Landscaping & planting plan 2020 Construction: late 2020 Planted: 2021 A very enjoyable project in a new, quite stylish subdivision. The owner had a limited budget, and 2 large dogs. We did away with all lawns, and created pebble pathways & soft plantings. I hope to convince her to pave an existing concrete terrace and extend the landscaping to her borrowed views by staining outside the fence + adding fairy lights to nearby trees.

Landscaping & planting plan 2020 Construction: 2020 Planted: 2020/21 This has been a most enjoyable project for clients who have lovingly restoring their character villa, and then turned their attention to the garden! We completely gutted the courtyard. We reused the old bricks, and added non slip black porcelain pavers. Lucy opted for instant hedge & topiaries. Climbing roses will scramble over the new central trelliage; & we are pleaching trees around the stained boundary fence.

Landscaping & planting plan following house renovations 2020. Landscape construction: 2020 Planting: 2020/21 This has been a most enjoyable project, working with a very stylish & creative client & chef. The garden was already established and we have completed the outdoor living areas on the house flat, incorporating stylish landscaping details, edible native plants for cooking & garnishes, and picking flowers for floral arrangement. We continue to plant as stock becomes available.

Landscaping & planting plan 2020 Planting: 2020 Construction: began 2021 A great project to work on, with lovely clients and an elegant villa with good bones. We opened up the house to the garden and views, renovated the formal boundary hedging, added French style planting & new roses. We have created new street front planting in pots. Work is underway to build new storage, privacy screens and edge the lawn.

Landscaping & planting plans, front garden 2018 & back garden 2020 Construction: began on back garden 2021 Planting: underway 2021/22 We have been working our way around this section for lovely long term clients with a penchant for garden art. We have levelled the back lawn and created a new outdoor living terrace & heat source. Next up is pleached trees, columns and new specimen trees to create just a little bit more privacy, without closing off the garden to this friendly street & cul de sac.

Additional landscaping & planting plan 2021 Studio: build 2021 Planting: to begin 2022 Another great project with super stylish owners, and house with very interesting detailing and features. The studio and adjoining landscaping was designed by Studio Pacific, and clad in traditional Japanese shu shugi ban burnt cedar cladding, echoing existing landscaping. Stage 1 - we are adding lush & wild foliage for privacy & seasonal interest & texture.

Masterplan for a kitchen garden by local landscape architect Earthworks. We have evolved the design through landscaping & planting consultations every 6 weeks 2021/22 Construction: began 2021 A most enjoyable project and full team effort, between talented owner, local tradies, and designers. We have evolved and added a new central access through existing timber retaining, added gabion walls & steps; with pleached & espaliered fruit trees, corten planters, a glasshouse & champagne walk to come.

Landscaping plan before renovations in 2020. Renovations: 2020/21 Landscape construction: began late 2021. Planting plan: to follow build 2022 This has been a long project for the owners, who have shown great patience through lockdowns & delays. And at long last landscaping has begun! We are levelling, adding drainage & edging the lawn; adding an outdoor fireplace & spa pool, a new paved dining terrace & cantilevered pergola, and corten planters filled with soft grasses, flowers and edibles.

Landscaping plan before house renovation 2020 House renovation: 2021/2022 Landscape construction: to start 2022 Planting plan: after landscape build 2022. I am looking forward to the landscaping starting soon on this garden for our lovely clients. They work from home, and we are building a planted space between their home and office; a new dining terrace; and new retaining, access and upper terrace in amongst leafy trees for these nature lovers who border the Wellington Botanic Garden.

Masterplan 2021 Construction: began late 2021 This is an interesting project for me, as it was my childhood home for 20 years! The house has been, and is continuing to be extensively renovated, but the back garden is largely un touched since I lived there. We are opening up the woodland, adding a utility area & productive food forest; painting, staining, straightening and rebuilding various retaining; and adding small deciduous trees and climbers to soften the drops between levels.