Poplars, Tuki Tuki Valley

By Pollen Workshop

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Planted before the home was built in 2013 this project is designed to magnify and enhance the sharp facade on arrival.

Brief:

Subdue the site, to allow the wider landscape to do the talking. Mimic the rolling landscape through natural planting structures. Ensure large expansive rolling lawns draw the eye up towards the river. Colour palates to be lush greens in contrast to the whites of the hardscaping.

Key features:

Subtle natives cloak this dominant home and settle it into the Craggy Ranges of the Tuki. Mass plantings of local eco sourced natives cloak the banks and anchor the home.

The internal sunken courtyard is graced with 6 Jacaranda trees providing shade and the Encore Mandarin hedges frame the Tuki Tuki River northward and make delightful pickings.

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Poplars, Tuki Tuki Valley

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THE POLLEN WORKSHOP WAY

I believe in simplicity and most importantly, sustainability. This design philosophy has been shaped largely by the rural upbringing I enjoyed on the coastal environment of the East Coast of New Zealand.

Life on a farm requires a simplistic functionality. As guardians of the land, sustainability is required to ensure we hand a better environment to our next generations. Pollen Workshop looks to use these values of simplicity and sustainability in all of our design, be it rural, residential or riparian management.

Pollen Workshop is a small, independent Landscape Architecture company based in Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay. Our design philosophy is centered around the creation of simple, highly functional spaces. This ethos can be seen everyday at our Pollen Workshop coastal HQ. 

I graduated from Lincoln University with a degree in Landscape Architecture in 2007 and worked in Melbourne before moving back to Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay in 2010. I have been practicing here ever since.

I look forward to seeing you at The Office for a coffee and to chat through your project soon.

– Willie Murphy