ASPECT Journal
Aspect
In landscape design, aspect is where everything begins — the direction a space faces, and with it the light it receives, the warmth it holds, and what will grow. Read the aspect first, and the garden almost designs itself. It is the most quietly decisive choice in any garden, and the one we make before any other.
A way of looking
Aspect is also the journal of CLOVER — where we set down the thinking behind our work: designing with Canberra's climate rather than against it, the craft of building what we draw, and an outdoor space's power to bring people closer to the natural world. Expect guides worth keeping, notes from the studio, and the makers and gardens we admire.
Designing a garden for Canberra's climate: frost, heat and everything in between.
In Canberra, every garden inherits the same brief: frost-bound winters, hot dry summers, and days that swing between the two. The gardens that last here aren't the ones that fight it, they're the ones designed for it. Where to begin, and why aspect comes first.