Garden design

Block planting their small, sloping section is the key to creating a garden brimming with perennials, vegetables, fruit trees and succulents.

An excerpt from garden and interior designer Michael's long-awaited book Everyday Opulence.

Caroline Yelavic is getting her hands dirty with an ancient form of gardening Originally from sunny Sao Paulo in Brazil, Caroline Yelavic was exposed to Japanese culture from a young age, despite being thousand of miles away from the land of the rising sun. “My godmother was a Buddhist and enjoyed the practice of ikebana […]

Planning and planting a verdant home garden in Tauranga has been both healing and enriching for this hands-on couple This couple found healing in creating a bountiful urban garden For Isaac Weston and Lara Bui, 2008 and 2009 were extremely challenging years. With two unsuccessful rounds of IVF and the passing of their beloved cat, […]

With their kids entering adulthood, a Nelson couple relished the chance to reimagine their garden as the ultimate grown-ups’ entertainment area How a lifestyle block was transformed into the ultimate entertainers’ area This family home on an eight-hectare lifestyle block in the rural Appleby Hills boasts views of the Waimea Inlet and, as it was […]

Colin and Vicki Davis used global inspiration for their eclectic garden of themed ‘rooms’. Discover how they successfully reimagined the quarter acre dream This couple’s traditional Tauranga garden has a global twist There’s no need for a garden to feature a uniform theme throughout. Just ask Colin and Vicki Davis, whose Tauranga garden has been […]

From dry riverbed to palm lounge, see how this Tauranga garden has garnered global inspiration to create charming, themed ‘rooms’ There’s no need for a garden to feature a uniform theme throughout. Just ask Colin and Vicki Davis, whose Tauranga garden has been divided into different ‘rooms’. One area is English-themed, in another a Balinese […]

Miranda Brooks has redefined garden design with her rambling, romantic style. See her unique vision come to life in Anna Wintour’s garden and find out how you can achieve this look at home. Get to know world-renowned landscape designer Miranda Brooks It seems a bit strange to pay a lot of money to have a garden designed so that […]

Strategic use of screening plants and clever design create a private oasis in the midst of a subdivision After living north of Auckland for about 10 years, Henry Lin and his wife, Coco Liang, decided to move to Millwater, a new housing development a little further north, near Orewa. As well as the glorious beaches […]

Stay cool, calm and collected with our top 10 tips for creating shade in the garden this summer How to create shade in the garden Lazing beneath a cool, shady pergola when the sun is high in the sky must be one of life’s most agreeable experiences. Some form of shade structure is essential not just to beat […]

A small inner-city garden is redesigned for modern living with built-in seating and walls of fragrant greenery for privacy Finding a newly renovated house in inner-city Auckland six years ago couldn’t have come at a better time for Claire Foggo and husband Damon Green. Both were working full time with a baby on the way, […]