
Swept by the wild winds of the Mornington Peninsula,
this grey foliaged garden,
by local landscape designer Fiona Brockhoff,
is a picture of rugged beauty.
The house is all but hidden behind the garden.

Fencing posts repeat the same driftwood texture & tones
of the wind-curled branches of the trees.

One of Brockhoff's mantras is to use local plantings wherever possible.
When you have this glorious Moondah,
or coastal ti-tree,
growing in the dunes all around,
there is plenty of inspiration.
The house has been built to face a golf course.
Luxury, huh?
It seems the landscape influenced the interior too,
with the same colours & organic textures repeated inside.
But a red door marks itself as a sentinel to the front entrance.
"Here I am," it says.
(The house was designed by Space Design Group.)
And always that incredible view...
of sweeping hills & wind-swept drama.
The perfect place to unwind,
which, after all,
is the whole point of a beach house.
Would you like to holiday/live here?
Property: 4 Meredith Place, Portsea
Hello Virginia, so fresh and lush - makes me dream of spring and summer - yay.
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Axox
I love the ti-tree, but would want more of a beach shack. Too much house to look after for mine!
ReplyDeleteThose trees are gorgeous! I love them! But I agree with Penny. Beach shack, please. :)
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