100 | Kelly Deeks A flurry of awards for talented team Features of the gold award-winning Park Hill project include large potted topiary, a sunken pool area, limesand courtyards, water features, and fish ponds. LANDSCAPING South Pacific Landscapes New Zealand’s outdoor fireplace experts. 0508 252 784 www.trendzoutdoors.co.nz The individual components of the full service package offered by South Pacific Landscapes have been acclaimed once again at the Registered Master Landscapers - Landcapes of Distinction awards, as this year the company has brought home three gold, six silver, and three bronze award across design, construction, and horticulture categories. South Pacific Landscapes has won two gold awards for Landscape Horticulture and Garden Management for the Park Hill project. This is a low maintenance garden with a simple planting palette featuring lush green tones, whites, and soft blues. Features include large potted topiary, a sunken pool area, limesand courtyards, water features, and fish ponds. The Sandhu House project received three silver awards for Landscape Design, Landscape Construction, and Landscape Horticulture. This is a semi-formal landscape design with an abundance of perennial colour, low maintenance artificial lawns, a half basketball court and pool. “We are really good at what we do,” says South Pacific Landscapes founder and director Julian Peach. “We’ve been established here in the Hawke’s Bay since 2013, and we have a lot of qualified personnel. That’s something we work very hard for.” South Pacific Landscapes also works hard at being a sustainable operation, using electric power tools and organic fertilisers, and minimising waste. “We are here to beautify the environment, and that starts with keeping it healthy.” Julian says the market has changed since the days of Covid lockdowns, and today backyards and green spaces are used as retreats to enhance wellbeing, with seamless transitions between indoors and out. This is true for residential and commercial landscape projects, and South Pacific Landscapes has a long and proud association with one of the Hawke’s Bay’s biggest commercial construction companies, Gemco Construction, as well as about 50 local residential construction companies. Strong relationships with valued suppliers who provide quality products and services, such as Trendz Outdoors, are also important to successful project outcomes. “The future is bright for the landscape industry,” Julian says. “Beautifully functional outdoor spaces are becoming more of a requirement, in the health and education sectors and in other major developments as well as people’s homes, and they need to be well maintained.” South Pacific Landscapes offers a one-stopshop for all areas of landscaping, including design, maintenance, landscape construction, irrigation, stone walls, outdoor rooms, water features, and lighting. With three designers on board, including a registered NZILA Landscape architect, and a diverse project portfolio including public and private spaces, South Pacific Landscapes provides a range of design solutions from quick on-site suggestions to full scale plans. The company’s landscape construction team has been hand-picked for their experience, care, and attention to detail, and are led by a qualified master landscaper whose skills range from carpentry to stonework and everything in between. Qualified horticulturalists advise and undertake all aspects of landscape installation and maintenance to ensure the continued success of every South Pacific Landscape. While landscape aesthetics are important, so too is the overall health of its plants, soil, microbes, and overall ecosystem. As planting and horticulture experts, South Pacific Landscapes carefully controls pests and diseases, improves soil conditions, evaluates optimal growing conditions for plants, and provides advice on how to organise certain plant and tree species to enhance on the condition and wellbeing of the landscape.
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