Food for thought – Living bridges
Category: Landscaping & Design
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 comments
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Rachael Mathews wins Gold and Emerging designer of the year
Wellington designer Rachael Matthews has received two gongs at this year’s Ellerslie International Flower show in Christchurch.
Mar 06, 2012 | 0 comments
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Stephen Marr Green Wall Reconfigured
Vertical gardens certainly offer an array of benefits to both commercial and residential clients alike. The obvious environmental and aesthetic contributions aside, the simple versatility inherent in the design of Natural Habitats’ green walls is an underrated means by which they can provide significant value to clients.
The extent of versatility and flexibility afforded by a [...]
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 comments
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Hedonistic Sustainability
Hedonistic sustainability. In a society where the never-ending onslaught of buzzwords, catchphrase and ‘hot topics’ can become a genuine threat to one’s sanity, you could almost be forgiven for dismissing this concept as yet another empty marketing gimmick. However, grounding itself in the basic concept that pleasure is the only intrinsic focus for going green, [...]
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 comments
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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 display inside the Hort Galore marquee.
Scabiosa Crimson Clouds and Leucanthemum Banana Cream (pictured) are delicious…
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 comments
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Bargain pot plants for the frugal folk among us
While browsing around a garden centre the recently I spotted a number of flowering annuals and perennials that are perfect for small pot plants. At this time of the year most of the annuals in punnets or cell packs have grown to a good size and many are already flowering.
Most packs have about 6 plants [...]
Feb 29, 2012 | 0 comments
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An artistic garden of two halves
The relationship of the natural world to both art and architecture is celebrated in the debut Ellerslie International Flower Show exhibition garden by designer Kevin Gillespie.
The Manawatu landscape architect from GLD Architectural Landscape Design will create a garden of two halves – a studio and a gallery – set within the context of the bright, [...]
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