Big Garden Design

A sumptuous collection of Paul Bangay’s contemporary yet timeless gardens.

Paul Bangay is a landscape designer who relishes the challenge of working at scale. He creates gardens that feel as though they’ve been there forever.

They emerge from the countryside, with borrowed landscapes and dramatic views as key elements. Within each design, Paul makes spaces that bring different experiences of the garden. Large sweeping lawns, magnificent soaring trees and numerous, deep garden beds. An allée of trees directs the eye to mountains in the distance. Outdoor dining areas offer intimate vantage points within the broader scale.

From grand gardens in France to a forest grown from seedlings, join Paul on this tour de force of projects complete with lakes, mountains and walled gardens. Paul shares the design process, as well as garden plans and extensive planting lists, while Simon Griffiths’ photography captures the sublime form and light of these generous landscapes.

Big Garden Design documents the principles of landscape design from the most precise detail to the grandest vista.

About the Author

Paul Bangay OAM holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Horticulture) from The University of Melbourne. In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for his contribution to public design projects and in 2018 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to landscape architecture. He has been an ambassador for Prince’s Trust Australia since 2018, and is the author of twelve books on garden design. Simon Griffiths is a leading photographer of garden, food and travel whose work has appeared in Gourmet Traveller, House and Garden and Vogue Living.