Emerging Design Sponsored by Solid Energy

This garden category is only for students studying towards an appropriate tertiary course in landscape, design and horticulture.  All entrants are eligible to win medals and the chance to be named overall winner and EIFS Student Designer of the year 2012.

The Emerging Designs category is the only category in which designers work to a client brief.   This year the Emerging Design section has two briefs,  due to the cancelation of last year’s show our student competitors were unable to complete their designs so we wanted to give them an opportunity to complete their hard work.

The 2011 brief is a young DINKY couple (dual income, no kids yet!). They're in their first home, have a healthy income with few outgoings, and work long hours in high-pressure jobs. When at home, the clients like to relax with a glass of wine in their small, low-maintenance, courtyard garden. The gardens created by the students should give an illusion of a ‘pocket of tranquillity’. It should also be a nice place to entertain and maybe something to show off to their guests.

The 2012 client brief is a middle age couple inspired by the ‘grow your own’ or sustainable garden revolution.  Traditionally this couple have had a strong ornamental garden, focusing on planted borders rather than hard, structural, design-led garden.   Health conscious and wishing to become more self-sustainable and environmentally friendly, this couple wish to leap into the ‘Grow your own’ revolution – similar to the character played by Felicity Kendal in the TV programme ‘The Good Life’.

The task for both client briefs is to design and build a small courtyard garden.   These gardens are bursting with innovation and creativity from the next generation of landscape, design and horticulture experts
2012 Brief

GONE TO SEED   ED1
Rachael Matthews
HEDGE Garden Design & Nursery
Wellington
(022) 2227 224: rachael@hedge.co.nz
This contemporary sustainable garden incorporates untreated sleepers, walls of rusted steel, and a board walk that doubles as an underground composting system. A bit like the owners, the vegetable garden is bolting and going to seed, revealing wonderful flowering forms and seed for next season’s crop.  All plants are edible.

PEACE WITHIN   ED3 
Tane Renata
Wellington
Ph 0273 444 056: landlifeandculture@hotmail.co.nz
A small courtyard garden designed for a middle aged couple to enjoy and interact with nature. The garden helps grow the mind, body and soul by creating a tranquil and sustainable setting for plants and people to flourish and adapt to a forever changing world and environment. There is also a taste of what makes Aotearoa pristine, unique and peaceful.

EDIBLE GARDEN RETREAT  ED4    
Sheldon McNamara
Wairarapa
Ph 021 2130 047: sheldon1@hotmail.com
The design idea is based on creating a multi-functional area for entertaining and relaxing as well as providing a productive vegetable garden mixed with ornamental plants. This will complement each other aesthetically as well as attracting beneficial insects and bees.

'GARDEN OF EATIN'   ED5
Fleur Mar
Wellington
04 232 2005: fleurmar@gmail.com
The 'garden of eatin' is a sustainable garden providing sustenance for the body and mind by promoting healthy eating.  The garden has a multi purpose in the sense that trees provide shelter and shade from the elements and food for native wild life, the water feature is not only a place for relaxation but also provides irrigation for gardens and companion planting encourage beneficial insects into the garden reducing the need for harmful chemical sprays.  It is about getting back to nature and enjoying the simple life with minimal work.

A NEW PERSPECTIVE   ED6
CPIT architecture students - Ben Saywell, Darryl Jacobsen, Kate McDougall, Lachlan Munro, Lauren Lee, Lucy Magill, Richard Lorgelly. Tutor - Megan Lutton.
cpitarchitecturestudents@gmail.com
Felicity and Richard have recently had their annual check-ups, and realised they need to re-think the way they live their lives. As architecture students, we wish to facilitate a shift in their perspectives on life, transforming their suburban garden into a sustainable, edible, medicinal, and pleasurable space.

SIMPLE SERENITY   ED7
Daniel Webb and Kyle Lewis
Christchurch
Ph Daniel: 021 100 7185 Kyle: 02102738653
kyleathome@gmail.com & danielwebb@gmail.com
This garden, constructed around the concept of flow, serves as both a tranquil retreat and multi-functional social space. The design blends architecture with landscape. Timber makes fluid transitions from the deck into walls, seats, and tables while flowing grasses and bubbling water stream life into the space. The varied maximize the useable floor area. Maintenance is minimal, resulting in a garden that gives generously and asks little in return. 

AMBIENCE     ED8
Katrina Margaret Pinnington
Christchurch
Ph 03 3446085: Kapinna@hotmail.com
This garden oozes relaxation with the timber seating area set amongst flora surroundings, including mixtures of colour and greenery. The addition of lighting and a gas fire offer extended use into the evening and past summer. Stones, pavers and a water feature blend in to create a total relaxing atmosphere.

ARC’D     ED9
Danilyn Paderes Green
Christchurch
Ph 03 3394500: danilyn.green@gmail.com
www.danilynpaderesgreen.tumblr.com
Imagine... a backdrop of falling water, texture of lush and harsh, plants of green and velvet. Two arced canopies set the stage for this courtyard oasis – offering entertainment possibilities, comfort, peace and relaxation in conjunction with a low maintenance, show-off and tranquil ambience perfect for a modern working couple.

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ED10
Outdoor Transforming, Rowan Brookman
Wellington
Ph 027 819 3313: rowanbrookman@gmail.com
This contemporary courtyard garden utilizes NZ made art work with a selection of exotic and native plants to create the new kiwi backyard sanctuary. This is achieved by fusing a beach, meets bush feeling with outstanding kiwi sculptures. Yet maintaining the realization of an unjust and oppressed world throughout the design