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Plant / Life
Michael’s house is nestled into a rock outcrop on the side of a hill, facing a street that instead of...
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The Design Files: Greengate
“Sydney-based landscape designer Michael Bates reckons some gardens just need a nip and tuck – a tightening up and a smoothing out – rather...
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The Outdoor Collective – Michael Bates: Landforms
Our contributor, Michael Bates from Bates Landscape has a new passion… and that passion is Landforms. In this heartwarming and evocative...
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Gardening Australia – Growing the Dream
By Costa Georgiadis A landscaper makes the most of Sydney’s sandstone with his own garden Up a set of stairs...
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Gardening Australia – Sydney Subtropical Style
By Catherine Stewart ‘Brimming with lush subtropical plants and anchored by golden sandstone, there’s something quintessentially ‘Sydney’ about the garden...
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SMH – Add a Fire Bowl to Your Garden
By Robin Powell “It’s fire season in the garden. In the summer it’s too hot to sit out by a...
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ABC – Dream Gardens “Connells Point”
With Michael McCoy Season 1, Episode 4 – Connells Point. “Michael McCoy visited a home owner, Sander & Mark Sader,...
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Ross Gardens Blog – Run to Paradise
By Linda Ross “When our friend, veteran Sydney landscaper Michael Bates, took a holiday and garden study trip to Sri...
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ABC’s Gardening Australia – Terraforming and Landscaping
WITH COSTA GEORGIADIS Mount Irvine is located in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales where landscaper Michael Bates has...