MY OWN GARDENS

 STRUCTURE, CLEAN LINES, SEASONAL CHANGES, YEAR-ROUND INTEREST, COLOUR OR TEXTURAL INTEREST.
My home and office gardens are both very structured - hedges, topiary, trees, with colour coordinated perennials. I love having flowers to pick, and have to have it looking good 12 months of the year - which is where the structure comes in. As you will see - my home and office gardens are full of perennials and hedges. I am very lucky in that I get to indulge my passion for native trees and ferns in other areas of the property (see The Waterfall page). I LOVE all plants, and simply adore designing with them to fit a individual property, and client.

@ HOME - COUNTRY GARDEN

FRONT GARDEN - REDS AND TOPIARY

The front garden in mid winter - with the topiary structures holding the interest.

ORANGE AND PURPLE GARDEN

This garden is quite young, and the Buxus balls do not yet show up when it is in full bloom

OFFICE - FIRST STREET IN MASTERTON

Tiny front courtyard - just pebbles and garden. EXTREMELY low maintenance, with no lawn.

View from the footpath

I let Verbena bonariense grow in certain places in the pebbles over summer. Monarch butterflies love them. 

View of the street from my office

Spring 2016 view of the courtyard. Heuchera in the foreground.

Street view, with Star Jasmine as 'hedge', Acer Bloodgood trees.