Sculpt Gardens

NZ Gardener Award for Top Student, 2015 With a background in education and creative businesses, Claire brings a welcome balance of pragmatism and genuine creativity to garden design on Aucklands North Shore. Claire co-authored the book Relax and Grow Rich with Mike Hutcheson. Its about deciding what you want to be rich in (rather than how rich you... want to be), and finding ways to live a successful, satisfying and sustaining life. For Claire, landscaping and garden design provides all of these rewards. Her particular passion is combining different textures, to create compositions clients love. Although the demand-driven growth of the business absorbs much of her time, Claire still likes to meet as many clients as possible. She enjoys contributing to the initial creative conversations and remaining in touch with clients, while passing the detailed design and implementation to specialists in the team. Naomi has a wealth of design experience and brings an artistic flair to her garden designs. Her skill as a landscape designer is reflected in her multiple student awards and her prestigious accreditation to the Garden Design Society of NZ. By first gaining a good understanding of how the garden will be used, Naomi is able to find creative solutions to challenges, while making the most of an outdoor space. She creates interesting, bespoke garden spaces - reflecting each clients personality and style. Naomi has an interest in art and sculptural elements, texture and colour in planting, bird attracting, and low water use gardens. The current world situation has luckily kept Maisy with us in New Zealand, where she enjoys working with each client to achieve something unique for their outside space. Crystal's earliest memories are of being immersed in the colours and smells of her mother's garden. Once grown-up and after studying design at University, Crystal travelled extensively and always found herself drawn to famous gardens wherever she went. Taking this inspiration as a sign it was a natural progression to study ...Read More