About Jamie Clapham

Jamie Clapham, an award winner and founder of Clapham Landscape Architecture, grew up in his family nursery with a mother – a landscape designer. It was there that his passion, dedication and continual exploration of garden design worldwide was born.

For the past 20 years Jamie has brought all of this together to  build a team of dedicated specialists, working under his expert guidance to create gardens of the highest standard.

Jamie’s primary aim for Clapham Landscape Architecture is to provide discerning garden owners with complete design solutions incorporating design, construction, management, and maintenance.

“We strive for excellence in not only our design work, but the management and maintenance of your project to ensure your complete satisfaction”.

Gardening Australia Interview

Jamie appeared on national TV as part ABC’s national gardening show ‘Gardening Australia’. The interview gives a real insight to the Clapham process, and includes footage from several featured Clapham Landscape projects. The video is shot on location around Melbourne. If you are considering using Clapham Landscapes for your project this is an ideal way to get a sneak peak of what you can expect working with Jamie, and the quality of the end result. View Gardening Australia Video Below is provided an overview of the video content: Fact Sheet from Gardening Australia interview Jamie feels that it’s a very ...
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Outdoor Room Completed

Clapham landscapes recently completed this stunning indoor outdoor living area in Elwood, Melbourne. The project featured an outdoor room overlooking a stunning in ground pool and replaced an existing bland outdoor space which the new owners wanted to reinvigorate to create a real sense of occasion and connection with the modern house design. The outdoor room included a full functioning kitchen, dining and lounge area with Jetmaster fireplace and a tranquil water feature. The area was integrated into a new garden and landscaping ...
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Basement ‘Rooftop’ Garden

Clapham Landscapes undertook an interesting flip on your typical ‘Roof Top’ Garden. This project was in fact a ‘rooftop’ over a ‘basement’ construction at a Toorak residence. A full Perennial Garden was established on top of the basement to create an expansive and opulent garden setting. Full drainage and load bearing considerations were taken into account during the design and planning stage. In addition the long term impact of fauna growth and root systems needed to be accounted for. The project was completed on time, on budget, client delighted with result ...
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Japanese courtyard architecture

A very small space required an ingenious solution. Clapham Landscape Architects to the rescue to design this Japanese oasis in a small shaded courtyard. The combination of water feature with Japanese ornamental plantings creates the perfect space for quiet contemplation, and seamlessly flows through from indoors to outdoors linking the two. Lighting plays a key role to accentuate the exquisite features, the water feature and plantings are designed to develop with time without overpowering the delicate landscape features ...
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Clapham at the SPASA Pool & Outdoor living expo

Clapham Landscape Architecture attended the SPASA Pool & Spa Expo + Outdoor Living held from 31 Jan - 2 Feb at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. A great weekendThese little beauties where the star of the show Ptilotus exaltatus 'Joey' They looked fantastic paired with the Japanese maple above. The only problem was the little kids couldn't help themselves picking a flower here and there. Thank you to the following businesses who kindly lent their products to Clapham Landscape Architecture to use on their stand, Smoke & Mirrors DesignSmoke & Mirrors Design for the loan of their mirror, 'Rain Drops' 900mm in ...
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Bamboo Blitz

We just finished a major backyard blitz in one week. Our clients were putting their house on the market and wished to maximise the potential of the sale. One major downfall of the property was the three story apartment block looking down over the back fence into the garden. We had one week before the marketing campaign began, so it was action stations! First stop was shopping for something suitable that would do the job, and we found it in the form of 8 metre high bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii). It is hard to find advanced plants that will keep their ...
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Poolside Comfort

Award winning pool! SPASA Awards 2016- Best renovation Category. This project was designed and project managed by Clapham Landscape Architecture. The pool build was by Falcon pools. Other than a few furniture tweaks here and there, this area is finally complete to award winning standards! Below are progress shots from start to finish so you can see its transformation! Outdated, overgrown and out of control. The space was a mess when we first visited. It looked as though suburbia met jungle, but jungle had its own plans! Immediately we recognised that there were obvious issues with function and usability. The existing ...
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Alphington Display Garden

Our Alphington Display garden, aptly named The Enchanted Garden, has placed GOLD at the recent AILDM  ( Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers) 2019 Awards. This Garden is also a finalist in The Design Files awards 2019 The Enchanted Garden was a concept derived by our team in conjunction with Glenvill homes to create a welcoming entry reflecting the surrounding landscape, to the vibrant new developmental in Alphington, named Yarra Bend. The development has been dubbed ” the world’s most liveable suburb” with thoughtful sustainability and high-Tech facilities. The clients brief was for this garden to create a welcoming ...
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TDF: By Amelia Stanwix

Clapham Landscape Architecture Wins At TDF Design Awards

“The Enchanted Garden” by Clapham Landscape Architecture win at the inaugural TDF Design Awards for the Landscape category sponsored by Eco Outdoor. It was the night of nights as Australian creatives from a variety of disciplines filled Deakin Edge at Melbourne’s Federation Square to take part in The Design Files Design Awards ceremony. Taking out the award for the Design Awards’ Landscape category was Clapham Landscapes for their Yarra Bend “The Enchanted Garden”. “The Design Files is such a great source of inspiration of beautiful Australian design across a vast array of mediums. To be recognised amongst so many talented designers is a ...
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