Landscape Design
Landscaping a coastal garden on a hillside in Mangawhai
Want to spruce up your Northland property? Having a design plan to landscape a garden or outdoor space is as much a requirement as planning the house itself. Your landscape plan should detail levels, location, orientation, materials, plants, and trees. If required, it should also include a specification for implementation, with plant names and spacing set out clearly.
Talk to our NZ landscape design team at Plantpro, and we’ll help you build the perfect outdoor space.
Our Landscape Design Services
Northland gardens don’t behave like anywhere else in NZ. Coastal wind, clay soil, and sloped sections shape what will actually grow and where the water will end up. A landscape design process accounts for all of that before anything gets planted.
Plantpro Design offers full landscape design services across Whangarei, Mangawhai, Waipu, Ruakaka, Kerikeri, and the wider Northland region, covering residential landscape design for family homes and lifestyle blocks, outdoor landscape design for decks and entertaining spaces, and backyard landscape design ideas for smaller or awkward sections.
On an exposed coastal site, that might mean a native planting palette that copes with salt-laden wind. On a hillside section, it’s terracing and drainage designed to handle heavy rain instead of fighting it every winter.
Why Work with Plantpro Design?
Plantpro has been landscaping properties across Northland for the past 30 to 40 years. In late 2022, that experience led to an exciting new division: Plantpro Design.
For more than 20 years, Jerome has been the creative genius behind the landscaping design work and service Plantpro has provided to clients in Whangarei and beyond.
We have now expanded to bring Craig Turvey on board, a professional with more than 30 years’ experience in the architecture and design industry. Originally from Whangarei, Craig has extensive experience designing innovative spatial solutions for interpretive visitor experiences, including public gardens and outdoor spaces, museum exhibitions and tourism-focused visitor centres. He has worked across New Zealand in his varied career, with notable projects including the Cape Reinga Te Rerenga Wairua visitor experience, Arataki Visitor Centre in Waitakere, and the Wellington Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre.
In addition to being passionate about meeting design challenges, creating innovative design solutions, and building positive client relationships while staying true to the project’s design intent, he’s now bringing that same eye for spatial design to residential landscaping across Northland, ensuring the best possible outcome for the client.
This combination of Jerome’s plant and site knowledge and Craig’s design pedigree makes Plantpro one of the few landscape design companies in Northland offering the full journey from concept through to construction, all in-house.
Our Landscape Design Process
Wondering what you can expect from the landscape design process if you work with Plantpro Design?
Our designers typically work in a staged process – from that first conversation to a set of plans your landscaping team can build from.
1. Design Brief
The first step in outdoor landscape design is for our designers to work alongside you to clarify the scope of work. We call this the job brief.
Our designers meet you onsite, walk the space with you, and talk through what you want from it. At the same time, they’ll assess factors like wind, drainage and slope that shape the design.
2. Concept Design Proposal
From there, they develop a Concept Design Proposal.
This includes hard and soft landscaping specifications alongside a basic to-scale layout plan. At this stage, you will receive landscape design advice like material suggestions and indicative plant specifications. This is where you get to see what we think will look good and work well in the space.
3. Developed Design
Once you have approved the landscape design concept, we move into the developed design phase. You’ll receive further plant specifications, material details, garden infrastructure, and a build quote or estimate, along with a programme of works to complete the job.
4. Detailed Design
When you accept the build quote, we enter the final stage of the landscape design process. Our designers put together a detailed design that gives our landscapers all the information they need to construct and install your landscaping, right down to the last plant and paver.
If you are looking for a unique outdoor space, get in touch with Plantpro Design today and see what landscape design in New Zealand can do for you.
Our Gallery
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Want to see more of our work? Check out our Landscape Design Gallery.
Let’s Bring Your Design Vision to Life
Ready to put a plan behind your outdoor space? Get in touch with Craig at design@plantpro.co.nz to bring your landscape design vision to life.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does the landscape design process take?
It depends on the size and complexity of your section, but most residential projects move from Design Brief to Detailed Design within a few weeks. We’ll give you a clear timeframe during our consultation.
Do I need a landscape design before I get a quote?
Yes. Our Developed Design stage is where your build quote comes from, so the design work happens first.
How much will the design cost?
Anything from $350 plus gst for an initial concept sketch to $2500 plus gst for developed design.
Can Plantpro design and build my landscaping, or just the design?
Both. Landscaping design and construction sit under one roof at Plantpro, so your designer’s plan goes straight to our landscaping team rather than a different company.
Do you design for small backyards or coastal and sloped sections?
Yes. Our landscape design services include backyard landscape design ideas for tight or awkward sections, plus coastal, sloped and rural properties across Northland, from salt-tolerant planting on exposed sites to terracing and drainage on hillside sections.
