Auckland Courtyard Garden Nick Robinson Landscape Design

Courtyard Garden

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This compact front yard garden is fully exploited to create a surprising diversity of elements and materials and a close interaction of hard landscape with planting. The house is Arts and Crafts in style and the garden design was influenced by both the arts and crafts period of gardening (with generous use of perennials in a naturalistic way) and the careful control of form and attention to quality detailing and natural materials typical of the Japanese traditions. It is a garden that celebrates the seasons with a continuous succession of winter and spring bulbs, early flowering cherry "Awanui' and fragrant Michelias simultaneously with deep blue bugle, followed later by mid- and late-summer perennials of vibrant colour, such as Hesperantha and Echinacea. It is a paradise for pollinating insects with flowers they love such as Salvia, Ajuga, Echinacea, Kniphofia and Eryngium.

This compact front yard garden is fully exploited to create a surprising diversity of elements and materials and a close interaction of hard landscape with planting. Read more

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NICK ROBINSON

It is a garden that celebrates the seasons with a continuous succession of winter and spring bulbs, early flowering cherry "Awanui' and fragrant Michelias simultaneously with deep blue bugle, followed later by mid- and late-summer perennials of vibrant colour, such as Hesperantha and Echinacea. It is a paradise for pollinating insects with flowers they love such as Salvia, Ajuga, Echinacea, Kniphofia and Eryngium.

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“Here are some comments from residential garden clients: ‘Nick has a huge amount of knowledge and experience and presented us with some truly great ideas. His attention to creative detail was evident everywhere and we are absolutely delighted with the impact of his design.’ - Jon Bartlett & Ruth Pearson, 2013 'I'd like to thank you for all your hard work and ideas in designing and implementing the planting plan for Bushey Wood Road … it was like a breath of fresh air when you talked to us about the garden. ... We're absolutely delighted with the result ... Your plant knowledge has really come to the fore and the balance of structure, height and colour has produced a great garden. All of our friends are staggered by the intensity of the planting, and the overall impression looks as if the garden has been here for years, when in fact at this time last year, we hadn't a single plant in the garden.' - David & Jean Ogden 2013”