Transforming Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs with Healing Gardens: Inspired Designs for Your Tranquil Outdoor Haven
Design. Landscaping. Education.
Welcome to Living Senses
Living Senses is a Melbourne-based garden design and landscaping company lead by accomplished designer Kate Coenen. Living Senses also focuses on Healing Gardens and offers ecotherapy sessions & workshops, reconnecting you with nature. Our team crafts natural havens for relaxation, entertainment, and pure enjoyment.
Garden Design
Your site and vision are unique, and so is our approach to garden design. Collaboratively, we’ll craft a heartwarming yet practical outdoor space tailored to your ideals. As the client you will have full input to the process allowing your dreams to be realised with our design expertise and practical knowledge.
Training and Workshops
Explore beyond landscaping—immerse in practical educational workshops and nature based therapies. Experience the healing power of nature, supported by science. Join us to maximize the benefits and thrive in nature’s embrace.
Landscaping
At Living Senses, we transform visions into vibrant gardens, handling everything from design-inspired installations to collaborative planting, pruning, soil rejuvenation, and minor landscaping. For expansive projects, we collaborate with our team of trusted professionals for exceptional results
Reconnecting with Nature
Ecotherapy
Living Senses garden design goes beyond just landscaping. We also provide training and workshops within the ecotherapy space including for NDIS registered clients. Engage in ecotherapy through our training and workshops, reconnecting with nature. Our team collaborates with the natural landscape, crafting immersive experiences.


Large Scale
Commercial Landscape Design
Transform commercial spaces with Living Senses – Melbourne’s premier garden design and landscaping experts. Elevate your corporate environment with innovative designs that seamlessly blend aesthetics and functionality. Our skilled team collaborates closely with clients to create suitable outdoor solutions for schools, hospitals, health providers and more. From lush greenery to contemporary designs, we enhance the visual appeal and atmosphere of your commercial space. Experience the benefits of a well-designed outdoor environment, fostering employee well-being and leaving a lasting impression on clients.
Experience, Horticulture, Creativity
Why Choose Living Senses?
- Creative Designs: Unique garden solutions tailored to your vision, creating stunning and personalized outdoor spaces.
- Health Focused: Harness the therapeutic power of ecotherapy and reconnect with nature through our workshops.
- Expert Team: A friendly and diverse landscaping team, comprised of both men and women, ensures collaborative excellence.
- Client-Centric Approach: Tailored services, attentive listening, and client cooperation for a truly personalized and satisfying experience
- Trusted Professionals: Engage with reliable partners for larger projects, ensuring optimal results every time
- Sustainable Practices: Commitment to eco-friendly landscaping, integrating sustainable and responsible practices into every project
- Well-being Focus: Enhance employee well-being with thoughtfully designed commercial spaces, fostering productivity and satisfaction
- Testimonials: Hear the success stories from our delighted clients, sharing their positive experiences with Living Senses
Testimonials
Clients' Testimonials
Discover the impact of Living Senses through the voices of our satisfied clients. Explore testimonials that showcase the transformative gardens we have created.
Hi Kate, the Hardenbergia is flowering and it looks spectacular! I love the flowers and the plants are really thriving. Thank you for your wonderful work!
- Fehmida / Croydon North
It was such a pleasurable experience and Kate's knowledge and passion was outstanding. I would highly recommend Living Senses not only for their professionalism but there personal approach and design know how!
- Olga / Wonga Park
Congratulations to Kate and her team, the stone seat looks absolutely fabulous. Stunning design and beautifully executed. Well done, thanks so much!
- Watts family / North Warrandyte
Carly Bertram2025-01-14Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Kate was fantastic, she went through the design of our garden and talked us through everything I would definitely recommend her service. Bronni Metha2024-12-22Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. What a fantastic journey, from discovering and visualising the possibilities to the actual implementation, they really deliver the whole package including cleaning up after the job is complete and lots of information on caring for the new garden now and into the future. We loved helping designing the garden and then seeing it develop. Kate and the crew were so knowledgeable, great to communicate with and pleasure to have around. I enjoyed getting my hands dirty on the days I was home too. I now love being outside and looking out the windows and can't quite believe it's real. I'm also super excited to see how it grows to maturity in the future. Clara Chan2024-11-17Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We are thrilled with our garden and our experience with working with Kate and the Living Senses team! Kate took over our project after issues with our existing landscaper. The difference in professionalism and communication was immediately noticeable. Kate was approachable, responsive and patient with all my questions. Her team came in and finished our project to a very high standard within a week. They were polite and hard working. The finished garden is beautiful! Thanks to Living Senses I can now look forward to spending summer in our new backyard! Beebee2024-10-15Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I have never had landscaping done, so I wasn't really sure what to expect, I just knew that the yard of my new home was impractical and unusable. The brief I gave Kate, was it had to attract birds, bees and butterflies and have fragrance. On first meeting Kate, when she explained her vision I was excited and could see she had a really solid understanding of how to make a beautiful garden. Her team was great and having the opportunity to work along side them has taught me a lot. When I'm out watering my new garden, people stop and ask me who my landscaper was because my garden is simply magical. If you want to reimagine your garden, I highly recommend Kate and her team!! Lane Electrical2024-08-03Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. It has been such a great experience working with Kate and the team from Living Senses Group as an electrical sub contractor on their projects. Kate and the team produce some incredible designs and really bring a unique touch of their own to landscape gardening. We're lucky enough to work with Living Senses Group to execute their garden lighting and electrical components of the projects, helping to give life to the amazing work at all hours of the day and night. Rachel Mortley2024-07-29Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Kate and her lovely team won us over at the first meeting. You could sense straight away that Kate really cares about what she does. The whole process was a pleasure, from initial planing to garden design, plant choice etc. She makes a point of really getting to know you and what you're looking for. On the landscaping days her whole team were amazing. They encouraged the kids to help out and created something so beautiful that's it's a joy to open the curtains in the morning. We look forward to working with Kate and the team again for part 2 of our garden. Meriana Bishop2024-07-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Kate and her team were great to deal with - very approachable and professional. We had a less than satisfactory experience with another company and wish we had met Kate at the beginning. Her work is exceptional and we are now thrilled with our garden. Thank you, Kate and team 🙏 Roger Dunkley2024-06-26Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Kate and team did a great job re landscaping our property. They listened to our needs, came up with a great design and executed the project very well. amanda mair2024-06-17Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I rarely write reviews, so I wanted this one to really mean something, which is why it’s taken me so long to submit it (sorry Kate!). I still find it difficult to put into words, how happy/relieved we are to have found Living Senses and Kate, both from a professional standpoint and a personal one. For years we searched for someone to help with our large & problematic landscaping needs, and the minute Kate walked through the front door, I knew we’d finally found “the one”. It was such a relief to talk to a professional with extensive horticultural knowledge and a beautiful, skilled eye for design which, I have discovered over the years, is surprisingly lacking in the industry. To have someone actually listen to what we were wanting and hoping for, and fully commit to achieving those goals with us, was a breath of fresh air. On a personal level, Kate is an absolute delight. She is friendly, empathetic and honest, qualities also reflected by those she employs. Our block presented a number of challenges to Kate’s team, but they did an incredible job and were an absolute pleasure to have around, our Newfie pup certainly didn’t mind the extra love & attention! Kate and the whole crew, really went above and beyond all expectations, not only would I not hesitate to recommend them, I would thoroughly encourage anyone to give Living Senses a call. They not only work to the highest professional standards, they are a genuinely, lovely group of people. To Kate, Brendan, Amelia, Dylan, Warwick, “Alan the Brickie” and the rest of the crew, we can’t thank you enough and look forward to working with you all again on future projects… and please tell Fabian, Tilly say’s “Hi!” Amanda & Jamie Claudia Ait-Touati2024-05-24Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I attended a workshop on ecotherapy hosted by the wonderful Kate. Although apprehensive at first, I was blown away by the impact this workshop had on not just me but all attendees. It was very powerful, but at the same time super fun! The workshop connected the group on a different level through nature. Just amazing! Highly recommend!
Melbourne Garden Design
Where we work in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs
Although predominantly Easter Suburbs based, we love working on exciting projects regardless of location. Some areas we have completed projects in are as follows:
- Inner City
- Eastern Suburbs
- Mornington Peninsula
- Yarra Valley and surrounds
- Dandenong Ranges
- Gippsland
- Country Victoria

Contact Living Senses for garden design, landscaping, training and workshops, and commercial projects.
We endeavour to respond in a timely manner. However, some landscaping tasks are all hands on deck so if we do not repsond within 24hrs, do not worry, it is only because we have committed to an existing project and do not wish to let our clients down. We always try to respond with 24-48 hours.