Happy Clients

I just want to say that it was an absolute pleasure to have Amelia design the garden for our new house build. Amelia was able to look at what our needs were as a family and create a space that was not only functional but also beautiful. She understood that we were not gardeners and incorporated an easy care factor into the design.

The process of designing the garden was extremely easy and very well priced. Amelia is a true professional who really does design beautiful gardens.

Jules, North Perth

Thank you so much Amelia for our beautiful garden.  We couldn’t be happier with how beautiful it looks but most importantly, for us, how effortless it has been to maintain.  The variation of colours across the foliage and the pops of colour as different sections burst in and out of flower is divine.  You helped us develop the brief and allowed us to keep some things out of your scope and put other things in so the whole thing worked for us.

We really appreciate the time, thought and care you put into every decision.  You were so meticulous about making sure the plant selection was right for us and then ensured only healthy specimens made it into our garden.  I am so grateful for all of the advice you gave, from soil type to paint colours and pest treatments, we took it all on board and have a fantastic end result.  Everything you designed, the corten planter boxes, the gabion table, the incorporation of features and even the layout of lawn area and garden beds in uncommon ways just gives everything a next level look and creates a lot of interest.

The compliments we get on our garden are constant, from friends and strangers and we recommend you at every opportunity.  Your design is brilliant but the fact that we have so many different types of thriving plants in OUR garden blows us away everyday – we aren’t gardeners!!  You’re the best, thanks again.

- Carli & Ben, North Perth

It was a great pleasure to work with Amelia from Urban Retreat Gardens in creating our garden for our new home build.

Amelia understood our needs and what was important to us with our young family, and creatively adapted our brief outline to design our beautifully landscaped areas that we enjoy today.  

Budgets were carefully considered when suggestions were offered for both design and materials in the project.  Amelia also skilfully steered us away from choices that she felt would not achieve the look we were after.  

Her attention to detail along with her obvious love and passion of landscape architecture, has given us an amazing, easy to maintain garden that brings us joy and tranquility and we look forward to continuing to see evolve.

- Christine and Braad, Joondana

Amelia had her work cut out for her with difficult clients like us!  We had Amelia design the garden and landscaping for our entire house including a planting plan for each area.  

We were impressed by her knowledge, thoroughness and the awareness that she showed to make sure she understood the features we wanted and created a design that looks great and works with our busy lifestyle.  She was always mindful of our costs and really gave us a lot more than we thought possible on our budget.

We are really happy with how our gardens look and we have no hesitation in recommending Amelia (Urban Retreats) to anyone seeking a garden design, big or small, simple or complicated.

 - Helen and Andrew, Mount Hawthorn

I am pleased to say that Amelia assisted us greatly in forming our concepts of how to convert our tired, weedy high maintenance front and back garden & grass to a more natural landscape with native plants and rocks.

Amelia is very efficient and knowledgeable and although her assignment with us was short it was very productive, including a professional and comprehensive catalog of native shrubs and bushes suited to our harsh coastal environment.

- Len and Margaret, Sorrento

Feedback from a Perth Local Authority

"I would like to be able to use [your landscape design] as an excellent example of landscape design on [our] website."

- Technical Officer Parks, A Perth Council