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Greetings!
Spring is just around the corner. Buds are bursting,
spring bulbs are flowering and there’s a buoyant mood in
the air. Our team has been flat out communicating
with the landscape industry, preparing new resource
pages on the website and keeping on top of our rapid
growth. To top it all off, I have committed to an
Exhibition Garden at this year's Ellerslie
International Flower Show in November.
My garden will showcase some of the diverse range of
pioneering products from New Zealand businesses
featured on landscapedesign.co.nz.
If you have a great story or something of interest we
can feature on our site please email us to let us
know. The feedback from advertisers and the NZ
public is fantastic and we appreciate hearing your
stories of being brought together by the website.
That's what community is all about!
Kind regards from Tim Durrant & the Landscapedesign.co.nz Team
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Come to the Ellerslie Flower Show in November! I
will be presenting a garden which will explore the
coming of age of New Zealand outdoor living. The
design will challenge preconceived ideas about the
use of materials. In earlier issues I have expressed
my passion for the ability of Kiwis to innovative, and I
believe that a creative economy that fosters and
protects New Zealanders' homegrown ideas and designs
is essential for our country's progress.
Accordingly, we will have a 
It wasn't so long ago that we were fascinated with
instant roll-out lawn, but in recent years
hydroseeding has emerged as another effective way to
create the perfect lawn. Hydroseeding works by
spraying seed on to prepared topsoil. The seed
mixture contains fertilizer, fiber and a tackifying
agent.
Once sprayed the mixture forms a crust that reduces
dust and creates the perfect growing medium for
rapid seed germination. As with all new lawns the
sown area must be kept moist at all times.
Some hydroseeding companies use this method to spray
native seeds in erosion control and
reforestation applications. Toi toi, native grasses,
flax and hebes have all been successfully sown. The
germination period is longer and local knowledge is
required. If you have a large bare bank, then
hydroseeding is certainly worth looking into.
