NICK ROBINSON

We are senior and experienced designers with enthusiasm for creating memorable garden places. We work closely with the client at all times throughout planning, design and production. To add to our skills and experience, we have an established network of expert colleagues who offer related services in architecture design, planning, and construction and so we can provide full project realisation for home and garden improvements. Our services are summarised below.

Garden assessment

• garden survey and assessment: we identify your garden assets and unusual plants, plus any site problems and opportunities for design. We also carry out historical research for heritage sites. This leads to advice on conservation, management and the potential development of your garden to realise its full potential.

• tree survey and assessment: we give you advice on all aspects of tree management, including pruning, rejuvenation and planting programmes to provide for future generations of trees, woodland and bush.

Planning advice

• we give you advice on applications for resource or building consents for buildings and other proposed uses.

• assessment of effects for resource consent: if you need this for new build, extension or alterations, we provide the information needed by council and advise you on how to minimise conditions.

• we apply for consent and liaise with council on your behalf.  

Garden and planting design and management

• site planning: we help you plan your land for new buildings, extensions and garden development.

• food gardens: we help you plan and design your section for organic food production and permaculture.

• ecological garden design: We create beautiful and bio-diverse gardens for people and wildlife. We design low energy, low carbon and water sensitive gardens, including low-cost green roofs and vertical gardens.

• planting plans: We create planting that is well adapted to the site, richly layered and has a strong sense of place and harmony.

• food forests and bush gardens: we have experience in establishing food forests from Bay of Plenty to Northland.

• organic and ecological management: We give advice on long term caring for your garden, including effective weed management, all without pesticides. We design composting and waste recycling, and advise on low energy, low carbon management.

Project implementation

• we offer fully detailed design drawings and specifications to ensure accurate realisation.

• we source plants and ensure good qualty.

• project management: we obtain competitive quotes or implement by design and build. 

• supervision: we monitor the work on site to ensure top quality outcomes.

We provide a highly responsive service from senior professionals with extensive and varied experience and enthusiasm for creating memorable places. We work closely with the client and project team at all times throughout the planning, design and production process. To supplement our in-house skills and experience, Nick has an established network of professional colleagues who provide related specialist services in arboriculture, planning, engineering and architecture. Nick has collaborated with other landscape architects and designers on a number of highly successful and award winning projects ranging from urban design and land reclamation to town centres and private gardens. We offer the following services. Click a topic to reveal more.

• Assessment and research
• Planning
• Ecology
• Arboriculture
• Design
• Implementation