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Plant Power
Matt Leacy’s own beachside home, where the garden was invited indoors at every opportunity.
We wanted to foster an immersion in nature. All the living spaces are connected to the garden, so a day indoors feels like you have been outside. Matt Leacy, Director, Landart
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Australian House & Garden · January 2020
Live on the Edge
A sloping Freshwater site turned resort-style hangout, with a cantilevered pool pavilion built around a Norfolk Island pine.
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The Daily Telegraph · May 2019
To Be Beside the Seaside
A Freshwater family had the ocean views but not the garden. Landart built one on the roof of the garage.
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Australian House & Garden · October 2017
On a Roll
Eighty tonnes of soil and a steep Northern Beaches block. Matt Leacy’s first family home, made fit for three kids.
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Inside Out · 2016
Coastal Escape
A closed-in Northern Beaches backyard reopened with wide limestone steps and a wild native garden.
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Home Beautiful · October 2019
Green Dream
Water-wise planting and a green roof turn a concrete backyard in Sydney’s east into a sustainable oasis.
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Belle · November 2018
Frontline
A garden designed to frame rather than obstruct the view, on one of Sydney’s most exposed beachfront blocks.
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Inside Out · December 2017
Comfort Zone
A zoned Northern Beaches garden with a sunken limestone terrace, new pool and green roof over the garage.
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Book feature · 2019
Beachside Garden, Freshwater
A profile of Matt Leacy and the Landart approach, alongside the Freshwater garden overlooking the beach.
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Home Beautiful · October 2018
Modern Magic
Mid-century inspiration meets family-friendly function in a Sydney garden built around a 1960s pool.
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Australian House & Garden · December 2016
Mix It Up
A former tennis court reworked into a garden of many rooms, structured by twin avenues of pleached snow pears.
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Landart works with editors, stylists and photographers across Australian print and digital titles. If you are researching a story on Sydney gardens, pools, outdoor living or luxury home design, we are happy to help with project access, commentary and high-resolution imagery.
Matt Leacy is available for interview and comment on garden design, pool design, landscape trends and outdoor living.
