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2015 Landscaping New Zealand Seminar Series Announced

2015 Landscaping New Zealand Seminar Series Announced

The 2015 Seminar series Looking Forward – Opportunities and Challenges What is the future for the NZ Landscape Industry? Providing insights into the social, economic and environment influences that will shape the NZ landscape industry in the early 21st century. We will develop the theme as the seminars progress and advise of any changes. In a collaborative […]

SH*** tradies say - funny clip we can all relate to

SH*** tradies say – funny clip we can all relate to

A short funny clip about “tradies”… Feel free to comment at the bottom…  

A plea for flowers in the long grass

A plea for flowers in the long grass

This is the fifth article of a series of short pieces for landscapedesign.co.nz in which I look at current trends and ideas in garden design.   There is a lot of intensively mown grass in New Zealand–road berms, parks and reserves, garden lawns and various types of ‘unused land’–even if we exclude sports pitches. Most of […]

Introducing the Landscaping New Zealand Mitre 10 Landscape Training Seminars

Introducing the Landscaping New Zealand Mitre 10 Landscape Training Seminars

Welcome to the Landscaping New Zealand Mitre 10 Landscape Training Seminars. This is a new initiative aimed at providing professional development to all members of the landscape industry. Open to anyone wanting to enhance their knowledge & professional practice   The first series, titled TAMING THE REGULATORY DRAGON, will be held in Auckland over the […]

Does natural = native?  Does native = natural? by Nick Robinson

Does natural = native? Does native = natural? by Nick Robinson

This is the  second of a new series of short pieces for landscapedesign.co.nz in which I  look at current trends and ideas in garden design. We live in a biodiversity hotspot (to find out more about what make this the case see the Conservation International website and especially here. What makes us so important to global […]

Design Trends - New Perennial Planting by Nick Robinson

Design Trends – New Perennial Planting by Nick Robinson

This is the first of a new series of short pieces for landscapedesign.co.nz in which I will look at current trends and ideas in garden design. I’ll focus on ideas of ecological design, using both herbaceous perennials and native plants in a new way and how we can realize the potential of home gardens and […]

Classy glass wins medal at Gardening World Cup in Japan

Classy glass wins medal at Gardening World Cup in Japan

Ellerslie International Flower Show has been a springboard to international success for Wellington designer Bayley LuuTomes. He has won four gardening medals in three continents in one year, starting with winning the Young Emerging Designer of the year at Ellerslie in March. “It’s been amazing to combine my creativity with my love of gardening and […]

Introducing our social stream

Introducing our social stream

Take a look at our new social media stream… its a gallery of inspiring posts and news from our network of businesses.