20 Pool Landscaping (Adelaide) Ideas For Your Garden.

A swimming pool is a major investment and one of the most popular garden features Adelaide residents request when looking at a backyard makeover or garden renovation.
For those that choose to handle the design themselves, more often than not, the pool is always placed as near to the fence as possible and surrounded by plants that rapidly out grow their location but not before damaging the pools foundations or the surrounding paved area that wasn’t prepared correctly causing costly repairs.

If you’re contemplating the addition of a pool to your backyard, we strongly recommend using the services of professional landscape designers who can provide a layout or plan that will not only look stunning but takes into consideration the available space and your lifestyle.

Take a look at some landscaping ideas below licensed landscapers from Hand Made Gardens can integrate when pool landscaping Adelaide backyards, no matter how large or small your garden area is. With a plethora of sizes available, even courtyards can incorporate a place you can take a plunge and cool off during Adelaide’s hot Summer days.

When looking at what style or theme you’d like to have for your garden, tropical, Mediterranean and modern are 3 words used most often to describe the look and feel clients are after. Most too are after a design that is low maintenance with plants that are leafy but drought tolerant.
Fortunately these days there’s a wide range of native plants cultivated that give you the look of a tropical oasis but handle the hot, dry Adelaide conditions too.

Tropical Pools Landscaping

Set a tropical theme with Island style swimming pools

Across the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide, island shaped pools with brick paving and psalms were very popular to recreate that tropical postcard look found overseas. The psalms however did cause havoc to the foundations.
Today, larger format concrete pavers are available and plants with less invasive root systems can be planted near the pool and fence.

A more modern tropical landscaping approach using large format paving and coping

Add a verandah and you have the perfect outdoor living area for a BBQ with the family or to entertain friends.

Pool Landscaping With A Living Wall

If you’re tight for space because you have a large family sized pool but after plenty of greenery, raised planter boxes containing clipped box hedges may provide the solution you’re looking for.

Slow growing Box hedges with contrasting privacy screen feature

In very small spaces, typically found with modern townhouses, a spa can replace the pool and trellis covered with a flowering climber could be the garden design solution. Add a pergola and outdoor kitchen and you have the perfect place to relax at the end of a hard, stressful day.

Luxury living at an affordable price

Mediterranean Style Landscaping For Pools

Roman columns, decking, pebbles, draped climbers falling over a rendered wall plus clever use of native plants and you too could have that Mediterranean picture postcard look.
Using low maintenance landscaping ideas you’ll have plenty of time to relax by the pool and do absolutely nothing!

Clean, tidy and low maintenance poolside landscaping

Inspired by the Italian city of Florence, you could recreate that Tuscan look with a brick wall and plaster, include a simple verandah and potted fruit trees overlooking the pool surrounded with drought tolerant Male Sterile Kikuyu lawn and you have a piece of Italy at home.

Add a little piece of Tuscany to your garden with style

Large Garden Pool Landscaping

For larger families or those that like entertaining with pool parties, surrounding the pool with other outdoor living areas is possible. An outdoor kitchen under a Pavilion with poolside bar, plenty of seating and lights and the party could go all night.

Entertaining how it could be done at your home

The humble outback verandah stretching the length of the house and pool gives you and your family plenty of space to relax. Add a hammock, BBQ, tables and chairs, even a sauna near by and you have the perfect outdoor living area you can’t wait to come home to every day.

What a space to come home to every night after a hard day at the office

Courtyard Pool Landscaping

As we mentioned above, if you have a courtyard sized backyard, you can still enjoy the water with plunge, lap or pool off from your bedroom by utilising some clever landscape design and landscaping ideas.

Open the inside out with a pool straight off the Alfresco and bedroom areas of your home. There’s not much room for anything else, but that’s what suits your lifestyle right?

You could wake up every morning to this too

For an extremely low maintenance area, large format stone pool pavers, a shade sail and rendered wall with lights gets you living the dream. Great for small sized families or couples that like a few friends over at nights or over the weekend, you can entertain in style.

Courtyard home entertaining with style

Smaller lap sized pools can fit any space to provide you with a place to cool down after sunbathing on your hardwood timber deck.

Note the water feature. Even while not swimming the sound of water splashing will relax you

Pool Landscaping With Timber Decking

An alternative to paving, hardwood timber decks are used to create a more holiday, beach style feel. Decorate with some lounges and feature plants and you’ll feel like you’re on holiday every day at home.

Will you ever want to go on holiday overseas again?

Timber decking around pools is also used where you want a raised area to save significant costs bringing in earth and retaining.

A raised timber deck using Merbau elevates the setting

Custom Designed Landscaping Solutions For Your Pool

Custom designed pool landscaping Adelaide gardens is often required when space is at a premium or to include several garden features included. Sometimes too you do need to place the pool down the back of the garden.
Clients of this home wanted to use the pool in all weather, so a room was built allowing it to be used all year round. Gas heated during Winter, the bifold doors open up allowing for easy and quick access during Summer.

Every inch of this backyard is used to create a practical garden

Elevated high up, these Adelaide Hills clients were after taking in the amazing view from the pool. With an infinity edge they can relax in the pool with an unobstructed view in total privacy.

See to infinity with complete privacy

Infinity Pool (rear)

Hardwood Timber Steps

The rear entrance to this home at Glen Osmond shows the backside of the wall to the infinity edge pool. Landscaping consisted off low maintenance plants that would grow to cover the exposed rock areas.

For families that have young children, playing on a natural lawn is great fun.
Glass pool fencing is ideal to keep young ones away from the water, while not detracting from the view a pool offers.
A solid fence also prevents leaves and grass from entering the pool on windy days, that can occur with aluminium tubing safety pool fences.

A frameless glass pool fence provides safety without spoiling the view

For an Australian or native garden themed pool, rocks were brought in to surround the pool’s edge and a waterfall was created between the spa and the pool.

Have an Australian or native garden theme and want the pool to blend in?

Pool Landscaping Water Features

As you seen above, many of the swimming pools have water features included. Limited only by your imagination and budget, there are many ways to dress up your pool to add that extra element of interest.
A custom made gas fire bowl will become a talking point with your friends and look stunning as the Sun goes down.

Light up an area by your pool using clever landscaping ideas

Simple but effective, a stone wall with water spill can be a cost effective way to include a water feature next to your pool. Even when not swimming, the sight and sound of water splashing will create a relaxing mood.

Add a waterfall to your pool using stone cladding

One of the biggest advantages of using Hand Made Gardens is the wide range of landscaping services offered.
With landscape designers planning and designing the layout of the garden through to all the landscaping construction work completed by licensed landscapers, the whole project and process is handled professionally by the one company, ensuring only the highest quality control.

With over 35 years experience landscaping Adelaide gardens, you can rest assured that the team from Hand Made Gardens can landscape around your pool, allowing the whole family to enjoy the area for many years to come and at a price you can afford because it’s been built within your budget.