Special features: Railway line 2 mtrs from boundary, river below property, large barn type house, steep slopes from house looking north and west

Planted numbers: 1300 grasses, 280 natives, 40+ fruit trees including peaches, plums, nectarines, almonds, apricots, apples, pears, persimmon, figs, blueberries, feijoas, loquat, passionfruit, grapes, macadamia, guavas, citrus, avocados and persimmon

Landscape Designed: Forgotten Fruits, Benji Woodman

Design brief and overview:

The clients wanted to get away from their busy lives in Auckland and planned to move to this property permanently within 4 years.  Food production was vital as both clients were restaurant owners and passionate ‘foodies’ who enjoy cooking with fresh produce they grow themselves. Hosting weddings and events on their property was also part of their future plan. This has been a rewarding and ongoing project that has evolved as it has gone along. 

Now that the landscape is established, our clients have given us free rein of their property and the orchard landscape has flourished beyond all of our expectations. What started out as a backyard with some totaras and a fence surrounding the entire living space place has transformed into a food and structural paradise with very low maintenance.