Recently, The Design Files profiled a garden Michael designed and the Bates team constructed on Sydney’s beautiful North Shore. The...
Recently, Michael chatted with Charlie Albone on Channel 7’s long-running and ever popular Better Homes and Gardens. The chat took...
A stroll around three of Australia’s most magnificent gardens ELIZABETH CLARKE NOV 9, 2017 An edited extract. Three of Australia’s leading...
The Houses Awards is the pinnacle of residential design, which celebrates Australia’s best every year, including award winning landscape design. This year,...
A new season of Dream Gardens, the ABC garden design program, has returned to our screens and devices this week...
DEC 13, 2017 / THE WEEKLY TIMES NO LONGER is a garden an area of land used for growing flowers...
“At the heart of gardening, there’s the philosophy that you’re always trying to do one of two things – you’re...
By Judy Horton, Garden Club of Australia “Garden designer Michael Bates, who has created more than 1000 gardens in Australia,...
By Louise McDaid ‘Landscaping stalwart and expert Michael Bates has written an incisive account of 18 Australian gardens of particular...
By Ian Lipke “The New Australian Garden not only delighted me but also provided ideas and valuable information. It is...
