Feature Gardens
These stunningly designed and crafted gardens are a main attraction at the show as they feature some of the best designers and landscape contractors from New Zealand and overseas. As you begin exploring these wonderful gardens you’ll find exhibition and retail gardens. Exhibition gardens provide designers with the opportunity to showcase their exceptional skills as they are given design freedom. Retail gardens offer the opportunity to put products and brands in the spotlight whilst providing visitors with one-to-one interaction as you can walk through the retail gardens, unlike the exhibition gardens. We have a wonderful collection of gardens this year, in a diverse range of styles. There is some inspiration and amazement in a garden for everyone!
Within the feature gardens there are four categories Exhibition Gardens, Emerging Designs, Zealandia National Flower Bed Competition and Egmont Seeds Kids Zone
EXHIBITION GARDENS
LEICESTER MURRAY EG1
Christchurch
Ph 03 329 6482: lmurray@farmside.co.nz
MAX’S PIPE DREAM – AN ENGINEER’S GARDEN EG2
Beca, Paul Roper-Gee
Christchurch
Ph 03 366 3521: paul.roper-gee@beca.com
www.beca.com
A courtyard garden imagining how Max Smith, Project Engineer for the Upper Waitaki Hydroelectric Power Scheme might have made his garden using the construction and plant materials found nearby. The garden is inspired by the Mackenzie District hydro engineering, landscape, and flora, “weeds and all”.
MK LIMITED EG3
Xiaohua Li
03 981 8859: enc.chch@gmail.com
ART IS LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE IS ART. EG4
GLD Architectural Landscape Design, Kevin & Charlotte Gillespie
Fielding, Manawatu
Ph 021 2455941: info@gld.org.nz
www.gld.org.nz
The garden portrays the inspirational relationship of the natural world to the artistic community. The creational process is symbolised in the heavily vegetated ‘studio’ while the ‘gallery’ frames the natural landscape in varied compositions, set within the context of the bright, colourful and geometric work of the artist Mondrian.
URBAN REFRESHMENT EG5
Olivia Bird, Jack Earl, Kess Aleksandrova
Christchurch
Ph 0274646694, 0275378968, 0210514822
olivia.bird@lincolnuni.ac.nz, jack_earl@hotmail.co.nz, kess.aleksandrova@lincolnuni.ac.nz
Our garden looks to accommodate a couple moving into higher density apartment types, following a housing displacement occurring from a natural disaster. The 36m2 site looks to express sensual experiences evoked through the textile and visual play on materials and compositions. While providing functions that encourage both vibrant social gatherings and also a relaxing space to call their own.
ELIXIR EG6
Anna Kitchingman, Jody Tuuta, Daniel Assmus
Canterbury/ Coromandel Peninsula
Ph 0274 65 3090, 021 126 1121, 027 335 1561,
Anna_kitchingman@windowslive.com, jodytuuta@msn.com
Daniel.assmus@lincolnuni.ac.nz
http://www.facebook.com/groups/125118357547205/
A bright arc of colour tempts users to this tropical retreat. Hidden within is a paradise that has strongly contrasting lush plants and water. This design has clean lines, vibrant colours and provides an entertainment area for a multitude of uses.
TASMAN BAY ROSES LTD EG7
Ben Pratt
Motueka
Ph 03 528 7449: tbr@xtra.co.nz
www.tbr.co.nz
Tasman Bay Roses presents a colourful display of rose varieties in a cottage garden setting, showcasing modern H.T, Floribunda, David Austin, climbing and old fashioned roses. Also featuring some exciting new release varieties and the ever popular Hayley Westenra rose.
DIGGING THE FUTURE EG8
Presented by: Hand over a Hundy - Jade Temepara (founder)
Ashburton, Canterbury
Ph 027 4760204: handoverahundy@yahoo.co.nz
www.handoverahundy.co.nz
A garden and project to inspire first time gardeners. Hand over a Hundy showcases an outlay of a Hundy ($100), spent on seeds and seedlings to start a vege patch from scratch. With so many families wanting to learn, we created this concept to show it is possible fun and an important skill to pass on.
LANDSCAPING NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION GARDEN EG9
Landscaping New Zealand, Nicky Samuel
Ph 0508 444345: events@lianz.org.nz
www.lianz.org.nz
Landscaping New Zealand presents:
Witness progress during the course of the show as our skilled and dedicated members work side by side to create a masterpiece. Inspired by the theme “Free Spirit” the exhibit provides insight into how members of our association provide excellence in creating high quality landscape installations. The garden’s shimmering textures evoke our landscape, from native beech forests to colourful tapestries of coastal grasses and perennials.
TOM HARFLEET EG10
Tom Harfleet
tom@tomharfleet.com
SERENE EG11
Allwood Trees Ltd, Mark Hutching
Christchurch
Ph 03 349 9240: info@allwood.co.nz
www.allwood.co.nz
Designer: Mark Hutching
Sponsors: Smart Precast Concrete, Gardenmakers, Readylawn.
A traditional and stylish garden for all seasons incorporating features that provides a relaxed outdoor living environment. The garden focuses on trees and shrubs from around the world providing interest all year, with emphasis on colour and texture.
RECLAIMED SPACE EG11a
Scotty Fletcher, Brian Matthews, Ben McMaster
Christchurch
Ph 03 344-6223: beaver.landscaping@xtra.co.nz : bmcmaster@xtra.co.nz
www.christchurchlandscapedesign.co.nz
A modern courtyard garden that is relevant to our lives as Cantabrian’s. We will transform void space into useable pockets of tranquillity and calm to escape from the uncontrollable. Picture frames views of our garden lead to juxtaposed areas of relaxation and play through modern materials that hark back to classic NZ narrative.
TRANSITIONS – from broken city to new beginnings embracing nature and history EG12
Colin Meurk – designer, Landcare Research
Lincoln
Ph 03 321 9999
info@landcareresearch.co.nz
A greener city was the people’s choice from ‘Share an Idea’. Representing a range of transitions, this exhibit features innovative use of indigenous species in a ‘pocket park’ setting with a greenroof, living wall, raingarden and swale stormwater treatment train, bush, biodiverse lawn, and green rail tracks and paths.
CASA DE VIDRO EG12A
Presented by: Metroglasstech Christchurch
Design Team: Sandi MacRae, Kara Burrowes, Maurice Earl, Owen Booth
chch@metroglasstech.co.nz
A contemporary design of the traditional glasshouse, with processing techniques, several unique to Metroglasstech, introducing glass to the garden realm. Plants and designed elements hover alongside the floating glasshouse, above a blue meadow. The entire site is grounded and united by being 'wrapped' with a dynamic, gem-like ribbon.
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART EG13
Olive Screen - Landscape Architect, Jenine Screen
Christchurch
Ph 027 289 1006: Olive olivescreen@yahoo.co.nz
www.pohutukawa_ltd.co.nz
A wedding themed garden designed by Landscape Architect Olive Screen, as a place for ceremony and celebration. It contains elements that evoke a sense of love and compatibility, harmony, and movement. A garden where true love stories begin.
This garden is constructed by Pohutukawa Landscaping Ltd.
URBAN ACTIVE RG2
Steven Gray, Kevin Williams – Project Managers
Fiona Greig, Jocelyn Mahoney – Landscape Architects
Christchurch
Ph 03 941 8256: steven.gray@ccc.govt.nz
The Christchurch City Council in partnership with City Care have designed a playground space and outdoor recreational area which emphases good health and well being within our community. The design is based on a inner city park which brings a bright splash of colour to
a grey urban landscape.
