Luxury Lifestyle, Design & Architecture blog

The owners of this Melbourne property in the leafy suburb of Balwyn didn’t hesitate to contact Ashtown Landscapes to design their dream backyard and pool after seeing an Ashtowndesigned garden while attending a dinner party. Impressed by the quality of the garden’s design and the attention to detail, the enamoured dinner party guests found it an easy decision to call Shawn Townsend, director of Ashtown Landscapes, and ask what he could create for them. While the homeowners had some idea of what they wanted, they needed help to create a cohesive design in which landscape and pool would be seamlessly integrated. What they gave Shawn was a blank canvas; what he gave them was a design that turned their dream into a reality. “I designed the pool to be the centrepiece of the rear garden, positioning it so that it could be easily viewed from all angles,” explains Shawn. “The pool is flanked by flame-finished Tasman grey granite and the pool surrounds are set on three levels, creating d...