Garden Designfest Programme 2024 by Dawson & Co

AUCKLAND GARDEN DESIGNFEST

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

DESIGNER

23-24 NOVEMBER 2024

A glorious selection of 20 special gardens awaits, in this seventh biennial Auckland Garden DesignFest event. Showcasing the strength and diversity of garden and landscape design, the festival has the parallel aim of benefitting crucial charities. We invite you to enjoy these wonderful gardens, inspired by nature, art and humanity.

A wealth of talent and ingenuity is on display. Gardens evolving with the changing climate, desires and aspirations of clients. Classic gardens and revamped ones, demonstrating change in design styles, new plant species, materials and technologies. There is greater awareness of the value and beauty of indigenous plants and the importance of sustainability. Edible gardens feature, even on tiny plots.

Above all, the gardens reflect beauty, strength of design and purpose. Gardens for recreation and entertainment, viewing and strolling gardens, native and subtropical mini forests, nestled heritage gardens and small but precious sanctuaries. Sharp, structured minimalist gardens and soft lush layered spaces bursting with plants, places of fun and colour, punctuated with sculpture, even a permaculture garden – it’s all here this year.

Come and be stimulated by meeting the designers in the gardens, see sustainable practices in action and takeaway ideas and inspiration to use in your own gardens, communities and local environments.

The festival is made possible by the incredible generosity of owners opening their private gardens and our fabulous, supportive sponsors. We are immensely grateful to you all. This year Edendale School’s Garden to Table project and a popular designer pub garden are also included. Youthline, Garden to Table, Oke, Dove Hospice and Wellness and The Rotary Club of Newmarket Charitable Trust are the recipients in 2024. By buying a ticket to this event you are helping sustain their vital work.

Thank you.

Auckland Garden DesignFest 2024 brought to you by:

• Garden Design Society of New Zealand

• Rotary Newmarket

• Dove Hospice and Wellness

GOLD EVENT SPONSORS

SILVER EVENT SPONSORS FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS

Deb Hardy FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Our diverse selection of gardens this year contain many interesting features. Use this helpful reference key to ensure that you don’t miss out on what you are particularly interested in.

GARDENS AT A GLANCE

Productive/Edible Gardens

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16

1,2,3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,17,18

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16 17,18,19

GARDENS AT A GLANCE

Swimming Pool/Spa Gardens

GARDENS AT A GLANCE

GARDENS AT A GLANCE GARDENS AT A GLANCE

GARDENS AT A GLANCE

1,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,19

Art/Sculpture Gardens

1,2,8,9,11,13,17,19

Our diverse selection of gardens this year contain many interesting features. Use this helpful reference key to ensure that you don’t miss out on what you are particularly interested in.

this year contain many interesting features. Use this helpful reference key to ensure that you don’t particularly interested in.

Our diverse selection of gardens this year contain many interesting features. Use this helpful reference key to ensure that you don’t miss out on what you are particularly interested in.

Productive/Edible Gardens

Sub Tropical/Native Gardens

Productive/Edible Gardens

Swimming Pool/Spa Gardens

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16 17,18,19

Productive/Edible Gardens

1,2,3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,17,18 19

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16 17,18,19

Productive/Edible Gardens

1,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,19

1. 2. 9. 10. 12. 13. 16. 17. 20.

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16 17,18,19

Sub Tropical/Native Gardens

Swimming Pool/Spa Gardens

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this colour restrooms visitors. volunteers for

Art/Sculpture Gardens

Courtyard Gardens

Swimming Pool/Spa Gardens

Art/Sculpture Gardens

1,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,19

Swimming Pool/Spa Gardens

1,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,19

1,2,8,9,11,13,17,19

1,3,5,8,13,15,17,18

1. 6. 7. 8. 13. 16. 17. 18. 19.

1,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,19

Swimming Pool/Spa Gardens

1,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,19

Art/Sculpture Gardens

1,2,8,9,11,13,17,19

Art/Sculpture Gardens

Fireplace/Pit Gardens 4,6,12,15

1,2,8,9,11,13,17,19

Art/Sculpture Gardens

2. 4. 6. 9. 11. 12. 13.

1,2,8,9,11,13,17,19

Chicken Coop Gardens 12

Courtyard Gardens

Sub Tropical/Native Gardens

Subtropical/Native Gardens

Sub Tropical/Native Gardens

1,2,3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,17,18 19

1. 4. 5. 8. 11. 12. 13. 19.

1,2,3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,17,18 19

Sub Tropical/Native Gardens

1,3,5,8,13,15,17,18

1,2,3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,17,18 19

Chicken Coop Gardens 12

Courtyard Gardens

Chicken Coop Gardens 12

Chicken Coop Garden 20.

Chicken Coop Gardens 12

Perennial Gardens 7,11,12,13,15,17,18

Chicken Coop Gardens 12

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GARDENS MAP

RESTROOMS

Gardens showing this colour on the map have restrooms available for garden visitors. Please ask the volunteers for directions

Fireplace/Firepit Gardens

Courtyard Gardens

Fireplace/Pit Gardens 4,6,12,15

1,3,5,8,13,15,17,18

Perennial Gardens 7,11,12,13,15,17,18

Courtyard Gardens

1,3,5,8,13,15,17,18

1. 5. 6. 7. 12. 13. 16.

1,3,5,8,13,15,17,18

Courtyard Gardens

1,3,5,8,13,15,17,18

Fireplace/Pit Gardens 4,6,12,15

Fireplace/Pit Gardens

Fireplace/Pit Gardens 4,6,12,15

Fireplace/Pit Gardens

Water features/Ponds Gardens 5. 7. 12. 13. 15. 20.

Water features/Ponds Gardens 1,3,14,16,17,18

4,6,12,15

Perennial Gardens

4,6,12,15

Fireplace/Pit Gardens 4,6,12,15

Fireplace/Pit Gardens

4,6,12,15

Perennial Gardens

2. 3. 7. 9. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20.

Perennial Gardens

Water features/Ponds Gardens 1,3,14,16,17,18

7,11,12,13,15,17,18

Perennial Gardens 7,11,12,13,15,17,18

7,11,12,13,15,17,18

Perennial Gardens

7,11,12,13,15,17,18

Water features/Ponds Gardens

7,11,12,13,15,17,18

GARDENS MAP KEY

FOOD & BEVERAGE

GARDENS MAP

1,3,14,16,17,18

Water features/Ponds Gardens 1,3,14,16,17,18

GARDENS MAP

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors we have lots of food and beverage options available while you garden hop.

GARDENS MAP

GARDENS

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS -

Fresh barista made Atomic coffee will be available for sale at the official festival market at Edendale Primary School in Sandringham (Garden 10). Pair it with a sweet treat from their bake sale and check out the other items for sale at the market including tea towels, aprons, fresh produce, seedlings and plants.

RESTROOMS

Gardens showing this colour on the map have restrooms available for garden visitors. Please ask the volunteers for directions

GARDENS MAP

Gardens showing this colour on the map DO NOT HAVE SUITABLE ACCESS

MAP

Gardens showing this colour on the map have LIMITED WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

Gardens showing this colour on the map have WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSGardens showing this colour on the map DO NOT HAVE SUITABLE ACCESS

Galbraith’s Alehouse in Mt Eden (Garden 15) is open all weekend and Keith and his team have created a seasonal ‘In The Garden’ menu and are offering 20% off all meals for festival goers.

Gardens showing this colour on the map have LIMITED WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

Gardens showing this colour on the map have WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS - Gardens showing this colour Gardens showing this colour

Complimentary Dilmah tea and Jacks coffee available all

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PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING COURTESIES:

• Gardens are open from 10am-4pm each day. Please respect these hours.

• This is a ‘self-drive’ event. A guided Bus Tour is available. Details below.

• Parking is usually available in nearby streets and gardens are conveniently grouped in clusters.

• We regret that children under 12 cannot be admitted (unless they are young enough to be carried).

• Wear flat shoes and watch your step.

• Animals are not allowed to enter the gardens, except for service animals.

• Please do not touch the plants or take any part of them. Plant lists and personal identification of plants will be provided where possible.

• Keep to the paths and take care to avoid damaging lawns and foliage

• Photography of gardens for commercial or media purposes is NOT permitted. Sharing of photos on social media is encouraged.

Tag #aucklandgardendesignfest

• Please respect the privacy of our remarkably generous owners.

• Please do not picnic, litter, vape, smoke or consume alcohol in any garden.

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE:

While every precaution has been taken, please note that it is a condition of entry to the gardens that you assume all responsibility for your own safety, the safety of those in your care, and of your possessions.

GUIDED BUS TOUR

Led by Penny Cliffin former lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Unitec and Anna-Maria Morris, a qualified landscape designer, the bus tour will visit half the selected gardens on Saturday and the other half on Sunday. Includes picnic lunch and refreshments.

Limited seats available.

Penny Cliffin - 021 488 000 pcliffin@gmall.com

Anna-Maria Morris - 021 063 9111 morrisannamaria@gmail.com For more information, visit: www.gardendesignfest.co.nz/tours

ORGANISERS

AVAILABLE FROM: www.gardendesignfest.co.nz

Kings Plant Barn stores Auckland wide: www.kings.co.nz/stores

Dove Hospice Shops Auckland wide: www.dovehospice.org.nz/

All Gardens Entry Tickets and Single Garden Tickets available from every garden during the festival weekend.

The Garden Design Society of New Zealand was established in 2002 by a group of enthusiastic professionals working in garden design practice and education. GDSNZ’s aims include; encouraging and advancing the practice of garden design, furthering the teaching and study of garden design and establishing itself as the professional body supporting and representing it’s members who work in this industry. The Auckland Garden DesignFest is a perfect fit for achieving those aims and GDSNZ is thrilled to be playing its part in raising awareness of all the charities supported by this event.

The Rotary Club of Newmarket was formed in 1945 and since then its members have been involved in many community projects similar to the Auckland Garden DesignFest. Rotary’s main function as an organisation is to provide its members with the opportunity to be of service to the community either locally or internationally. There are over 30,000 Rotary clubs worldwide providing substantial benefits to mankind. The Auckland Garden DesignFest will provide much needed funds to selected charities so they can have the greatest positive influence for their communities. The Rotary Club of Newmarket is privileged to be associated with the Auckland Garden DesignFest.

Dove Hospice & Wellness Dove Hospice & Wellness specialise in care that enhances holistic well-being from diagnosis of a life- threatening illness. We support people for whom a cure or remission is expected with our ‘return to wellness’ programmes, and also patients whose illness is no longer curable. Dove is delighted to be involved with the Auckland Garden DesignFest for 2024.

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Designer: Sculpt Gardens

Address: 59A Beach Road, Castor Bay

A sharp, minimalist garden in a spectacular setting, originating in 2020 from a Suzanne Turley concept plan. The property incorporates both family home and luxury accommodation, Elements of Castor Bay. A mix of natives and subtropicals surrounds the dominant striking architecture. Strelitzia, Coprosma repens, palms, Ligularia, and Griselinia lucida soften the edges and frame the garden. A large Nikau stands out on an upper level of the house, above a ‘golfers putting green’. Stunning views from the outdoor entertaining spaces and pool take in Castor Bay beach and beyond.

Planting Design, Installation and MaintenanceSculpt Gardens

Designer: Dominic Sudano

Address: 27/29 Dunedin St, St Marys Bay

A delightfully abundant street front garden that is shared between two neighbours. The brief was to create an attractive and unique pollinator habitat. It is essentially a simple and permanent sunken rectangle surrounded by footpaths. Although only a year old, the design responds to the challenge of providing a robust plant community of year-round beauty. The inclusion of cool season, native meadow grasses as an essential and highly visible element, pushes the boundaries of our very own Aotearoan style of naturalistic perennial gardens.

Installation - Ashdown Landscapes

Maintained by the client

Designer: Penny Milne

Address: 3 Duders Avenue, Devonport

The owner/designer created this “classic with a twist” 2012 garden, inspired by a trip to Italy. A central stepping stone path leads to the focal point of the garden, a large urn. Immaculately cut hedges of chocolate korokia, buxus and Eugenia create strong structure and the spaces in between feature seasonal flowers. A sculptural 80-year-old plum tree sits gracefully above a volcanic stone wall, with bright pots among the parterres providing height and colour. Sculptures, vegetable planters and succulent-filled bird baths all make for a colourful and accessible, family garden.

Designer: Jill Pierce

Address: 31 Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby

The owner/designer has focused on creating an oasis of texture, pattern and form. Over 40 years this lush garden has evolved into a small, intense subtropical ‘jungle’, and expanded through significant planting into the school next door and beside the footpath. Large mature trees preside over a range of deciduous, subtropicals, edibles and natives. A stone-paved side path leads to a curving corten-edged lawn enclosed by abundant vegetation. A small path winds through the rich greens lending a bit of magic in a tight urban setting - private and intimate.

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Sally Tagg

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Jill Pierce

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Dominic Sudano

Youthline is a “with youth, for youth” group dedicated to supporting young people throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. With over 50 years of experience, they have been helping Kiwis between the ages of 12 and 24. Their mission is to support all young people, whether they’re dealing with mental health challenges or other issues; or simply looking for opportunities to learn, grow, and give back to their community. They offer a range of free services, including a Helpline for text, phone, webchat, and email support. Additionally, they provide face-toface counselling, youth mentoring, and school and community programs designed to foster growth and development. As a registered charity, they rely on the generosity of partners, funders, and supporters to continue their work with young New Zealanders. www.youthline.co.nz

Dove Hospice & Wellness is a unique and independent hospice, caring for people from the time of diagnosis of a life-threatening illness. Dove supports those who have advanced disease and also those who are on a curative path. Dove’s services are provided at no charge to their clients, made possible by the support from its local community of donors, volunteers and our renowned Dove Hospice Shops. www.dovehospice.org.nz

Oke provides Kiwi kids with the opportunity to learn life and social skills by introducing productive gardens into schools. Through our Growing A Future program, Oke delivers a garden to each school, enabling the kids, teachers and local community to get growing. The garden is built through a community working bee (in just ONE day) and includes all that is required to make it sustainable; raised beds, greenhouse, composting solutions, kids tools, teacher tools, irrigation, fruit trees etc. Each Growing a Future project for a school is worth over $20,000. Oke works all year round to raise the funds so our ‘Growing a Future’ gardens don’t cost the school a cent! www.oke.org.nz

Garden to Table is a charitable trust that empowers tamariki across Aotearoa to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh food. Their programme enables schools and kura throughout the motu to deliver, embed and sustain impactful food education. By taking learning out of the classroom, they help Kiwi kids develop essential life skills and build resilience. These positive impacts radiate far beyond the school gates - to whānau, the wider community, and the planet - ultimately enabling a more sustainable, equitable and climate-friendly social and economic future. Garden to Table’s dream is ‘for every child in Aotearoa to have the opportunity and resources to grow and share their own fresh kai as part of daily life’. www.gardentotable.org.nz

Rotary Newmarket is a volunteer group of community-minded individuals who participate in a number of activities to enhance the lives of others. Fundraising is an important part of all these activities. The Rotary Club of Newmarket Charitable Trust has been established to account for funds raised and the distribution of these funds. All funds raised through and received from the Auckland Garden DesignFest will be allocated to child-specific activities.

Designer: Paul Gallagher

Address: 10 Masons Ave, Herne Bay

This contemporary garden design features generous outdoor living spaces with modern finishes; all enwrapped by lush, leafy planting. Linear elements of the design are echoed in the details of the pergola, outdoor kitchen and fireplace at the rear plus the entry courtyard and floating steps at the front. The result is a seamless transition from the inside out; with multifunctional recreational spaces, affording enhanced family living. The project won both Gold & Silver standards at the Registered Master Landscapers’ ‘Landscapes of Distinctions Awards’ in 2022 for design and construction.

Design & Construction - Mace Landscape Group

Designer: Deb Hardy

Address: 45 Faulder Ave, Westmere

A European style garden with pool and ‘nothing modern’ was the brief for this back garden. The emerald green pool and spa is surrounded by a wall of pleached green hedging. Gardenias, clipped buxus balls, potted citrus and wrought iron table & chairs create an ambient setting with steps to a glass conservatory. An enchanting weave of clipped green balls, picking and edible plants with limestone paved paths beneath key specimen trees greets you as you step through the wrought iron rose-clad arch. A portico has seating & table to enjoy the courtyard’s charms and afternoon sun.

Hard landscaping - Nikau Landscapes

Planting - Deb Hardy

Designer: Shafer Design Studio

Address: 83 Marine Parade, Herne Bay

A relatively inaccessible garden has been transformed into a refined outdoor space, blending modern elegance with traditional charm. A well-delineated side garden descends to the sleek and sparkling mosaic infinity pool, set at a level to connect with the historic house, and sits above a functional lawn. Clipped hedging of Michelia ‘Lemon Fragrant’, Ilex largo and Jasmine soften the pool fences. Expansive paved terracing stretches out from the house. The repeating horizontal lines of layered hedges, combine to provide a generous sense of space and enhance the setting’s natural beauty.

Pool - Frontier Pools. Installation - Landscape Group Hard landscaping - Groundtec

Designer: Trish Bartleet, Sebastian Bartleet

Address: 2 Harbour View Rd, Point Chevalier

A long enticing garden running roadside to cliff with exotics, subtropicals, herbs, citrus and natives skillfully woven around a striking modern house and pool. A series of beautifully integrated areas provide tantalizing glimpses across the garden and out to sea. The front lawn, originally for children to play, has been transformed into a native urban forest, lightly done for visibility and enjoyment. A circle of rocks invites sitting and the planting is layered with a tapestry of ground covers, shrubs to enclose and larger trees to slowly mature and dominate.

Design - Bartleet Landscape Studio

Installation - Second Nature Gardens

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Designer: Edendale School

- A Garden to Table School

Address: 419 Sandringham Rd, Sandringham

At the heart of Edendale School lies an oasis where students and nature thrive. Here, students grow, harvest, prepare, and share fresh kai, making their Garden to Table experience both educational and deeply connected to the environment and school community. This garden features abundant vegetable beds, aromatic herbs, and fruiting plants. Visitors can explore charming pathways and witness sustainability in action at our composting stations. The garden welcomes pollinators and guests alike.

Designer: Katie Battersby

Address: ‘Oakfield’ 9 Oakfield Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland

The verdant garden complements one of the oldest houses in Mt Albert, with large trees dating back to the 1850s.

It became a grand house in the 1880s gaining a Victorian turning circle. Successive planting by the Corban family from the 1980s, has enhanced the established green canopy.

Thousands of bricks create symmetrical paths, and studio flower and kitchen gardens flourish. Verandas and a conservatory room invite the garden in. The house can be visited, to experience that integration and artist / gardener Katie’s work.

Designer: Alex Luiten

Address: 7 Brixton Rd, Mt Eden

Nestled in bustling Mt Eden, this garden is full of character, with colourful mosaics incorporated into a bricked courtyard. The design phase started during covid lockdown, with photos and videos only. The neglected garden was re-imagined to create an intimate and lively space. A balance of good circulation between the main house and the new tiny house, and bespoke areas for entertainment, relaxation and privacy. The plant palette includes maples, Nīkau, gardenia, Pittosporum cornifolium, ligularia, muehlenbeckia, jasmine, ferns and sedum. The sustainably built tiny house also features a green roof.

Construction - Coastal & Co

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Designer: Glenys Yeoman

Address: 18B Aberfoyle Street, Epsom

An orientally-flavoured and sculptural climbing front garden sits below a magnificent Cedrus deodara spreading welcoming ‘arms’ out from the house. This part of the garden features a great mix of Cycads, pony palm, twisty Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka’, casually clipped Buxus and Euonymus, maples, Mondo, rocks and edibles. The open curving house then wraps around the serene inner sanctuary beneath alders, gingko, camellias and ponga, backed by volcanic rock walls and pond. The transition is through a muchloved open fire terrace – lit most days, giving year-round pleasure and enhancing frequent entertaining.

Address: 63 Disraeli St, Mt Eden 13 12 14 15

Designer: Val Puxty

Address: 11 Valley Road, Mt Eden

A classic garden, reflecting the architecture and style of a grand double-storied villa. From the drive, featuring majestic maturing Taraire, the garden sweeps elegantly around the house. Structured, perfectly clipped hedges are balanced with overflowing hydrangeas and gardenias. Dominant rocks in the slope above the main rear garden are softened by delicate Dichondra Silver Falls, hydrangeas and Ligularia reniformis. Elegant Lagerstroemia Kimono curves around the steps framing the Buxus balls and Stachys byzantina. The lawn is a clear swathe so the garden can be fully admired from the house.

Landscape Design - Val Puxty Landscape Design

Installation - Val Puxty Landscape Design

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Designer: Trish Bartleet, Sebastian Bartleet

Entering through palms along a boardwalk, this small enclosed tropical sanctuary is a delight. The open-fronted house and pool pavilion meet the garden and pool in a seamless way. The sunken garden of richly-textured planting adds depth and atmosphere. An attractive, latticed corten steel wall backs a sculptural corten brazier on the lawn and echoes a latticed brick wall opposite. A copper water feature adds more magic. Cycads, palms, heliconia, cannas, taro and monsteria create shelter, privacy and a deliciously lush, sensory experience.

Design - Bartleet Landscape Studio

Installation - Landscene Landscaping, Philip Morris Water feature - Contemporary Water Sculptures, Geoff McConnell

Designer: Richard Neville

Address: Galbraith’s Alehouse, 2 Mt Eden Rd

The design for Galbraith’s Alehouse celebrates the dynamic shifts of an English perennial garden, while grounding itself in Aotearoa. Recycled Auckland kerbstones and New Zealand natives are threaded into the plant palette, connecting the garden with the whenua. The garden pays homage to the history of the pub (originally the Grafton Public Library built in 1913), by telling a number of stories. Much like a book and a beer, the garden offers a sensory experience that changes through the seasons and welcomes patrons as flowers erupt in the spring.

Imagined by Keith Galbraith. Design - Richard Neville

Build - Feature Landscapes & Clayton Tutty Construction

Garden care - The Mindful Gardener

Photography - Carme Aguayo

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Address: 25 Seaview Rd,

Nestled within a tranquil residential valley the original heritage home is immersed within an impressive informal garden. The design allows for an evening meander across lush lawns above plentiful trees, through flowering perennial gardens or up to a seed sowing session in the glasshouse and potager garden. A formal infinity pool with long views to the sea, combined with an outside living area at the forefront of the landscape, links the garden spaces. This large, generous garden offers never ending surprises throughout a multi levelled landscape.

Design, Installation & Maintenance - Growing Gardens

Address: 115 Victoria Ave, Remuera

A skilfully designed and abundantly planted new garden wraps around an elegant house. The clients wanted an ‘English feel’ with flowering perennials and seasonal interest. The composition of the garden has created a series of lawns and terraces set within generous planting that carefully navigate a sloping site to maximise usability. Bay hedges and a collection of deciduous trees provide structure within expansive planting comprising sunny perennial borders and woodland flowering gardens in the shade. The pool garden enveloped by a mass of Miscanthus grasses enjoys a view to Rangitoto.

Design - Andy Hamilton Studio Soft landscape install - Second Nature Gardens

Designer: Matt McIsaac & Sean Hilditch

Remuera

Designer: Andy Hamilton

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Designer: Louise Hanlon, Ian Hendersen

Address: 32 Tautari St, Orakei

A subtle, layered and shaped garden fronts a modern house. Wooden steps lined with glaucous totara descend to this totally reinvented garden, now 7 years old. Olive hedging, limestone paths, a hoggin area and perennial flower beds replace lawn space. The planting has evolved to include self-seeded sedums, euphorbias and verbenas. A strong linear concrete planter intersects the deck, counterpointed by a small rectangular wall dividing the garden. A fire bowl extends garden use into the night. Camellias and soft grasses grace the poolside. A garden both strong and soft.

Installation - (excluding deck & pool) Second Nature Gardens

Planting - Louise Hanlon Design

Designer: Amanda Warren

Address: Wadhamville Garden for Wellbeing, 36 Vale Rd, St Heliers

This hillside permaculture garden is bursting with life. A ‘city lifestyle block’ with a fish pond, mini food forests, greenhouse, worm and compost bins, beehives, bantams, vegetable terraces, Steiner Flowform water feature and tortoises. Abundant with food, medicine, wildlife, healthy soil and plant diversity yet relatively low maintenance. Based on Permaculture design in three zones including an ‘easy reach’ area with quick-picking greens, flowers and garden room; a lawn ‘mowed’ by guinea pigs, no-dig vegetable beds and a Bath Terrace Moon Garden. An inspiring garden of plenty, full of surprises.

Maintenance - Amanda Warren, Dani Spoeth, Hana Colemansmith, Harrison Caird

Designer: Kirsten Sach

Address: 78 Grampian Rd, St Heliers

A sub-tropical modernist garden complements the retro style of the rectilinear house with curving lines and seamless indooroutdoor flow. A clean kidney-shaped turquoise pool and curving stone crazy-paving in neutral tones are bright and contemporary. The new spa pool features a sheer descent waterfall. ‘Floated’ decking and the firepit area have soft curved lines, matching the pool. An internal alarm system cleverly replaces pool fencing, allowing smooth, uninterrupted view lines throughout. The layers of planting- palms, ferns, strelitzia and ligularia create structure, cohesion and balance to this delightful, inviting garden.

Construction and maintenance - Urbis Landscapes

Designer: Dawson & Co

Address: 115 The Strand, Parnell

Catch your breath and refresh yourself with a complimentary Dilmah tea or Jacks coffee, courtesy of event sponsor, Dawson & Co at their spacious Parnell Store.

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COCKTAIL HOUR

Garden visitors are invited to meet at Dawson & Co between 3-5pm on Saturday 23rd November for a complimentary Malfy gin and tonic courtesy of Pernod Ricard.

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Pandeia Te Taiao: Garden for Wellbeing 021 892 124 adwarren@constructing.co.nz gardenforwellbeing.org giftthegarden.org.nz

Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton Studio 022 1234 994 andy@andyhamiltonstudio.com www.andyhamiltonstudio.com

Ashdown Landscapes 022 024 2297 info@ashdownlandscapes.co.nz

Carme Aguayo 027 459 2786 carme@carmeaguayo.com carmeaguayo.com

Clayton Tutty Construction 021 335 835 info@claytontutty.co.nz claytontutty.co.nz

Coastal & Co 021 257 3672 chris@coastalgardens.co.nz coastalgardens.co.nz

Contemporary Water Sculptures

Geoff McConnell 027 432 5642 info@watersculptures.co.nz

Debbie Hardy

Deb Hardy Gardens 021 815 151 debbie.hardy@hardyrepublic.com debhardy.co.nz

Dominic Sudano

Russet Gardens 021 0293 5183 dominic@russetgardens.com russetgardens.com

Edendale Primary School 09 846 6340 office@edendale.school.nz edendale.school.nz

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Feature Landscapes 021 245 2424 todd@featurelandscapes.co.nz featurelandscapes.co.nz

Frontier Pools 09 295 0989 info@frontierpools.co.nz frontierpools.co.nz

Galbraith’s Alehouse

Keith Galbraith 021 376 911 keith@alehouse.co.nz alehouse.co.nz

Garden to Table Trust info@gardentotable.org.nz gardentotable.org.nz

Glenys Yeoman Play Gardens 021 343 344 glenysyeoman@outlook.com

Groundtec

David Savory 021 814 053

Ian Henderson

Hikoi Garden Tours 021 127 3094 ianhendersonak77@gmail.com hikoigardentours.co.nz

Jill Pierce 021 394 144 j.pierce@xtra.co.nz

Katie Battersby 021 306 299 info@katiebattersby.com katiebattersby.com

Kirsten Sach Kirsten Sach Landscape Design Ltd 021 755 967 info@kslandscapes.co.nz kslandscapes.co.nz

Landscape Group

Jason Adams 021 084 11886

Landscene Landscaping

Philip Morris 021 637 796 landscenenz@gmail.com

Louise Hanlon

Louise Hanlon Design 021 285 4470 louise.hanlon@xtra.co.nz louisehanlon.co.nz

Matt McIsaac Growing Gardens 021 544 334 09 448 2196 landscapes@growinggardens.co.nz growinggardens.co.nz

Max Patte Cluster 5 info@maxpatte.com

Metalwerks 021 525 365 metalworks.co.nz

The Mindful Gardener 021 815 959 kate@mindfulgardener.co.nz mindfulgardener.co.nz

Nikau Landscapes

Dave Paddy 028 046 4528 dave@nikaulandscapes.co.nz nikaulandscapes.co.nz

North Harbour Stonemasons 021 191 1808 northharbourstonemasons.co.nz

Paola Lenti customer.worldwide@paolanti.it paolanti.it

Paul Gallagher

Mace Landscape Group 021 325 465 09 294 8332 paul@macelandscapes.co.nz macelandscapes.co.nz

Penny Milne 021 779 125 penelope.milne@gmail.com

Premium Landscapes

Colin Butcher 027 664 6107 colin@premiumlandscapes.co.nz premiumlandscapes.co.nz

Richard Neville

Neville Design Studio 022 406 1054 richard@nevilledesignstudio.co.nz www.nevilledesignstudio.co.nz

Sculpt Gardens

Claire Talbot & Naomi Gray 021 549 161 hello@sculptgardens.co.nz sculptgardens.co.nz

Second Nature Gardens 09 524 6672 sales@secondnature.co.nz secondnature.co.nz

Shafer Design Studio 09 421 1412 contact@shaferdesign.co.nz shaferdesign.co.nz

Straight Curve Garden Edging

Shane Parker 0272 824 453 sales@gardenedging.co.nz www.gardenedging.co.nz

Timeless Stone 09 422 7318 timeless-stone.nz

Trish & Sebastian Bartleet Bartleet Design Studio 022 522 6858 sebastian@bartleetlandscapestudio.co.nz bartleetlandscapestudio.co.nz

Urbis Landscapes 021 0251 9609 urbislandscapes.co.nz

Val Puxty

Val Puxty Landscape Design 027 659 9053 puxty@xtra.co.nz www.valpuxtylandscapedesign.com

Wrought Iron Products 09 444 9634

Val Puxty

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