ABOUT

JRLD - James Ross Landscape Design - is a professional residential landscape design company developing contemporary and innovative garden & pool designs. With a strong use of raw materials and mixed planting palettes, that connect to the surrounding landscape and built form of cutting edge architecture. JRLD prides itself on delivering a quality finish for our clients, and can also provide construction & install services, ensuring our designs reach their full potential from concept to completion. JRLD develops a healthy collaborative relationship with our clients, through a passionate and practical approach to each project.

Director James Ross has over 20 years industry experience, and an award winning background in landscape design and construction. After completing a landscape apprenticeship working on high end projects throughout the inner suburbs of Melbourne, James quickly picked up a trained eye for detail and commitment for achieving premium results with each project. This led to opportunities to travel abroad undertaking residential landscape projects in Los Angeles where James continued to further develop his craft and own design philosophies. In 2011 James was also apart of the Australian Flemings Trailfinders team that won a silver gilt medal at the prestigious Chelsea Flower and Garden Show in the UK. After successfully completing further plants & garden design studies at the University of Melbourne ( Burnley ), James designed an award winning garden at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in 2014 and has won other industry awards for his residential projects.

JRLD is now based in the warm sub tropical environments of Queensland’s Noosa region, creating inspiring coastal and resort style gardens along this stunning stretch of coast and lush hinterland areas.

INSPIRED DESIGN

JRLD has always been inspired by natural coastal environments, from the lush subtropical zones of Southern Queensland to the windswept cool temperate climatic regions of Southern Victoria.

Coastal environments are a place for relaxation and reflection, a place that inspires and revitalises the mind, body and soul, connecting us back to nature. JRLD takes these principles into each garden we design, creating stunning and calming gardens to enjoy and connect with modern architecture and surrounding environments. With extensive plant knowledge in subtropical and cool - mild temperate zones, we select plants with an emphasis on using those that will thrive in exposed coastal conditions and often nutrient deficient soil profiles. Including indigenous and Australian natives, exotic strap leaf and succulent material.

SUB TROPICAL

All year mild conditions and large amounts of rainfall create a dynamic sub tropical microclimate for a wide range of plant varieties and ecosystems. These areas include coastal dunes, heathland and paperbark forests, mangroves and salt marshes, seagrass communities, open forest and woodlands. A perfect place for idyllic hidden getaways and striking coastal gardens.

COOL - MILD TEMPERATE

Surrounded by windswept ocean beaches, frontline sands can be often dry, nutrient deficient and situated in locations that bare the full force of wild Southerly winds and extremities. Marine blue greens, soft greys and sandy tones feature throughout these naturalised plant communities along these coastlines, and are forever a source of inspiration for JRLD gardens.