Beautiful gardens, designed for the way you live.

Garden design for the Tweed Shire, Hinterland, Byron Bay and Gold Coast.

Create an outdoor space that grows with you, enriches your lifestyle, and brings you closer to nature.

Carmel is a qualified horticulturist and landscape designer based in the Tweed Shire, with a deep understanding of the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast areas including the native and tropical plants that thrive here. She works with a small number of trusted local landscape contractors, so when your landscape design/garden design is ready you’ll have access to the right people to bring your project to life.

Whether you’re redesigning a tired garden, beginning a new build, renovating or looking to enhance your garden’s biodiversity, Serendipity Garden Designs creates thoughtful, timeless garden designs that are uniquely yours.

Gardens designed for the way you live.

Step into a garden design that feels effortlessly yours—beautiful, functional, and enriching all year round.

Based in Terranora, I understand the Northern Rivers lifestyle – and how a garden becomes a true extension of your home year round.

From private residential gardens and Australian native and tropical plantings to natural playspaces, I combine creativity, technical skill, and an eye for detail to craft garden designs that delight and endure. As a female-led garden design studio, Serendipity Garden Designs brings a personal, collaborative approach, ensuring every garden not only grows but thrives long after it’s complete.

KIND WORDS FROM CLIENTS

We recently worked with Carmel from Serendipity Garden Designs in Terranora, and the experience was outstanding. She listened to our ideas and created a beautiful, practical native garden design. Her detailed plant list and care notes have given us the confidence to tackle the project ourselves. Highly recommend Carmel’s expertise and collaborative approach!

Carmel from Serendipity created a beautiful garden design for us that has bloomed over the years into a stunning array of unique plants that have been easy to care for and maintain. Carmel has an excellent horticultural knowledge which is combined with a passion for design and creativity. She was great to work with and we are thoroughly pleased with her garden she created for us.

Carmel did a lovely design for our back yard which included a deck, with a built-in servery, planter boxes and bench seat, and a lawn and garden with native plants. Carmel took a lot of care in selecting materials and plants that suited the space and our requirements, including using vertical space to make the plantings more eye-catching. She made sure the design integrated well with an existing pergola and rainwater tank and a tree that we wanted to keep. We love our Serendipity-designed garden and would highly recommend you talk to Carmel if you need some garden design savvy from someone who really loves what she does.

A massive congratulations on the garden at the Shores Club. Great design and plants. We have had great compliments on it all day. Give yourself a pat on the back and thank you for letting me do little changes and for working with you.

Working with Carmel from Serendipity Garden Designs was a pleasure. Her friendly expertise and professional approach helped us clarify and finalise our native garden ideas with confidence. We couldn’t be happier with the direction she guided us toward.

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