The Heroic Gardens Festival is Auckland’s biggest, most popular and only region-wide exhibition of privately owned gardens. Next year’s festival will be held on the weekend of 5th-6th March 2011 and will mark the 15th anniversary of this premier garden event. There will be 23 gardens on show ranging from Kumeu and Red Beach in […]
By Wally Richards Watering plants and gardens is an art which good gardeners acquire after years of experience. It is not connecting a hose/sprinkler system to a tap and turning on, though that will work to a point, it can also cause a number of problems.
In 2005, online advertising was in its infancy in New Zealand. It all began when I was trying to source materials online for a project and realised there was a need for a site that catered for the industry. In November 2005, after 5 months programming and planning we launched landscapedesign.co.nz to the greater industry […]
Save time and buy some great selected books for Christmas – click on a link below to buy online. Tim’s Pick At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design New Dreamland: Writing NZ Architecture Rubik’s Cube 3×3 Grasp the Nettle: Making Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Work New Zealand Best Sellers Please upgrade your browser
7 October 2010 Building Biodiversity: Building New Zealand Summary Conservation plays an important role in supporting New Zealand’s economy. When ecosystems are degraded and species destroyed, the country’s prosperity is imperilled. Public policy and business practices need to be overhauled and business needs to invest more in conservation.
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What has pleased you most during your term as president of Landscaping New Zealand? Networking is the best way to stay ahead of the game these days, and our Tihoi and Dunedin Conferences, our fantastic Awards dinner at Larnach Castle last week-end, and in particular, the landscaping demo we put on at Ellerslie in March were […]
Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Watch, Watch. Reminiscent of the Landscaping New Zealand conference keynote speaker Michael Hill, the biannual awards ceremony went like clockwork. As the gold and silver awards flowed so did the pace with the help of Haggis and a wee Dram. The setting was the spectacular Ballroom at Larnach Castle Dunedin, the chandeliers sparkling, fires […]
