About Landscape Designers
A qualified landscape or garden designer will have completed a diploma or advanced certificate (2 year course) or a certificate (1 year course) in Landscape Design.
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About Landscape Contractors
Many contractors offer a design service as part of their business. Some will have formal training. These could be degrees or diplomas in horticulture as well as landscape design. Others will be qualified tradespeople such as builders and tilers. Landscape contractors are supported by a large range of subcontractors and specialists. We recommend reading choosing […]
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About Landscape Architects
A person using this title will have completed a Bachelor or Masters of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University or UNITEC. Landscape Architects design large scale commercial/industrial projects and residential landscapes. Those who belong to the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA) are bound by a strict code of conduct. We recommend reading choosing a […]
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Industry Info
On this page you’ll find information about the landscape industry in New Zealand. It contains links to specific information about key areas. The Landscape Industry covers all aspects of garden and outdoor design plus construction, maintenance, products and accessories. In New Zealand people who design supply and install landscape services in New Zealand and products are […]
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Designing with native plants
Now is the time to re-invent native planting. The 1980s saw what I like to call the ‘early period’ of native planting design. It was based on the ‘DoC Visitor Centre’ idiom – a bushy thicket of mixed vigorous shrubs and trees with a scattering of sedges or grasses at the edges – oh, and […]
Mar 09, 2009 | 6 comments
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Master craftsman passes down age-old skills
Kiwis have the chance to learn an age-old trade from a master craftsman by registering for New Zealand’s only full-time stonemasonry course. Offered by Otago Polytechnic, the Cromwell-based one-year programme covers an extensive range of practical skills and work experience, producing specialist stonemasonry professionals with a high level of competence and the ability to work […]
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