The Dopamine Garden
A joyful rebellion against greyification of our wolrd
The Dopamine Garden is a joyful rebellion against the ever-growing greyification of our built environment. Across architecture, interiors, and landscapes, the world has slipped into a uniform palette of beige, black, and concrete. In the pursuit of resale value and cost efficiency, we’ve slowly stripped away colour, texture and personality, the very things that make places feel alive.
Borrowing from the movements of dopamine décor and dopamine fashion, this garden embraces the idea that colour and pattern can uplift our mood. In the same way people are now dressing for joy rather than approval, this garden designs for feeling rather than minimalism. Every detail, from colourful stripes to the tactility of the foliage, is chosen to awaken curiosity and bring back a childlike sense of wonder.
Garden sponsors
This garden was made possible thanks to the generous support of the following sponsors. I reached out to these particular companies because I genuinely admire the quality of what they do, and it’s been a pleasure working with them on this project.
Plant list
Trees
Shrubs
Topiary balls
Perennials
Ammobium alatum – Winged Everlasting Daisy 
Asparagus densiflorus – Foxtail Fern 
Brachyscome angustifolia ‘Fresco Purple’ – River Daisy 
Chrysocephalum apiculatum – Common Everlasting 
Echinaceae ‘Pow Wow’ – Purple Coneflower 
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Belleza Dark Pink’ – DArk Pink Butterfly Bush 
Linum marginale – Native Flax 
Stachys byzantina – Lamb’s Ear 
Verbena bonoriensis – Purpletop Verbain
Grasses & strappy plants
Trailing plants
aquatic plants
Groundcover
Plant list
Trees
Agonis flexuosa ‘Burgundy‘
Willow Myrtle
Agonis flexuosa ‘Lemon & Lime’
Willow Myrtle
SHRUBS
Acmena smithii ‘Forest Flame’
Lilly Pilly
Adenanthos sericeus
Woolly Bush
Aloysia citrodora
Lemon Verbena
Grevillea ‘Ivanhoe’
Grevillea
Goodenia ovata
Hop Goodenia
Pelargonium citronella
Lemon-scented Geranium
Prostanthera rotundifolia
Round-leaf Mint Bush
Topiary balls
Correa alba
White Correa
Westringia fruticosa ‘Jervis Gem’
Native Rosemary
Perennials
Agastache
Giant Hyssop
Ammobium alatum
Winged Everlasting
Brachyscome angustifolia ‘Fresco Purple’
River Daisy
Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Common Everlasting
Echinaceae purpurea ‘Pow Wow’
Coneflower
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Belleza Dark Pink’
Dark Pink Butterfly Bush
Stachys byzantina ‘Big Ears’
Lamb’s Ear
Rhodanthe chlorocephala
Strawflower
Penstemmon ‘Hidcote’
Beardtongue
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Woodland Sage
Grasses & strappy plants
Carex testacea
Orange Sedge
Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’
Cabbage Tree
Poa labillardierei
Common Tussock Grass
Aquatic plants
Cyperus alternifolius
Umbrella Papyrus
Myriophyllum
Water Milfoils
Trailing plants
Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls’
Silver Kidney Weed
Salvia rosmarinus prostrata
Prostrate Rosemary
Groundcover
Dichondra repens
Kidney Weed
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