MIFGS Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show | Landscaping Victoria

2026 Boutique Gardens Competition

Landscaping Victoria (LV) presents this unique opportunity for established and emerging landscape designers and landscape architects to participate in The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS).

With thanks to show owners IMG and NGIV, the Boutique Gardens competition offers five (5) finalists an opportunity to showcase their design talents, push design boundaries, gain valuable industry experience and promote their business to the 100,000+ visitors to the Show, as well as capitalise on post-event publicity.

Who Can Enter:

To be eligible to showcase a Boutique Garden at MIFGS 2026, the five selected finalists must hold current membership with Landscaping Victoria. There is no fee to submit your entry.

Non-members are invited to enter and submit their designs; however, if selected as a finalist, a pro-rata LV Membership fee of $662 will apply, with the added benefit that there’s no application fee to put your vision forward. LV Membership will commence on 1st October 2025. There are many benefits to becoming a Landscaping Victoria member. You can find out more here.

Becoming a Finalist comes with significant exposure. Your garden will be heavily promoted across the Landscaping Victoria website, print and digital publications, and social media channels, along with the 100,000+ show visitors.

Key Dates:

Entry Submissions Open: 5th August 2025 (CLOSED)

Entry Submissions Close: 24th September 2025 (CLOSED)

Finalists Selected By: 1st October 2025 (COMPLETE)

Construction Bump In: 16th– 24th March 2026. Tools down at 3 pm.

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show: March 25th – 29th 2026

Construction Bump Out: 29th March –1st April 2026

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2026 Boutique Gardens Competition Finalists

Garden: Re-Learn, Re-Grow | Design: Olivera Garden Designs | Construction: Olivera Garden Designs

Re-Learn, Re-Grow by Olivera Garden Designs is a thoughtful exploration of landscape, memory and meaning, led by Landscape Architect and Director Alannah. Specialising in residential landscape design, Alannah is known for creating gardens that are both beautiful and purposeful, with a strong focus on sustainability, edible planting, and the use of indigenous species to enhance ecological value and strengthen connection to place.

Set on the Victorian Volcanic Plains, Re-Learn, Re-Grow explores the layered history beneath our feet. The garden moves through time, reflecting Aboriginal pre-colonial, colonial and present-day relationships with land. Rising from left to right, its structural layers symbolise shifting values of land use and invite visitors to reflect on how we engage with our garden spaces today. Through cycles of growth, decay and regeneration, the design becomes a metaphor for re-learning, healing and restoring our relationship with the environment, acknowledging the past while looking toward a more considered future.

Come see Re-Learn, Re-Grow at the 2026 MIFGS at site B01a

Olivera Garden Designs

www.olivera.com.au

Garden: Longevity | Design: Luxescape Design | Construction: Kaspar Projects

Longevity by Luxescape Design is a compact wellness garden that explores how thoughtful landscape design can support a longer, healthier life through daily ritual, movement and restoration. Founded by Brett Ingwersen, with Galin Dimitrov leading creative and technical delivery, Luxescape Design is a tech-led studio known for plant-driven landscapes, immersive 3D visualisation and innovative design solutions delivered across Australia.

Within a 5×5 metre footprint, Longevity becomes a sanctuary for slowing down and reconnecting with the body. A wellness-focused planting palette engages the senses, with lemongrass, lavender and sage scenting the air, while blueberries, finger limes and an apple espalier offer seasonal harvest. Creeping thyme and native violets soften the ground plane, and a graceful ginkgo provides cooling shade and timeless presence. Under a slim louvred canopy, a warm deck supports breathwork, stretching and rest, while tempo steps encourage balance and gentle movement. Designed as a garden you can live with, Longevity shows how wellbeing can feel effortless, beautiful and deeply embedded in everyday outdoor spaces.

Check out Longevity at the 2026 MIFGS at site B01b

Luxescape Design

https://luxescape.design

Garden: White | Design: Centred Landscapes | Construction: Centred Landscapes

White by Centred Landscapes is a study in restraint, precision and warmth, where a refined white palette becomes the foundation for texture, movement and atmosphere. Based on the Mornington Peninsula, Centred Landscapes is a design-and-construct studio led by directors Paul and Lockie, who bring more than 25 years of combined experience and a shared belief in gardens as true extensions of the home, places to gather, unwind and spend time outdoors.

Driven by close listening, purposeful design and quality craftsmanship, the team has created a garden where every element is carefully considered. Circular forms flow throughout the space, creating a sense of continuity and calm, from large-format concrete and limestone steppers to a curved seating zone that anchors the garden. A plunge pool clad in limestone crazy paving continues the motif, offering a quiet moment of retreat, while a sculptural pizza oven becomes the social heart of the space. Layered planting adds softness and contrast, with sculptural forms, gentle movement and edible elements integrated seamlessly into the design. White reveals a palette that is not stark, but richly textured, inviting and timeless.

Check out White at the 2026 MIFGS at site B01c

Centred Landscapes

https://www.centredlandscapes.com/

Garden: Reverie| Design: Timeless Outdoors|Construction: Timeless Outdoors

Reverie by Timeless Outdoors is a contemplative garden that explores materiality, movement and mood, inviting visitors into a space of calm, curiosity and quiet escape. Based in Daylesford, Timeless Outdoors is a landscape design and construction studio founded by Aaron Leslie and Kelsey Johns, with a focus on creating high-quality outdoor spaces that endure beyond trends. With in-house design, construction and maintenance capabilities, the team delivers landscapes grounded in practical knowledge, regional sensitivity and respect for the natural environment.

At the heart of Reverie is a celebration of material versatility. Innovative use of slate roof tiles as a walling element introduces unexpected texture and speaks to the studio’s commitment to sustainable, considered design. Circular forms guide the layout, with a central spa drawing the eye outward to a surrounding band of lush grass, creating rhythm and depth. Floating elements add a sense of lightness and artistic expression, transforming the garden into a living canvas. Designed as a modern watering hole, Reverie becomes a sanctuary for reflection, a place where nature encourages stillness, imagination and restoration.

Come see Reverie at the 2026 MIFGS at site B01e

Timeless Outdoors

https://timelessoutdoors.com.au/

Garden: Native Whispers | Design: Rubira by Design | Construction: Rubira by Design

Native Whispers by Rubira by Design is a gentle, immersive garden that celebrates the meeting of nostalgia and nature. Designed by Yarra Valley–based, award-winning landscape designer Emily, the garden reflects her deep respect for the natural world and her commitment to creating landscapes that are both beautiful and ecologically rich.

Grounded in native planting and inspired by cottage-core romance, Native Whispers places pollinators at the heart of its story. A soft, layered planting style combines flowing drifts of native grasses with sculptural shrubs and upright perennials, creating movement, texture and seasonal interest. Each plant is selected for both its aesthetic contribution and its ecological role, supporting biodiversity and resilience. At the centre of the garden, a handcrafted greenhouse made from recycled materials acts as a practical yet poetic focal point. A low, flagstone bubbling water feature weaves sound and life through the space, offering refreshment for birds and pollinators while inviting moments of pause and reflection. In every detail, Native Whispers offers a quiet invitation to slow down and reconnect with the landscape.

Come see Reverie at the 2026 MIFGS at site B01f

Rubira by Design

https://www.rubirabydesign.com.au/

2025 Boutique Gardens Competition Finalists

FIRST PLACE: Garden: Re-Set | Design: Earthcore Landscapes | Construction: Earthcore Landscapes

Re-Set offered an antidote to the chaos of modern life, and earned a Gold Medla in the process.

Designed by Earthcore Landscapes, this garden became a sanctuary, a space where nature quieted the noise and invited visitors to pause.

With minimal sensory input and a calming, grounding atmosphere, Re-Set created a moment of stillness in a world that so rarely slows down.

Rooted in the lndscapes of the Yarra Valley, Earthcore Landscapes is a family-run company dedicated to crafting outdoor spaces that feel deeply personal- gardens that resonate on an instinctive level. Connection remains at the heart of their work: connection with the environment, with clients, and with the quiet beauty of the natural spaces.

At the 2025 Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, Re-set invited visitors, human and non-human alike to step away from the rush, take a breath, and rediscover the restorative power of a landscape designed for pause.

Earthcore Landscapes

https://earthcorelandscapes.com.au/

0447 280 032

SECOND PLACE: Garden: Room to Breath | Design: Lone Pine Landscapes | Construction: Lone Pine Landscapes

Some gardens are simply spaces to admire. Others pull you in, connect, and restore, and Room to Breathe did exactly that, earning a Silver Medal along the way.
Rooted in the idea that humans have an innate, biological need to connect with nature, this garden explored how the built and natural worlds can not only coexist, but elevate one another.
Here, architecture didn’t dominate the landscape, it embraced it. Plants spilled into structures, hardscapes dissolved into greenery, and the result was a space that felt both grounding and expansive.
As urban life becomes faster and more digitally driven, Room to Breathe reminded us of the power of reconnection. It was a garden that invited visitors to slow down, breathe deeply, and rediscover the innate bond between people and the natural world.
Designed by Riley Field, Marie-Claire Geach, and James Drinan of Lone Pine Landscapes, this space reflected their passion for seamlessly integrating landscape and architecture, a philosophy that continues to shape their work.

Design & Construction: Lone Pine Landscapes

THIRD PLACE: Garden: The New Nature | Design: Carla Perry, Michael Rochelle & Alistair Kirkpatrick | Construction: Innerbloom Landscapes

Nature has always been our greatest teacher, but The New Nature challenged us to listen more closely and earned a Bronze Medal for its visionary approach.
Inspired by the groundbreaking work of naturalist Tim Low, this garden was more than a landscape, it was a call to action.
Created by Carla Perry and Michael Rochelle, alongside their mentor Alistair Kirkpatrick, the design explored the ability of plants to heal, regenerate, and transform. Through phytoremediation and hyperaccumulation, plants can restore polluted land, offering a future where human impact isn’t just minimised, but reversed.
Rather than mourning what’s been lost, The New Nature asked us to see the potential in every space, to embrace a world where people and plants collaborate for a sustainable future.
Michael’s design practice centres on creating gardens that are both attainable and environmentally responsible, while Carla’s expertise in softscaping ensured a seamless balance between beauty and function.
Together, they offered a vision that redefined our relationship with nature—one where we step back, pay attention, and let plants lead the way.

Design: Michael Rochelle, Carla Perry and Alistair Kirkpatrick

Construction: Innerbloom Landscaps

FINALIST: Garden: The Breakup Garden| Design: Kaz Krasovskis Landscap Design | Construction: Bryscapes Construction

Gardens tell stories, but few are as personal as The Breakup Garden. A space that embraced change, creativity, and the beauty of imbalance, this design challenged the idea that landscapes must be neat or predictable.
Created during a time of personal transformation, it captured the energy, rawness, and unexpected beauty that emerge in moments of change. Influenced by Kaz’s time in Europe’s renowned gardens, Great Dixter and Hermannshof, this space reimagined planting through a fresh, progressive lens, blending Australian natives with Asian species for an unexpected fusion of textures and tones.
There was a wildness in the asymmetry, a freedom in its movement. Just as life evolves, so too did this garden, a living reflection of transition, resilience, and the art of letting go.
The Breakup Garden invited visitors to step away from order, lean into the unexpected, and discover the beauty of a garden that grows with change.

Design: Kaz Krasovskis Landscape Design

Construction: Bryscapes Construction

FINALIST: Garden: Timeless Repose | Design: Timeless Outdoors | Construction: Latham Landscapes

Some gardens invite admiration, Timeless Repose invited you to sink in, exhale, and stay a while.
Designed by Aaron Leslie and Kelsey Johns of Timeless Outdoors, this garden was a study in balance: a modern interpretation of heritage elements, where the rugged charm of old Melbourne bluestone met the refined elegance of English tradition.
The result? A space that felt both classic and contemporary, structured yet effortlessly serene.
For Timeless Outdoors, the joy of landscaping comes from creating gardens that feel right—spaces that connect with people on an instinctive level. Their designs celebrate natural materials, authenticity, and a seamless flow that encourages relaxation.
Timeless Repose embodied this philosophy, reminding us that the best gardens aren’t just seen; they’re experienced.
Step in, settle down, and imagine yourself with a glass of something crisp in hand. This was a space made for lingering.

Design: Timeless Outdoors

Construction: Latham Landscapes