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Fresh approach

Landscape designer Oliver Sizeland of Growing Rooms really knows how to make an entrance. Fringed with dense foliage and framed in a sculptural arbour resembling a guard of honour, the garden entry to this house in Sydney’s east makes its owners and their visitors feel instantly at home. The all-embracing structure and massive pavers create an alluring sense of arrival.

Before he began work on the garden in early 2020, however, the resident family and their many visitors would have felt like anything but VIPs. They were met by a slab of concrete inside the gate,

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