who we are
Our vision is to create gardens that are both beautiful and restorative, crafted with sustainable materials and mindful practices. We believe deeply in the power of connecting people with nature and the positive impact it brings to daily life. Integrity, collaboration, creativity, and attentive listening guide every project, ensuring gardens that are meaningful, functional, and uniquely tailored to each client.
Award winning designer
At the heart of our practice is Gina Robertson, a qualified horticulturist and landscape designer based in Yarraville, with a wealth of hands-on experience ranging from home gardening to professional nursery work, complemented by dedicated study. Her approach combines technical knowledge with a designer’s eye, creating gardens that are both visually stunning and thoughtfully tailored to each client.
Drawing inspiration from plant textures, foliage combinations, organic forms, and the shifting light of the seasons, Gina believes every plant has a purpose, and every garden should feel personal. Her designs seamlessly blend vibrant plant life with high-quality materials, enhancing architecture while reflecting the unique style of each client.
Gina’s work has been recognised at the highest levels, including multiple awards for her display garden at the 2022 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. She brings the same attention to detail and care to every project, ensuring each garden is designed for lasting beauty and enjoyment.
With a genuine passion for plants, Gina also provides a supportive, hands-on approach—helping clients cultivate thriving gardens that are as healthy as they are inspiring.
TESTIMONIALS
“We’ve loved working with Gina and are blown away by the designs and plans she’s created for our KDRB garden. She’s thought of absolutely everything and helped us to learn a lot through the process. We can’t wait to begin bringing the plans to life..”
Elissa and Clinton
“When we met Gina we knew she was the right garden designer for us. We'd spent the last six years buying plants, relocating gardens and never getting the results we wanted.
Gina has designed what will be the most amazingly magnificent garden. Her calm nature, ability to understand our needs, means she has skilfully created a design we are so excited to implement.
Gina's attention to detail, her passion and professionalism is exceptional. We can't wait to share our before and after photos! ”
Maria and Joe
“Gina was very easy to work with - she had excellent ideas that fit with our existing garden, our preferences, and our climate. She was prompt in providing us with drawings, and with incorporating our feedback. We were particularly impressed with the research she did to ensure that her suggestions for design, plantings, and the use of local businesses were relevant to us, despite her being located in Melbourne, and us living in North QLD.
We would highly recommend using New Foliage Garden Design for your landscaping process - we ended up with a relevant, creative, and affordable design that was fun to be involved in the making of.”
Sharon
“Gina was very creative and responsive in designing my front and back yard.
She listened, presented a beautiful and functional design and monitored the landscape installation. From the very first meeting, she was professional, friendly and took the time to teach me to look after the garden that I'd installed.
Gina is wonderful to work with, cannot recommend highly enough.”
Ilona