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Natural landscapes offer so much inspiration to a Natural landscapes offer so much inspiration to a garden designer. Proof that nature does it best. Lake Tekapo, Lake Mapourika and Lake Wahapo NZ. 
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#starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection @purenewzealand
The odd couple. The opposites that attract. That f The odd couple. The opposites that attract. That fine balance in a garden between wild and restraint, clipped and woolly. 
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Some favourite garden planting combinations. . . Some favourite garden planting combinations. 
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Bold colour choices accentuating foliage colour an Bold colour choices accentuating foliage colour and shape. Brave choices paying off at Melbourne Flower and Garden Show by @newfoliagegardendesign and a Christchurch NZ garden. 
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#mifgs2022 #christchurchNZ
Go to textures — diaphanous linen, slubby linen, Go to textures — diaphanous linen, slubby linen, hand dyed linen, sisal, sisal, sisal,  scrubbed pine. Tree views. 
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#starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection #linen #scrubbedpine #trees
We love using pots to raise the height and promine We love using pots to raise the height and prominence of a plant, emphasise something special and to provide textural interest and focal points. #starkdespl #desiginginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection #pots #potsingardens
The gift of a cold climate. Christchurch NZ. Orna The gift of a cold climate. Christchurch NZ.  Ornamental grape and maple.
Undeterred by a concrete slab and no soil depth, w Undeterred by a concrete slab and no soil depth, we created a very large corten steel planter box to house a sedum, grass and succulent collection. One of our favourite little gardens which changes dramatically from season to season and from day to night.
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#starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection #sedums #optuniacactus
It’s now cold enough for the annual planting of It’s now cold enough for the annual planting of the black tulips. Out of the fridge and into the ground. 
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#blacktulips #TulipaPaulScherer #starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection
Beauty in death. Climbing hydrangeas displaying th Beauty in death. Climbing hydrangeas displaying their full lifecycle of leafy luxury to withering crisp.
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#climbinghydrangea #bestautmnrust #Mothersgarden #starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection
Sometimes flowers aren’t required. In the garden Sometimes flowers aren’t required. In the garden and in a vase, foliage is enough. Foliage textures, colours and shapes. 
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#foliage #texturecolourshape #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection #starkdesignpl
Favourite works at the Barangaroo Cutaway. 23rd Bi Favourite works at the Barangaroo Cutaway. 23rd Biennale ‘rivas - ‘Flow” by @caveurban, Ana Barboza and Rafael Freyre’s ‘Water ecosystem’, @anateresa.barbozagubo Nicole Foreshew @nicole_foreshew and finally Gal Weinstein’s ‘Liquid Mapping’. Expertly guided by @fineartfiona @artnowtours
Friday site visit and new brief. La Niña induced Friday site visit and new brief. La Niña induced off-the-spectrum growth! Full pool, Casuarina cousin-it ready to jump in, succulents are hedges and eye brow quality Beaumontia grandiflora. And finally - new garden planning! Lawn be gone!
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This path is getting the Hakonechloa macra grass t This path is getting the Hakonechloa macra grass treatment this week. Japanese Forest or Temple grass will be repeated en mass right down the path to repeat the existing planting for a fur collar effect. Repeat repeat - love a mass planting. 
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Northern Rivers Chic. We drew on antiquity and pat Northern Rivers Chic. We drew on antiquity and patina from around the world. Tuareg rug made with natural reed and leather from Morocco, brass lamp from NZ, vintage Victorian campaign chest, Italian canvas sofa, Chinese food basket, some Scandinavian rattan and client’s own Gordon Barney artwork. #starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection
The indelible brushstrokes of the Canterbury lands The indelible brushstrokes of the Canterbury landscape over last 100+ years. Ravenscar House Museum Christchurch - Susan and Jim Wakefield’s remarkable collection of NZ Art. #fortheloveofabenefactor
@ravenscarhouse #colinmccahon #dorislusk #sydneythompson #mileswarren #thomaselmey #margaretstoddart
Slowly designing and layering interiors and wrappi Slowly designing and layering interiors and wrapping them in beautiful gardens - this is what we love to do.  #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection #starkdesignpl
Horizons sculpture at Gibbs Farm by NZ sculptor Ne Horizons sculpture at Gibbs Farm by NZ sculptor Neil Dawson. Siting perfection. 
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#sculpture #outdoorartgallery #NeilDawson #GibbsFarm
There is something so modest and humble about the There is something so modest and humble about the subject matter of a still life. Some of my favs on my kitchen wall and beyond. #sarahwilliams @studio_on_birkley #elizabethcummings #matildajulian @matildaandbanjo @johnbokor 
Sarah Williams exhibition on now at HamptonsHouse. #stilifepainting #starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection
Fully flowered and rusted Crassula Bluebirds. . . Fully flowered and rusted Crassula Bluebirds. 
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#crasssula #crunchyflowerheads #perfectlywild #starkdesignpl #designinginteriorsandgardenswithequalaffection
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