Thirty years of quiet craft in Melbourne's north-east.
David Claude Landscape Design has operated from 888 Nell Street, Greensborough since the 1990s. Across three decades and thousands of briefs, our work has stayed the same shape: steep-site specialists, integrated pool and retaining work, Victorian-climate planting, and one design voice from consultation to handover.
David Claude
Director & Principal Landscape Designer
David Claude founded the practice in the 1990s after years of hands-on construction experience in the Melbourne hills. What began as a design-plus-referred-builders model consolidated quickly into a true design-build firm — the same designer walking the site, drawing the plan, and overseeing construction.
Over thirty years the practice has earned multiple Landscaping Victoria (LIAV) awards and a Gold Medal at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Projects have been featured in Outdoor Design & Living magazine and Australia's Best Gardens television.
David's specialism is steep and difficult sites — the escarpment blocks in Research and Warrandyte, the Plenty river-valley slopes of Lower Plenty, the mudbrick-heritage lots of Eltham. Designing to the terrain rather than fighting it is the work he is best known for.
One voice from first walk to final stone
Design and Build, Not One or the Other
We draw the plan, specify the materials and manage the build. The same pencil sketches the detail and walks the site on install day. That continuity is why our projects land.
The Site Sets the Brief
We spend our first hour walking the block. Contours, drainage, trees, aspect and neighbouring context are noted before a single layout decision. The ground leads.
Three-Year and Ten-Year Views
A new garden looks like a finished garden once. We design for the shape it will have in year three, five and ten — choosing plants, hardscape and structure to age well rather than peak early.
Awards, press and references
- LIAVMultiple Landscaping Victoria industry awards across design, construction and sustainability categories.
- MIFGS GoldGold Medal at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show for show-garden design.
- PressFeatured in Outdoor Design & Living magazine and Australia's Best Gardens television segments.
- ABNAustralian-Business-Number registered landscape contractor since the 1990s.
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888 Nell Street, Greensborough VIC 3088. By appointment — reach us by phone or the contact form.
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