Hobson: an architect's garden

By Hedge Garden Design & Nursery

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The client is an architect and had been renovating & restoring the family home to a high standard over several years. He wanted to upgrade the outside to the same level, and was seeking expert help with the outside, both with hard and soft landscaping, and to work with trusted contractors.

Hedge Garden Design & Nursery
Wellington
A view into the new formal entrance courtyard
The owner meticulously restored the Victorian villa, and has detailed and built all the timber work on this project himself.
Pleached ornamental pear trees in blossom in spring
Pleached ornamental pear trees in early autumn 
Lots of evergreen structure + seasonal change
Late spring, just before the white hydrangeas come into full flowert
The pleached trees run along the street front & provide privacy
Before - the front entrance. We ended up huilding new concrete foundations to centre the path & steps on front courtyard.
Iceberg standards under planted with Chatham Island Forget-me-nots
New paving & seondary path to the back garden
A jasmine espalier trained on stainless steel wires runs length of the new side fence
New paving and Victorian tile detialing picking up the architectural features from the house
Back garden before landscaping & planting
New access to the back garden & outside living area
Speciment crabapple with customised stainless steel laser cut tree grate
Evergreen succulents in tall black pots (in winter)
Fragrant whilte Michelia standards around the back garden

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HEDGE is boutique plant nursery & an award winning garden design business. We grow plants that give structure and style to a garden - and have a wide selection of buxus, native & edible topiary for sale.

We love plants & specialise in designing with plants using beautiful plant combinations. We will select suitable plants for your location and set them in a contemporary classic garden design. We can also provide hard landscaping plans & construction detailing, and work with architects, contractors and gardeners to complete your project.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.