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A Palms Springs inspired lifestyle sets the tone for this desert-inspired gar­den which fea­tures an array of cac­ti, agaves and succulents.

Sit­u­at­ed on a 700 sq m block in Syd­ney’s east­ern sub­urbs, the home, pre­vi­ous­ly occu­pied as the Cam­bo­di­an embassy and trans­formed by Inte­ri­or Design­er Romy Alwill, takes its cues from mid-cen­tu­ry Cal­i­forn­ian design. True to this epoch and by work­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly, both Alwill Inte­ri­ors and Wyer & Co. have suc­cess­ful­ly inte­grat­ed the gar­den as an exten­sion of the home­’s inter­nal liv­ing spaces.

To achieve this, mature palms that once sep­a­rat­ed the house from the gar­den were trans­plant­ed and reused as accent plants through­out, allow­ing the space to open up, effort­less­ly onto the exist­ing enter­tain­ing area. Updates to the adja­cent pool include a can­tilever deck, clad in New Guinea Rose­wood. A care­ful selec­tion of cac­ti and suc­cu­lents add to the laid­back Cal­i­forn­ian ambience.

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Wyer & Co. is an inte­grat­ed land­scape design prac­tice, found­ed by Antho­ny Wyer in 2005.

Based in Syd­ney, our team of archi­tects, design­ers, hor­ti­cul­tur­al­ists and con­struc­tion spe­cial­ists col­lab­o­rate with our clients to cre­ate, con­struct, and main­tain, excep­tion­al land­scapes, for excep­tion­al homes.

Mul­ti-lay­ered, beau­ti­ful, and some­times sur­pris­ing, the spaces we design draw upon our deep knowl­edge of hor­ti­cul­ture and ecolo­gies; our under­stand­ing of the Syd­ney lifestyle and cli­mate, and the unique aspi­ra­tions and per­son­al­i­ties of their residents.

Every­thing we do is found­ed in the belief that land­scapes are a pow­er­ful medi­um to con­nect peo­ple to place, to tell sto­ries through time, and ele­vate the way we live outside.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.