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Category: Design Case Studies

A Challenging Waikato Design Project - Nicky Samuel

A Challenging Waikato Design Project – Nicky Samuel

Based in the Waikato I regularly carry out design projects in challenging places beyond the main Waikato basin. In 2011, I met with a young couple in the Taumarunui region, who had built a new residence on their farm and requested that I provide them with a Landscape Plan.  They wanted a “blueprint” to develop […]

Ecological design models for New Zealand urban areas

Ecological design models for New Zealand urban areas

This is the third article of a series of short pieces for landscapedesign.co.nz in which I  look at current trends and ideas in garden design. I think there is a  need to move ‘native’ design in NZ beyond the twin poles of revegetation. On the one hand and garden design with natives on the other to […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Job in Patumahoe

A Job in Patumahoe

A short  case study from Designer Gardens Auckland  This job in Patumahoe was built for a couple with three young children, and a limited budget, who wanted a substantial living space outside, which was not just plain, “poured” concrete. We decided to use 600mm X 600mm textured pavers in charcoal colour. The area was quite […]

A Cozy Coastal Bungalow Garden

A Cozy Coastal Bungalow Garden

By Jamie Reid of Jamie Reid Landscape and Garden Design Ltd, WELLINGTON The Situation This lovely early 1930’s cottage is positioned on an East-West axis with a small, potentially private garden at the rear; and a larger part of the section including off-road parking at the front had an existing garden which at best could […]

Asian Fusion

Asian Fusion

by Rebecca Wilson from Earthwork Landscape Architects in Wellington The courtyard area makes use of the sunny, sheltered aspect with a riot of flowering, bold foliage plants, whilst the lower courtyard is shady and used more as a viewing garden.This garden, owned by a couple with Pacific and Asian roots, incorporates a mix of both subtropical and Japanese […]

A head for heights - Corokia cotoneaster 'Paritutu'

A head for heights – Corokia cotoneaster ‘Paritutu’

Phillip Smith from O2 Landscapes shares his journal Over the previous weekend, I made a trip to the Manawatu and Taranaki, in preparation for the next regional planting guide for Landscape Architecture NZ magazine. One of the Taranaki locals that I had come to see, Corokia cotoneaster ‘Paritutu’, emerges from the precipitous sides of a local landmark, […]