


Whether you're planning a full outdoor transformation or just looking for ideas to get started, you're in the right place.
The Landscape Garden Design blog covers everything from alfresco design and garden construction to practical advice for Melbourne's south east coastal conditions.
If you want an outdoor space that looks incredible and works for the way you actually live — this is your resource.



Whether you're planning a full outdoor transformation or just looking for ideas to get started, you're in the right place.
The Landscape Garden Design blog covers everything from alfresco design and garden construction to practical advice for Melbourne's south east coastal conditions.
If you want an outdoor space that looks incredible and works for the way you actually live — this is your resource.

Outdoor entertaining areas in Brighton are one of the most valuable upgrades a homeowner can make. With Melbourne's south east coast offering long summers, mild shoulder seasons, and some of the most desirable residential streets in Victoria, more homeowners are making the move from underused backyards to genuinely functional outdoor spaces — built for entertaining, relaxing, and everyday life.
Brighton has always had the homes. Now more than ever, the outdoor spaces are catching up.
The best spaces aren't defined by budget. They're defined by how well they've been thought through. Shade and shelter, how the space flows from indoors to out, lighting that works at night, and materials that hold up without looking worn in five years.
At Landscape Garden Design, we design and build outdoor entertaining areas across Brighton and Melbourne's Bayside that feel like a natural extension of the home — not something retrofitted after the fact.
"The best outdoor entertaining areas don't feel like an addition. They feel like the home was always meant to have them."
Melbourne's south east coast brings its own conditions to consider. Wind off the bay, salt air exposure in bayside suburbs, and the range of temperature across seasons all affect material selection, shelter design, and how a space actually performs across twelve months — not just in January.
Getting those decisions right at the design stage is what separates a space you use every day from one you retreat inside from by March.
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For a well-designed, well-built entertaining area in Brighton or the surrounding Bayside suburbs, most homeowners invest between $60,000 and $100,000. That typically includes a covered alfresco structure, quality decking or paving, integrated lighting, and landscaping to complete the space.
It is not the cheapest option available. It is not supposed to be. What you are getting is a space built to last, designed to look the part, and finished to a standard that holds up for decades in a coastal environment.
Brighton homeowners understand quality. That is the baseline we build to.
How long does it take to build an outdoor entertaining area in Brighton?
Most projects across Bayside take between 6 and 14 weeks from design sign-off to completion, depending on scope and complexity. Projects involving concreting, decking, and landscaping together will sit toward the higher end of that range.
Do I need a permit for an outdoor entertaining area in Melbourne?
In many cases a covered alfresco or pergola structure under a certain size and height does not require a planning permit in Brighton. Landscape Garden Design manages all relevant permits and council requirements as part of the build process.
What areas do you service in Melbourne's south east?
We work across Brighton, Brighton East, Hampton, Sandringham, Cheltenham, Mentone, Moorabbin, and surrounding Bayside suburbs, through to Frankston, Mt Martha, and along the Mornington Peninsula.

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