Groundwork Landscaping & Lifestyle Features
Natural Habitats is standing by their claim that they are New
Zealand's leading landscape specialist in Greenwall Technology by
installing their very own 'living wall' at the front entrance of their
Head Office in Ellerslie, Auckland.
'The result is stunning, once you see the Greenwall, it inspires you
to create more of these vertical gardens. The great thing about the
Greenwall technology is that it has internal and external
applications," says Graham Cleary, owner and managing director of
Natural Habitats.
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Landscape design is more than just clever planting. Incorporating beautiful structural elements compliments both your garden and architecture. If you have an eye for elegant formal gardening, treillage structures can create a dramatic and romantic feature. Treillage is the term for the classic structural elements in a formal garden or living space - such as trellised walls or enclosures, arbours, gazebos, pavilions, colonades or free-standing structures such as planters or obelisks.
Based in Auckland, Michael Grace of Grace Treillage, designs and makes these beautiful and timeless items to suit a range of garden, courtyard or indoor settings. With individualised designs and high quality materials, Grace Treillage structures will enhance your landscape and provide years of enjoyment.
Find out more about Grace Treillage
A passion for the rare and unusual
Blue Mountain Nurseries are a wholesale/retail nursery based at Tapanui in southern
New Zealand.
They produce hardy trees and shrubs and have a passion for the rare and unusual, specialising in rhododendrons, conifers and pleione orchids.
Blue Mountain
Nurseries markets plants in a number of forms. Firstly as "Growing on
Lines" and secondly as "Finished Product" for garden centres and
landscapers. At their large retail store, they sell top grade connoisseur plants and a large range of gardening
products.
For more info...
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Caroline Wesseling: A designer with a passion, sharing her thoughts on Landscape Design
As a designer it is important design gardens that
reflect the client's personality & needs with added "style and flair".
You need to be able to quickly visualise what's right
for the site and see the end result in relation to the needs and desires (or
"brief") the client conveys. You should then
confidently translate the stages necessary to get to that end result. A
designer needs get to know the clients so they can relate their needs and
dreams for their property. It is important that clients get a garden they feel
comfortable in and have a strong emotional response to it. Read more >>
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Registrations are open for the second biannual SPLASH! Pool & Spa Trade Show in New Zealand.
The show is THE must attend event for all involved in the wet industry -contractors, architects, landscapers, pool builders, retailers, manufacturers and service technicians.
If you are committed to staying at the top of your game - this FREE expo is the place you need to be.
SEE - new products & services
LEARN - about the latest developments in the industry
NETWORK & IDENTIFY - new contacts
UNDERSTAND - new regulations and international business opportunities
What's happening in 2009?
More than 40 exhibiting companies - over two floors!
Two day seminar programme with international speakers.
Clevaquip Welcome Reception
Register for FREE at www.splashnzexpo.co.nz or call 0800 451 590 for more information. 29 -30 July Hilton Auckland | |
Groundwork seasonal recipe
You may have noticed the wide variety of pumpkin and squash on display at your local farmers market recently. These handsome autumn vegetables are versatile and delicious. We love them roasted and in soups, so why not try something a bit different?
Check out this seasonal recipe
Pumpkin and Quinoa Cakes
This easy and yummy vegetarian recipe can be served as finger food with a dipping sauce, as a falafel in pita bread or served up with an autumnal vegetable salad. For the whole recipe, click here
In your garden
Brave the rain and gather some citrus fruit
 Keep sniffles at bay with a hot lemon, ginger & honey drink.
Boost your vitamin C with a few mandarins or some freshly squeezed oranges.
Get citrus fruit trees on Findaplant.co.nz
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This Way of Life - Documentary
Filmed in beautiful New Zealand landscape.
A moving and inspiring documentary about one extraordinary family and their life beyond the Ruahine ranges. The head of the family, Peter Karena, is a horse-whisperer, philosopher, hunter and builder, husband and father. Despite seemingly overwhelming challenges, Peter refuses to compromise, and the family turns hardship into a meaningful and satisfying way of life.
Look out for This Way of Life at this years NZ International Film Festival
Read more and watch the trailer
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Nearly Winter -
Time to get strawberries
and get rid of hydrocotyle
 Strawberries
June is the first month of winter, and happily the month that most types of strawberry plants become available in garden centres. Strawberries were originally a woodland plant and the modern strawberries (such as Pajaro), have been bred from these wild varieties. It is important to remember this when you come to plant strawberries in containers or strawberry beds.
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Patch from Scratch May Update
 Organic vegetable gardening in your backyard
May is one of my favourite times of the year when the days are still warm, the evenings a tad chilly but most importantly all my berry bushes are producing at an astounding rate. I had great ambitions to make jams and jellies and cute little cup cakes filled with berries. So what went wrong? Read more...
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