Mt Eden Garden Nick Robinson Landscape Design

Mt Eden Garden

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The site was very narrow and angled, but the house design created not only a delightful home, but also excellent opportunities for garden making. The rear garden includes a small lawn and features a two large lava outcrops. The front gardens comprise the approach to the house up a series of stepped decks, and under a pergola to be clad in Mandevilla and Thunbergia vines. The client was keen to make the best of Central Auckland's very warm, sheltered and humid climate by using sub-tropical planting character which harmonised well with the architecture and building materials.

The site was very narrow and angled, but the house design created not only a delightful home, but also excellent opportunities for garden making. Read more

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NICK ROBINSON

A beautifully designed home in Mt Eden, featuring a narrow, angled site that maximizes garden potential with sub-tropical planting, a small lawn, and striking lava outcrops, complemented by stepped decks and a pergola adorned with Mandevilla and Thunbergia vines.

1.0K0h 46m

Bamboo cladding to walls and fences harmonises with use of timber in strctures

The linear approach to the house is emphasised by the rhythm of steps and arches

The existing oak was well intergarted to become a key feature linking house and garden

Sub-tropical planting thrives in the sheletered space between buildings

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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”