete, be transplanted to a sub-tropical sanctuary in the country?
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s02e02Erskineville, NSW2019-11-0509:00⌄
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Erskineville, NSW
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2019-11-05 ·
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A couple sacrifice their honeymoon to create a rooftop oasis for their inner-city apartment. Facing strata, weight and water restrictions will they succeed in going from barren to blissful?
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s02e03Kyneton, VIC2019-11-1209:00⌄
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Kyneton, VIC
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2019-11-12 ·
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A couple ask their son and daughter-in-law to create a unique garden in Kyneton in Victoria. But do they have the courage to embrace a design that will transform their bland backyard into a striking sculptural showcase?
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s02e04Portsea, Vic2019-11-1909:00⌄
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Portsea, Vic
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2019-11-19 ·
09:00
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s02e05Balwyn North, Vic2019-11-2609:00⌄
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Balwyn North, Vic
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2019-11-26 ·
09:00
Simon and Fleur Ansell relish mid-century modern architecture. They have the house, now they want the garden to match. But can they create a contemporary design in sync with its vintage roots?
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s02e06Alexandria, NSW2019-12-0309:00⌄
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Alexandria, NSW
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2019-12-03 ·
09:00
Young professionals Stuart and Monique Cormack are desperate to reinvent their tiny, neglected backyard. Will their big dreams fit their pint-sized, terrace garden?
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s02e07Mount Eliza, VIC2019-12-1009:00⌄
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Mount Eliza, VIC
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2019-12-10 ·
09:00
Artist Meredith Gaston and her husband Kevin Lindemann want a modern landscape to surround their house in Victoria's Mount Eliza. Instead, they have a neglected 40-year-old garden full of weeds and disease riddled trees.
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s02e08Strath Creek, VIC Revisited2019-12-1709:00⌄
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Strath Creek, VIC Revisited
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2019-12-17 ·
09:00
Michael McCoy revisits a garden built after the owners lost their original property in a horror bushfire. (Season Final)
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