Earthwork Landscape Architects (Wellington) Ltd have been designing outdoor living environments around Wellington and further afield since 1993.
We have gained a solid reputation as a top quality design-focused practice which creates exciting yet workable designs for our clients and we take pride in continuing to build on this reputation.
Recent Projects
Waikuku-Rural
This development was completed in 1998 and is now fully completed with established homes and gardens on every section. The subdivision was created on gently undulating inland dunes with views west over farmland to the Southern Alps – a highly conspicuous site which necessitated sympathetic treatment for it’s success. The boundary between the development and the adjacent farmland has…
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Beachside Oasis
This was Rebecca Wilson’s previous garden, and it celebrates its beachside setting in flamboyant style! Only a 300m2 site but a variety of outdoor living areas are created, each with a distinct atmosphere. Hand-crafted details in the mosaic work add colour and personality offset by lush, predominantly native coastal planting.
Lush Coastal
Eastbourne Beachfront This property fronts onto Eastbourne waterfront and also looks back towards the bush clad hills just one block away to the east. Whilst the aim of the garden on the seaward side was to provide an effective foreground to the open harbour views, the inland garden area warranted a totally different approach.…
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Kanuka
This dramatic contemporary home, designed by Novak and Middleton Architects, was set within a mature Kanuka forest. As much as possible of the Kanuka stand was retained, with trees up to and overhanging the house in several areas. The existing dramatic, simple forest cover meant little was required in the way of extra trees, but…
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Waikuku Woodland Garden
This garden, owned by my parents and the first garden I ever designed, is an informal, rambling country garden in which I have learned a lot. The budget has always been tight but this has worked to our advantage in that the use of natural, low-cost, local materials gives an informal, handcrafted character to the place. The courtyards are…
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Martinborough Tradition
The owners of this established garden had purchased a large empty paddock next door, and the challenge was to develop the new garden areas as a natural continuation of the existing garden. The driveway was rerouted to make full use of the new area and also to reduce the impact of the existing driveway which cutt off the…
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Refreshing
Specialising in challenging properties we provide design solutions for:
- Steep properties
- Windy sites
- Exposed coastal gardens
- Rural properties and Lifestyle Blocks
- Tight sites/small city gardens