How to Define Your Lines
A key part of any design process is to get a full understanding of the requirements of the client or the end user, and this certainly...
2017 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show Trends
The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show stands out as the ‘must see’ southern hemisphere landscape event, and over the years...
Plant Selection
Over summer you may have visited a friends house and admired the landscape design of their property. Chances are that a large part of...
Street Appeal
If a property is visible from the street most homeowners will want to create a frontage that has ‘street appeal’. What surprises me, is...
Quality Trumps Quantity
As property values have increased over the years, a natural consequence has been the reduction in size of the average plot of land. This...
Emerald Carpets
Of all the elements available in the landscape designers toolkit, an open expanse of lawn can have the biggest impact on a property. A...
Climbing Up The Wall
Landscape design is often thought of as the treatment of horizontal surfaces around a built structure where decks, paving and planting...
Winter Gardening
The winter months are now upon us and the impact of this is evident in your garden and outdoor spaces. By now most trees have dropped...
Cosy Outdoor Rooms Whatever The Season
One of the key principles used in contemporary landscape design is the creation of an ‘Outdoor Room’. This is where an outdoor space is...
Autumnal Hues
One of the joys of autumn in Christchurch is watching the many deciduous trees around our city head towards winter dormancy with a...
