BENT STREET GARDEN

Bent Street Garden is a personal project. The garden in Northcote was designed by Tim Pilgrim as part of a whole-home renovation and planted in May 2025. It covers three zones: a public nature strip, a street-facing front yard, and a private back garden.

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Most renovations end at the back door. This one didn’t.

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The plants are natives, ornamental grasses, and flowering perennials,  chosen for ecological value as much as appearance. The nature strip is designed as public infrastructure: habitat and food for pollinators, connected to whatever else is growing along the street.

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This site documents what was planted, why, and how it’s going. Not special. Just trying.

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Garden design by Tim Pilgrim, planted by Ben Copperwaite at Rejuvenate.  Photographs by Martina Gemmola.