Wells Design creates functional, liveable landscaping designs across the Yarra Valley and Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
Your garden design should reflect your lifestyle, respond to the land and climate, and grow beautifully over time. With strong local knowledge and years of hands-on experience, we design landscapes that are practical, inviting all year round and ideally suited to the rhythms of life in the Yarra Valley and Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
"Wells Design created a beautiful garden that brings daily joy. The garden continues to improve every year, and we love sharing it with our friends."
Janusz, Yarra Glen
Our landscapes are designed to evolve over time, adapting with the seasons while remaining functional and easy to maintain. Whether you're planning a new build or refreshing an existing space, each design is shaped to suit the site, your lifestyle, and how the space will evolve. Our professional design services will help you make the most of your outdoor space.
You’ll often find us working in Healesville, Yarra Glen, Warrandyte, Kew, Camberwell, and across Melbourne’s east. See our projects.
Steve and Yvonne Wells have worked as landscape designers for over 20 years, combining practical expertise with a shared passion for horticulture and garden design. Yvonne is a qualified horticulturalist with decades of hands-on experience and an encyclopaedic knowledge of plants. Steve’s practical mindset and background in project management ensure that the structural and logistical aspects of each project run smoothly.
Together, they’ve designed hundreds of residential gardens across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and the Yarra Valley, including contemporary landscapes, formal garden designs, native gardens, and projects featuring stonework, structured pathways and layered planting schemes. They expertly source plants that will thrive in your garden’s conditions, placing them for aesthetic impact and positioning them to encourage healthy, long-term growth.
"Thank you for taking the time to listen and create such a fabulous garden design. The plants are already bringing us so much joy. We can’t wait to see the rest of the garden come to life!"
Veronica, Healesville
As local landscape designers, we understand the conditions and lifestyle of the Yarra Valley and Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Larger blocks, sloping sites, rural surroundings, and winery views all influence how a garden needs to function and thrive. We take a practical and sustainable approach to every design, creating gardens that are easy to care for and built to last. Our landscape design process includes:
The process is simple and supportive from start to finish. We listen, guide and keep things moving.
"The design suited the slope perfectly and turned an unusable space into our favourite part of the property."
Ivanhoe
A well-planned landscape design can significantly enhance the value of your property and improve your use of the outdoor space. For new builds, a good rule of thumb is to allocate around 10% of the property's value to landscaping. This allows for thoughtful design, quality materials and a result that lasts.
If you're refurbishing an existing garden, costs will vary depending on site access, design scope and the features you'd like to include. We’re always happy to walk you through the options.
Absolutely. Working with a landscape designer provides a clear plan, helps avoid costly mistakes, and ensures your garden looks good and functions well from day one. A designer brings structure, creativity, and experience to every decision, creating a space that’s easy to maintain, great for entertaining, or simply a place to relax and enjoy.
A well-designed garden enhances your outdoor space and adds long-term value to your property as it matures and grows.
Yes. Our wholesale plant supply service is available to clients for whom we are designing gardens. We work with trusted wholesale nurseries that provide healthy, high-quality plants suited to Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and the Yarra Valley climate. We can access a wide range of species, often at more competitive prices than retail outlets.
Yes, we offer ongoing garden care to a small number of clients in the Yarra Valley. We also provide detailed care guides to help your garden continue to thrive.
What areas do you work in?
We’re based in Healesville in the Yarra Valley and regularly work across nearby suburbs and Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Common areas we service include Healesville, Yarra Glen, Lilydale, Coldstream, Montrose, Warrandyte, Donvale, Ringwood, Kew, Camberwell, and their surrounding areas.
Do you build the garden too?
As designers, we don’t build the garden, but we work closely with a trusted network of local contractors. Our detailed plans ensure a smooth and efficient build process, and we can stay involved during construction as project managers if you'd like extra support.
Is it worthwhile to invest in a landscape designer?
Absolutely. Working with a landscape designer provides a clear plan, helps avoid costly mistakes, and ensures your garden looks good and functions well from day one. A designer brings structure, creativity, and experience to every decision, creating a space that’s easy to maintain, great for entertaining, or simply a place to relax and enjoy.
A well-designed garden enhances your outdoor space and adds long-term value to your property as it matures and grows. Do you offer maintenance?
Do you supply plants for your design projects?
Yes. Our wholesale plant supply service is available to clients for whom we are designing gardens. We work with trusted wholesale nurseries that provide healthy, high-quality plants suited to Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and the Yarra Valley climate. We can access a wide range of species, often at more competitive prices than retail outlets.
Do you offer maintenance?
Yes, we offer ongoing garden care to a small number of clients in the Yarra Valley. We also provide detailed care guides to help your garden continue to thrive.
If you’re planning a new garden or updating your outdoor space, we’re here to chat. Talk to us for straightforward advice, local knowledge, and designs that work with your space and lifestyle.
