A Low-Maintenance Garden That Suits the Bay
How we plan planting, paving and lawn for Bay of Plenty conditions so the garden looks after itself — concepts for busy families who want the look without the weekends.
“Low maintenance” is the most common brief we get, and it’s very achievable — but it’s designed in, not sprayed on later. Here’s the thinking we bring to it.
Hard landscaping does the heavy lifting
Every square metre of paving, deck or gravel is a square metre you’re not mowing or weeding. We plan generous, usable hard surfaces first, then garden around them — not the other way round.
Plant for the Bay, not the magazine
The plants that thrive here — natives, hardy grasses, structural evergreens — are the ones that don’t need babying. We plant in drifts with good mulch and spacing so beds fill in and shade out weeds.
Water it once, properly
A simple irrigation line installed at build time is the difference between a garden that establishes itself and one you’re dragging a hose around for two summers.
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