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Find Landscape Designers; Landscape Architects in the Manawatu Region.

Find Landscape Designers; Landscape Architects in the Manawatu Region.

Are you looking for a Landscape Designer or Landscape Architect in Manawatu? Including Wanganui, Palmerston North and Linton.

Find Landscape Designers & Landscape Architects in the Greater Waikato.

Find Landscape Designers & Landscape Architects in the Greater Waikato.

Are you looking for a Landscape Designer or Landscape Architect in Waikato, Hamilton, Cambridge or Claudelands area?

Working with a Designer or Architect

Working with a Designer or Architect

Working with and understanding your designer Many designers will have their own way of working. The following is a step-by-step guide to the design process, from the initial consultation to ongoing maintenance.

One-off Consultations

One-off Consultations

If you’re already a skilled gardener, you might just need some professional reassurance and guidance before embarking on your project. A one-off consultation might be all you need. The designer will give you on-the-spot advice on one or two aspects of your landscape and provide sketches and notes. This could take 1-2 hours depending on […]

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.

Layout of planting

Layout of planting

The size and shape of planting areas are basic to the success of planting. Because of its visual softness, grass can occupy bigger areas than paving without looking bleak, but too much open grass without some definition and enclosure does give a sense of emptiness (rather than spaciousness). There are many locations where paving is […]

Buying & Commissioning Sculpture

Buying & Commissioning Sculpture

Many galleries will have existing sculptures you may consider for purchase. However, some people choose to commission works to specified sizes and appearances to complement the environment where the work will be ultimately located. If you choose this path, the time it takes to have the work produced varies greatly. It depends on the artist, […]

Lighting Garden Sculpture

Lighting Garden Sculpture

Sculpture and other architectural structures give the lighting designer the opportunity to work with materials that, given the right treatment, can produce dramatic and stunning night time effects. Sculptures typically serve as a vocal point and as such will generally require a greater light level than the other elements in the garden. As always there […]