Parsley Bay Garden, designed by Pepo Botanic Design, combines art, landscape and built form to achieve a simple goal – a place in which to “live well” in the urban environment of Sydney. The landscape masterplan called for a conscious interplay between the spaces of the garden and the house – all of which were envisaged as being equally habitable – and the line between interior and exterior space was to be blurred. The result is an imaginative demonstration of the way nature can interact with architecture and art.
This is as much an outdoor art gallery as a domestic garden. From the entry gate, a whimsical iron sculpture by Francesco Petrolo frames views through the house to pockets of the Parsley Bay landscape. The garden, the house and the bay combine to provide a setting for an impressive variety of art pieces.
