To create a peaceful coastal garden retreat on Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island, that felt deeply connected to land, sea and place. The landscape needed to honour the island’s natural beauty while creating privacy, softness, habitat value and a calming outdoor experience around the beach house.
Brooke’s Blooms designed and delivered an immersive native landscape using climate-resilient coastal planting, sandstone steps and layered garden beds. Every plant was chosen with purpose, from Lemon Myrtle for privacy screening to Banksia, Grevillea, Lomandra, native orchids and groundcovers for texture, movement, seasonal colour and habitat value. The result is a garden that feels natural, generous and grounded in place.
A soulful coastal garden that gives back to the island environment while creating a private, peaceful retreat. The finished landscape enhances the property with climate-resilient native planting, natural materials and an immersive outdoor experience designed for rest, creativity and connection.
Location Minjerribah / North Stradbroke Island
Project Type Coastal native garden design
Service Landscape Design / Landscape Construction / Garden Maintenance / Horticultural Consultation
Scope Landscape construction, native planting, sandstone steps, privacy screening and habitat-focused planting
Planting Style Climate-resilient Australian natives
Key Features Lemon Myrtle screening, Banksia, Grevillea, Lomandra, native orchids, groundcovers and grass trees
Property @raywhitestraddie
Photo & Video XMEDIA
Branding The Creative Noise
Brookies Beach House is a coastal garden on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), off South-East Queensland. Brooke's Blooms designed and built an immersive native landscape that connects the beach house to the island's land, sea and sense of place.
It's an immersive Australian native, coastal garden built from climate-resilient planting. Sandstone steps and layered garden beds add structure, while the plant palette was chosen for privacy, texture, seasonal colour and habitat value - a garden that feels natural, generous and grounded in place.
The garden uses Lemon Myrtle for privacy screening, along with Banksia, Grevillea, Lomandra, native orchids, groundcovers and grass trees. Every plant was chosen with purpose for texture, movement, seasonal colour and habitat value in a coastal island setting.
Yes. Brooke's Blooms designed and delivered the landscape, including native planting, sandstone steps, layered garden beds and privacy screening. The build focused on climate-resilient natives and natural materials to create an immersive coastal retreat.
Native coastal plants handle salt, wind and sandy soils better than many exotics, need less water once established, and support local birds and pollinators. At Brookies Beach House this approach created a lower-maintenance garden with real habitat value and a strong sense of place.
Yes. Brooke's Blooms designs and builds native and coastal gardens, selecting climate-resilient species suited to your site and soil. As at Brookies Beach House, the team balances privacy, texture, seasonal colour and habitat value in a natural, grounded design.
Hardy, fast-establishing natives work well - at Brookies Beach House, Lemon Myrtle was used for soft, fragrant privacy screening. Species like Lomandra and Banksia add layers and texture while suiting exposed, sandy coastal conditions.
Yes. Brooke's Blooms services Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, and takes on select coastal and bay-island projects across South-East Queensland - including this native garden on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island).
