PHILOSOPHY
Gardens are where the Earth’s living energy is amplified. They allow us to breathe, find energy, vitality and wellbeing. Our own living energy connects with the same energy present in the Earth’s gardens. As such, they nurture and awaken our physical, mental and spiritual selves.
RELATIONSHIPS
Relationships are critical for us. Our gardens foster enlivening relationships - between people, the earth and each other. These are places where you will find yourself.
Every client is different, every site is different.
The gardens we create are places of beauty and joy, an almost inevitable expression of the site fulfilling all needs.
DESIGNING GARDENS IS OUR PASSION AND JOY
Landsberg Garden Design was established in 2006 and the practice
works from Sydney with both private and corporate clients.
BARBARA LANDSBERG,
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Barbara is fascinated with relationships - with ourselves, each other and our living Earth. The living energy that flows through a healthy and beautiful environment nurtures and enlivens those within it – and it is this relationship that Barbara is most interested in fostering in her gardens.
Barbara studied in London at the Inchbald School of Garden Design, and the English Gardening School in the Chelsea Physic Garden. She combines her years of experience and skill in designing gardens with a deep sense of responsibility to the Earth and to those for whom she creates gardens.
“The gardens I design are a creative shaping of many dynamic elements, which come together in a complex form yet feel perfectly simple, being so settled in their landscape and so suited to those who live in it.”
CHERITH PIPER,
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Cherith’s desire to creatively engage in the world around her has led her on a varied yet connected path. During her Visual Arts Degree at Sydney College of the Arts she was drawn to the qualities that connect people to place; ideas of home and space as a container for memories. After graduating with first class honours, Cherith sought to follow her increasing desire to work creatively with nature. For many years she worked with flowers, learning their secrets and their power to bring joy and inspire.
From floral design she discovered landscape design. Combining a love of nature with the realisation that she could play a part in creating places that connect people and hold memories, she completed her Diploma of Landscape Design at Ryde TAFE.
At Landsberg Garden Design Cherith brings a rich understanding of design principles and creative solutions, as well as horticultural knowledge. She shares Barbara and Octavia’s belief that gardens deeply enrich the lives of people and can heal the Earth.
OCTAVIA ROGERS,
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Octavia’s relationship with landscapes manifested from her upbringing on a family farm 80km from Armidale, NSW, in a garden created and grown by her grandmother’s hands, and just a stone’s throw away from a Gondwana heritage listed national park. Working with the landscape is a natural extension of Octavia’s very being and it is these dynamic and diverse landscapes from which she draws inspiration.
While studying Landscape Architecture at UNSW, Octavia maintained gardens throughout Sydney, gaining invaluable practical knowledge of plants and how to look after them. For several years after completing her degree, Octavia worked with a leading bespoke residential landscape design firm in Sydney.
Octavia joined the Landsberg team in 2021 bringing her skills and experience, but also the shared passion for the importance of gardens to the well being of people, communities and the Earth. With the design aim of gardens as places to enjoy life and also nurture and quiet the mind.
KATE EPHRAUMS,
BUSINESS MANAGER
Kate is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of the University of Sydney. She started her career with KPMG before moving to a Clemenger marketing agency. In her role as a Business Analyst she worked closely with Client Service Directors to service clients to the highest standards.
Kate brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills to Landsberg Garden Design as she oversees the day-to-day running of the business.
Kate loves to be with her children, family and friends. She also loves to travel and plays a tough game of hockey.
CAMILLA HYLES,
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Camilla was raised on her family’s merino sheep farm in the rolling hills of Bungendore, NSW, instilling in her a passion for nature, landscapes and living a life gently with the land.
She studied Arts at Sydney University majoring in Psychology and Philosophy, before being drawn back into the garden while helping her parents renovate their 1870s homestead and gardens. She studied horticulture and landscape design at Ryde TAFE.
Camilla joined the Landsberg team in 2022, bringing her skills and knowledge, and sharing the importance and power of nature for everyone.
NICOLE COURT,
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Nicole was born and lives on sandstone country, where the land meets the sea, and salt water meets fresh water. Her mother and grandparents were all gardeners and as a child she gardened beside them. Her childhood garden was large and mostly wild, on a steep block going down to Sydney’s Middle Harbour.
Much knowledge was gleaned here – how much garden you can maintain without needing professional help; low maintenance planting; long lived plants; the way flowers lift mood and bring everyday delight.
After completing a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communications at UTS, Nicole started her career in book design, before moving into interiors. Much later, attending Ryde TAFE to deepen her plant knowledge gave her a calling as a professional landscape designer.
Nicole loves the collaboration between a site and its microclimate; the design team; the trades she works with; and of course the clients, furthering their dreams for a purposeful and intentional way of living.