Press Release: Taranaki Arts Festival Trust Date: Tuesday, 26 May 2009 Time: 3:37 pm NZT Puketarata, a large country garden north of Hawera, has been awarded Garden of National Significance status just two years after opening its gates for the Taranaki Rhododendron & Garden Festival. Puketarata, independently assessed by the New Zealand Gardens Trust for […]
Visitors to the Ellerslie International Flower Show have spoken and chosen Texture Plants’ Off the Wall garden as their favourite. The People’s Choice Award was last night given to a garden which is a secluded area in which to escape from the hustle and bustle of every-day life. It is a combination of seamless structures, […]
Amateur Auckland photographer John Pirtle is on a winning streak having been named the winner of two national photographic competitions in just three months. Mr Pirtle is the winner of this year’s The Great Ellerslie Photo Competition, with his image Lest We Forget (right) which he created for a friend on the anniversary of her […]
Christchurch has retained the National Flower Bed title at this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show. The city’s entry, a floral tribute to the controversial Peacock Fountain in the Botanic Gardens, has won both gold and been named Ellerslie’s National Flower Bed for 2009. Christchurch won the inaugural National Flower Bed Competition in 2007 at the […]
Four exhibition gardens have won gold at this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show. In what the judges say was “a tough competition for the medals with a number of hotly contested criteria”, Wellington designer Ben Hoyle and Christchurch designers Carl Pickens, Rob Watson for the Canterbury Horticultural Society and Sir Miles Warren, Alan Trott, Pauline […]
Sustainability is a buzzword which permeates flower shows these days – and this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show is no exception. Waterwise planting, water recycling, intelligent use of water, low-energy gardens and restoring soil nutrients are all key international garden trends and many of these concepts will be seen in two exhibition gardens at […]
Garden Showcase – Award Winning Garden at The Auckland Flower Show GOLD medal for lighting, SILVER medal for construction, BRONZE medal for Design and Planting Design: Caroline Wesseling Landscapes Construction: Landscape Creations
Waikato Home & Garden Show NZ Landscape Design & Sculpture Awards 2008 2008 NZ Landscape Design Awards Gold: Project Landscape Silver: Matt Perry for Wintec Bronze: Tall Poppies Landscape Centre Highly Commended: Imagine Landscape Design, Tailored Environments Peoples Choice: Wintec by Matt Perry Night Light Award Gold: Project Landscape Silver: Tailored Environments Bronze: Tall Poppies […]
