Eastern Suburbs
Landscape design & construction in Vaucluse
Cliff-top gardens and harbour-frontage pools.
The region
Vaucluse work sits at the top of the market. Steep sandstone sites, long-range harbour views, and homes where every landscape decision has to hold its own against the view.
Suburbs served
Character
Elevated sandstone blocks, cliff-face lots, harbour-frontage estates and protected streetscapes. Excavation and retaining are the major-cost items on most projects.
Climate & soil
Coastal-temperate with genuine wind exposure at ridge lots. Salt-tolerant planting palettes (Westringia, Banksia, Coastal Rosemary) and marine-grade hardware everywhere.
Council & approvals
Woollahra Municipal Council is one of Sydney's strictest tree and heritage authorities. Almost every mature tree is protected, and any street-facing change usually requires a DA — including new front fences, gates and driveway crossovers.
Council areas — Woollahra Municipal Council
Signature work in Vaucluse
What we build here, and why.
Harbour-view pools
Concrete pools engineered on sandstone benches with wet edges and glass fencing that preserve the view line.
Sandstone retaining & terracing
Multi-level gardens on steep blocks — retaining walls, stairs, and terraced entertaining plateaus.
Estate frontages
Heritage-appropriate street frontages with sandstone walls, formal hedging and Woollahra-approved planting palettes.
Recent work
Questions we hear
Working in Vaucluse.
Can we build a pool on a cliff lot?
Yes — with the right engineering. Cliff-face pools need geotechnical reports, rock-anchor design, and a structural engineer working alongside the landscape team from day one. The result is worth it.
How long is a Vaucluse DA?
Realistically 4–8 months. Woollahra is thorough on trees, heritage and neighbour views. We prepare the full documentation package (arborist, survey, view-loss diagrams) up front to minimise Council RFIs.