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Wellington Garden | Secret Gardens of Aotearoa

Mountains & mānuka | Olivia Bird Design

Te Whare Māra: The Garden House — Pōneke Wellington
Te Whare Māra - The Garden House - blurs the lines between landscape and architecture. This Wellington garden exemplifies landscape design that boasts beauty, sustainability and meaningful spaces to inhabit and enjoy.
Designed by local.

How Chelsea Thorpe blends landscape, creativity & comfort | Black House Studio

Making waste materials bloom | Metal METcALfe’s botanical sculptures

Through the seasons in Kate Williams’ Garden — The After-hours Stylist
Kate Williams, author of The After-hours Stylist, lives with her family on a lifestyle block in Canterbury, where she is kept busy with running floral workshops, and looking after her extensive 5 acre garden.

Villa Garden with Modern Tropical Twist — New Plymouth
A contemporary sub tropical garden to compliment the former railway cottage’s new renovations. Designed by PARKER.

34 Drought-tolerant plants for dry gardens
By early summer in some gardens you may struggle to keep your plants from becoming victims to dry soil and severe drought, especially if they are new plants or plants with lots of new growth. Find out what will thrive in the garden in drought conditions…

Behind the green door | Phil & Gillian’s woodland-inspired garden

Wild & Woolly in Waikanae — Riverbank 1965
Tara Morton and Nick Walbridge are the proud owners of Waikanae’s mid-century modernist retreat — Riverbank 1965. Riverbank is a renovated architectural gem, originally built in the mid 1960s in a California ranch-style. The property consists of 1.5 acres of secluded trees and landscaping, with direct access to the Waikanae River.

From Soil to Spoil — Easthope Family Winegrowers
Harvesting your own grapes is an enticing prospect, as a multitude of growers in the Bay will endorse. Rod and Emma Easthope have been entwined with grape growing and winemaking since they were children. So they should know. Their story is one of respect for the land, their craft and family life.