design details Some of the garden’s standout features

1 Burnished concrete steppers and steps provide a smart counterpoint to the garden’s lush foliage, including Mexican sage (Salvia leucantha ‘Harry’s Red’),and no-mow grass (Zoysia tenuifolia). 2 The rear is more pared back, with jasmine (Stephanotis floribunda) and Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’) trailing up masonry. Silver shield (Plectranthus argentatus) and snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata green) sit below. Wall in Dulux Black. 3 Poured in situ, the floating concrete pontoon day bed has a cut-out for Japanese maple Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’. 4 At the far rear of the property, Trish’s special retreat is this spotted-gum bench seat on decking under a frangipani (Plumeria acutifolia), fringed by a giant taro plant (Alocasia macrorrhiza). 5 The fluid form of the concrete swimming pool is echoed by the tight mounds of Carissa ‘Desert Star’, Helichrysum italicum and…