• Welcome & Getting Started

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  • Welcome – about us

    Welcome – about us

    Welcome to Landscapedesign.co.nz - New Zealand’s premier online resource for landscaping, nurseries, furnishing, ideas, advice and outdoor lifestyle.

    Apr 01, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post

  • Getting Started

    Getting Started

    Landscapedesign.co.nz is an information portal and business directory for landscaping, nurseries, accessories and everything you need to create, furnish and maintain your landscape. We have added a few pointers below to get you started – If you have any questions

    Mar 06, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post

  • Creating a Brief for your Designer or Architect

    Creating a Brief for your Designer or Architect

    On this page you will find information about preparing a design brief and getting a feel for the potential of your landscape.

    Apr 09, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Gardening & Maintenance

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  • Eradicating Oxalis – some options

    Eradicating Oxalis – some options

    Oxalis is a weed that frustrates many gardeners to no end. It appears as a simple weed to remove, just dig out the plant, keeping intact the main bulb and the little ‘bulblet’s’ that are clinging to it, then remove

    Apr 20, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Preparing your plants and garden for winter

    Preparing your plants and garden for winter

    Now that daylight savings has finished it is a reminder that winter is close at hand. As we all know, winter brings chills, cold winds, wet and frosty weather plus in some areas snowfall. The weather is harder to predict now days

    Apr 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Combat pest weeds with Cut ‘n’ Paste

    Combat pest weeds with Cut ‘n’ Paste

    Necessity is the mother of invention and this month we introduce a product fairly new to the market. Cut ‘n’ Paste weed killer has been developed by Andy Spence whose experience as a Biosecurity Officer and Park Ranger on Waiheke,

    Mar 23, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post

  • News & Industry Info

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  • Anti-tree litigation has EDS bemused

    Anti-tree litigation has EDS bemused

    The Property Council has launched an unusual challenge in the Environment Court to Auckland Council’s tree protection rules, says the Environmental Defence Society. “We are aware that papers have been filed seeking a declaration from the Court with respect to matters

    Mar 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Trents Nursery Ellerslie ‘Show Offs’

    Trents Nursery Ellerslie ‘Show Offs’

    Trents is once again providing the Ellerslie International Flower Show with a multitude of fantastic plants for the Exhibition Gardens, and two entries in the ‘Show Offs’ category – exciting new plants for the garden – in the Go Gardening

    Mar 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Your mother is right; it’s good to eat rhubarb with custard

    Your mother is right; it’s good to eat rhubarb with custard

    NEWS FROM THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES, LINCOLN UNIVERSITY By Janette Busch Rhubarb is easy to grow, is found in many home gardens throughout New Zealand and is enjoyed begin eaten by many people. This tasty food originates in China

    Feb 28, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post

  • Other Recent Articles

  • Food for thought – Living bridges

    Food for thought – Living bridges

     

    Mar 29, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Good Time to get rid of Moth Plant

    Good Time to get rid of Moth Plant

    Moth plant is forming its distinctive pods right now, making it a good time for people to check their backyards for this hazardous plant.

    Moth plant or Kapok vine (Araujia sericefera) is on the National Pest Plant Accord, which means it is banned from being sold, propagated or distributed.
    The plant is hazardous to human health and [...]

    Mar 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Hand over a hundy – “Digging the future”

    Hand over a hundy – “Digging the future”

    Hand Over a Hundy is a one year challenge to young families to learn to grow and produce their own vegetable gardens.
    They are sponsored a hundy (or $100) to buy all the essentials for their gardens with the challenge of not only learning the art of gardening but to produce more than they need to [...]

    Mar 12, 2012 | 1 comment | View Post

  • Tour of Ellerslie Flower Show 2012

    Tour of Ellerslie Flower Show 2012

    Mar 06, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post