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Competitions
To enter a competition, click on the link, answer a question and voila, you're in the draw.
We have 2 x one year subscriptions to Homestyle magazine to give away. For details click here .
 Beautify your outdoor space with a piece of Selao Garden Art. We have a $100 gift voucher to give away - for details click here.
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Wally Richards - Feijoas & citrus: fruit perfection
Wally Richards shares advice on growing spectacular fruit trees in both the garden and containers.
Read the article here.
Read Wally's other recent articles: Growing healthy roses & pest control . Time to plant your fruit trees . Pruning roses . |
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Splash! Expo Update
The third exhibition of SPLASH! New Zealand will take place from 17-18 August at the innovative and interactive Te Papa (New Zealand's national museum).
SPLASH! is a must attend exhibition for manufacturers, retailers, pool builders, contractors, architects, engineers and pool service technicians. The event provides an opportunity to network, build relationships with distributors and pool shops and meet key decisions makers in the wet industry.
Register for FREE now - read more here.
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NZ's online nursery and plant finder - have you checked it out ?
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Self crusting quiche
An easy weekend lunch which takes 5 minutes to prepare.
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup grated cheese
1 tablespoon oil
� cup self raising flour
1� cups milk
salt and black pepper
Filling as desired - bacon, mushrooms, salmon, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers or any leftovers!
Method:
Preheat oven to 150C. Place all ingredients except filling in a plastic container with a fitted lid and shake for 1 minute.
Add chopped filling ingredients and then pour
into a greased quiche dish.
Bake for 30-40 minutes.
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Greetings!
Modern media is a strange beast.
For the last few days we have been bombarded with footage of snow throughout the country on TV, websites and social media.
It really makes me wonder how editors choose their lead stories. The tragic event in Norway gets sidestepped for the weather!
It's winter, it snows! Albeit a bit more than usual.
A friend in Christchurch tweeted that the snow was the "icing on the quake", which made me spare a thought for the hundreds of people displaced and having to use their backyards as a loo... or worse. Far out! What a time for Cantabrians.
And then there's the 'News of the World' tapping phones to get their next scoop. I can categorically say that we don't phone tap anyone for our blog posts and stories here at landscapedesign.co.nz no matter how tempting it is!
There is a very clever YouTube video this month which shows another use for PVC pipes. It's well worth a look if you have a few minutes to spare.
Regards
Tim Durrant and the Landscapedesign.co.nz team
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Add a gold medal to your garden with the limited edition Valerie Adams rose.
South Auckland Hospice is offering gardeners the opportunity to purchase this newly bred yellow rose, with all proceeds going to towards the establishment of the Valerie Adams Rose Memory Garden.
Only 500 plants are available - click here for more information and how to order.
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Green walls: blurring the line between horticulture and art......
The bar is usually the liveliest place in any hotel, but The Square Bar at the new Hotel Novotel Auckland Airport has literally taken on a life of its own.
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Natural Habitats' green wall
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The bar's centre piece is a stunning array of native NZ flora in the form of a two story 'green' wall created by Natural Habitats .
Read the article here.
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A warm welcome to our new clients
Mace Contractors Ltd
Mace is an established family owned business offering full landscaping services from design through to garden maintenance.
Mace Contractors also has two sister companies: Mace Trees, a commercial nursery and Bark Wholesalers, a bark and supplies yard.
Read more about Mace Contractors here.
Madeline Clark Landscape Architect 
Maddy brings fresh, creative ideas to landscape architecture and design.
Her specialist skills lie in plant knowledge - what grows best in what conditions - and she has a deep understanding of planting design for longevity.
Read more about Madeline Clark here .
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 They're pipes Jim, but not as we know them...
If you didn't know what to do with that old plastic piping you just found, here's an idea.
Watch it here
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Straddling two worlds presents challenges for one home's landscape.
The Meridian First Light house is Victoria University's entry into the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 which takes place in Washington DC in September and October 2011. 
The team is the first finalist ever from the Southern Hemisphere in the prestigious and highly anticipated international competition.
But creating the landscape design for a house to be transported half way around the world presented unique challenges.
Read the article here
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Join us on social and business networking sites
If you don't know your Wall post from your Tweet, we can can help demystify social networking. We'll show you how social media like Facebook and Twitter can help you profile your business and work in with your existing marketing activity. |
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That's all for this month!
If you have any feedback or comments, we'd love to hear from you.
Kind regards,
Tim Durrant
Adv. Cert. Landscape Design & Construction
Editor | Managing Director
Landscapedesign.co.nz Limited | Findaplant.co.nz
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