Full of interest and colour, Bostonvista has been thoughtfully designed to take advantage of the site and striking coastal views.

From a vacant block ten years ago, Bostonvista has matured into a beautiful, interesting garden with fabulous views over undulating farmland to Boston Bay and Boston Island.

With stone unearthed in the house's excavation, the owners have built 163 metres of stone walls and an amazing entrance of mosaicked steps that lead down from the home to the garden, where beds of roses, bearded iris, rosemary, lavender, poppies, succulents, and natives create a blaze of colour.

A copse of wattles has created a natural shade house for impatiens, fuchsias, ferns, hellebores, iresine, and begonias. Groups of native plants, proteas, and many varieties of succulents, some in unusual, quirky, colourful containers, are scattered throughout the drier parts of the garden.

Clumps of grasses, iris, daylilies, and cannas have been planted to enhance a natural rocky watercourse that flows into a small pond at the bottom of the garden. Railway sleepers form crossings over the creek, and a pair of rusted steel fishermen stand beside the pond.

An immaculate veggie garden fenced to keep out rabbits and a fully enclosed orchard with 20 fruit trees supply the household with fresh produce throughout the year. Treasures from local op shops re-purposed as garden art add personality and complement the planting.

A village of painted rocks will interest children, and there will be a trail with painted rocks for them to find and then hide again!