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GDSNZ brings you Guy Bowden from Tawapou Coastal Natives
When: Wednesday 21st July, 7pm. Everyone welcome - $5 entry for non-members.
Where: Lecture Theatre 1, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UNITEC NZ, Carrington Road, Mt Albert (Entrance 1)
Those that went on our recent Northland trip were so impressed when listening to Guy Bowden, we have arranged for him to come down to Auckland to talk to all of us.
Background:
Tawapou Coastal Natives evolved out of a desire by both Guy and Sandra Bowden to be able to work from home on the family farm. The 350 acre farm borders the coastline between Tutukaka and Matapouri about 30 km’s North East of Whangarei. The property has one of the most significant fully protected Queen Elizabeth 11 Trust lowland broadleaf coastal forests in Northland.
Tawapou specializes in growing plants from the warmer northern regions of NZ with a particular emphasis on coastal and off- shore island plants, propagating almost all they produce themselves by seed and cutting material from the property and other nearby areas. They have an extensive native garden covering several acres surrounding the nursery.
The Bowden’s family farm is the closest point of the mainland to the Poor Knights Islands which dominates the horizon . During his time as Marina Manager at Tutukaka , Guy became very involved with the islands and he developed the weed programme for the Poor Knights in 1996. Over the next few years visits were made to the islands for up to ten days at a time in effort to eliminate weeds.
The Poor Knights Island Story covers the geology, history, fauna and flora of these fantastic ancient islands.
GDSNZ Christmas Function - Saturday 27 November 2010
The Old Elephant House - Auckland Zoo
includes guided tour of the gardens with Hugo Baynes (Curator of Horticulture Auckland Zoological Park)
more details out soon - here for brochure
This is a members only event - we welcome your membership - for more on how to join the GDSNZ click here
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GDSNZ - Annual General Meeting - visit our Members Only Area | AGM Minutes page for Chairperson's and Treasurer's Reports
Was held on Monday 21 June at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UNITEC NZ, Carrington Road, Mt Albert (Entrance 1)
The AGM was followed by a Presentation by our guest speaker - Carl Pickens
Landscape architect Carl Pickens is the founder and director of One Earth Matters. A Lincoln graduate with a further qualification in organic horticulture, Carl ran a successful practice here in Auckland for 6 years before moving to Christchurch. Earlier in his career he worked as a landscape contractor in London and Switzerland. In the past two years, Carl has won gold and silver distinction at the Ellerslie Flower Show for his visually attractive, practical and environmentally-friendly designs. Carl's talk to us will focus on contemporary design with a sustainable edge.
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Past Events 2010 |
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DVD Evening with Monty Don - 19 May 2010
A trip around Northern Europe.
A great selection of the major gardens including Rousham Park and Sissinghurst in the UK; Chateau de Villandry and Monet's Giverny in France; Het Loo in the Netherlands and a peek at a Piet Oudolf garden near Amsterdam. Then to Belgium and the personal retreat of one of his favourite designers, before a final zoom to the far north of Norway where a surprise is in store..
Visit to Living Earth's Composting Facility at Puketutu Island
Friday 19 March 2010
Matakana visit: Friday 19 February 2010
'OMAIO' the garden of Liz Morrow
www.morrowgarden.co.nz
'MORRIS & JAMES' Tongue Farm Rd, Matakana
www.morrisandjames.co.nz
‘VILLA TAMAHUNGA’ the garden of Brett & Margo Schneideman
155 Omaha Valley Rd, Matakana
www.villatamahunga.co.nz
here for all information on Matakana February visit
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Past Events 2009 |
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4 December 2009
GDSNZ Christmas party at Landsendt Tropical Gardens, Oratia
November 2009 – Trip to Matakana to visit local nurseries and gardens
Baker Boys Nursery in Kerikeri
Palmco in Kerikeri
Russell Fransham Subtropicals
Tawapou Coastal Natives
1 September: Warwick Forge's 'Gardens of Paradise' lecture on the gardens of Roberto Burle Marx and Juan Grimm, along with the landscapes and cultural highlights of Chile, Rio de Janeiro, Tersépolis and Buenos Aires (to which Warwick is organising a tour in 2010).
Based in Melbourne, Warwick is a publisher and conference director. He will be well-known to many of you as the person who first brought us our own highly popular version of the original biennial Australian Landscape and Garden Design Conference in 2005. Warwick will preview the coming NZ Conference briefly at the end of his talk.
NZ Landscape & Garden Design Conference "Designing the Liveable Landscape"
5-6 September 2009 Waipuna Hotel, Mt Wellington
Phil Oster talk on California designer Lawrence Halprin and The Sea Ranch - 15 July 2009
This presentation was be based on Phil Oster's 2007 visit to The Sea Ranch, situated on the Pacific Coast north of San Francisco. The presentation was a collective of photographic stills, video excerpts and audio snippets from his personal collection and from The Cultural Landscape Foundation archives. The presentation covered both the personal trip and some of the technical aspects of the design involved in the development of this community.
The Sea Ranch was designed as an ecologically planned community by Lawrence Halprin and Associates from 1964 to 1969 and continues to evolve 40 years on with mixed results from the original concepts. This was a major development in Landscape Architecture/ Ecological Planning that had and continues to have far reaching effects and lessons for us as Landscape Designers and Architects today.
We look forward to seeing you there on.
Visit to Peter Fell Ltd, Saturday 2 May 2009
ScALA Seminar Series – Unitec lecture theatres
Ian Henderson – speaking on Japanese gardens 14 May 2009
Michael Jones – speaking on gardens of St Petersburg 28 May 2009
AGM – Wednesday 10 June 2009 - Chair and Treasurer's reports posted to Members Only | Exec & AGM minutes page
Field trip to Peter & Jocelyn Coyle’s amazing subtropical garden - 18 February 2009
Their hard work has created an idyllic garden, and they shared many useful tips to help us.
Many of us also took the opportunity to purchase plants (mainly bromeliads) from their nursery. See www.totarawaters.co.nz for more information.
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Past Events 2008 |
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Spring field Trip, Gardenza Glenbrook Beach Road, Waiuku - 1 October 2008
Gardenza Glenbrook Beach Road, Waiuku
Topiary by Tim Bell 93 Bungard Rd, Karaka
The October spring field trip to Gardenza and Tim Bell Topiary was inspirational and helpful for sourcing unusual and high quality plants. David Brundell recently spoke to the GDSNZ, outlined his vision and showed images of his dream taking shape. The planting of the new area is unfinished but the planting and layout of the existing garden is outstanding.
Members: for more information read the September 2008 newsletter in the Members Only Section
Jan Hart and Doug Hanna Workshop - 10 August 2008
The workshop was an outstanding success and most stimulating for the 17 members who attended. The chance to come together in a warm learning environment was appreciated by all and especially those who have been out in practice for some years.
Members: for more information read the September 2008 newsletter in the Members Only Section
Annual General Meeting 11 June 2008
AGM 7.00pm Wednesday 11 June
Members: For more information see April 2008 newsletter Members Only Area
Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park - Sunday 11 May 2008
A great chance to visit this interesting place at Scotsman Valley in the Waikato with other designers. This garden has received an award from the New Zealand Garden Trust. Unfortunately they have lost some trees in the drought, but they have a very good exhibition currently, E:scape Sculpture in the Landscape, curated by Kim Paton.
See www.sculpturepark.co.nz
Members: for more information read the April 2008 newsletter in the Members Only Section
Michael Jones & Penny Cliffin - hosted 5 March 2008
Michael Jones & Penny Cliffin gave a talk on Lytes Cary and Tintinhull, which they visited together, both outstanding NT gardens in Somerset. Additionally they spoke on a garden they visited on their own: Michael, Mapperton, the home of Lord & Lady Sandwich, in Dorset; and Penny showed images from the Hampton Court Flower Show.
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Hampton Court (Penny Cliffin)
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Mapperton (Michael Jones)
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Lytes Carey (Penny Cliffin)
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Tintinhull (Michael Jones)
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Tintinhull (Michael Jones)
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Chelsea Flower Show
Our past Chairman, Michael Jones, whilst in London, enabled us to bring you some photos from the Chelsea Flower Show. These include a couple of images from GDSNz member Xanthe White's Silver-Gilt winning 100% Pure NZ Garden. The photos include images from Tom Stuart Smith's garden judged Best in Show and one from the small garden category by Ruth Marshall...ENJOY!
Ruth Marshalls garden "Seeing the Whole Picture"for the Mencap Foundation for the Learning-Disabled; At the rear are photos of a normal child and a disabled child, with three vertical prisms in front of them which fracture the images and "encourage the viewer to change their way of seeing learning disability". The surroundings are designed to be "intrinsically beautiful, reflective, and stimulating to the senses".
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Review of trip to Hamilton Gardens
We began the day at Margaret and Hamish McKegg’s riverside garden near Hamilton. The photo here bears testimony to the thoughtful design moves embraced in this garden. It is elegant, cool, green – quite serene. It encounters its landscape, and the river and pastoral setting are quietly invoked. It plays on long low horizontal lines and the strong axes – not immediately obvious – are exciting when discovered.
Peter Sergel was unavailable to show us around the Hamilton Gardens, but fortunately Nigel Holman introduced the Gardens to us. Even those of us fairly familiar with the Gardens found the scale of the gardens and audacity of the vision very impressive, especially after the completion of the last two paradise gardens, the Mughal and Italian Rennaissance.
Our day finished with a touch of art - and coffee - at the Waikato Art Museum.
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Past Events of Interest |
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2007
- Christmas party - Wednesday 12 December 2007
- Soiree at Michael Jones, Wednesday 7 November 2007
- Wairere and Landsendt Wednesday 17 October 2007
- Robin Shafer Wednesday 10 October 2007
- Gil Hanly and Jill Pierce 12 September 2007
- NZ Landscape & Garden Design Conference 1 & 2 September 2007
- Cath Heppelthwaite, planner 11 July 2007
- AGM June 2007
2006
Thurs 27th July 2006 - David Irwin, landscape architect and director of the Isthus Group talked about Landscape inspired Landscapes - with reference to three significant recent or current Auckland projects (Highbrook business park, Manukau Square, Barry Curtis park in Flatbush, Manukau).
Thurs 10th August 2006 - Ludo Campbell-Reid, newly appointed Urban Design Group Manager, for Auckland City Council shared his thoughts on urban design, his new role and his vision to take Auckland forward and help create an urban design programme and design delivery that is respected around the world.
Thurs 17th August 2006 - Alec Couchman, architect with Warren and Mahoney, and expert on Environmentally Sustainable Design Policies, talked about the essential nature of environmentally sustainable architecture in NZ.
Thurs 31st August 2006, Rod Barnett, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture in ScALA talked about Sacred Groves - Sacrifice and order of nature in ancient Greece.
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