Urban forests and gardens don’t just improve air quality and the visual appeal of outdoor public spaces, they cool our cities, create wildlife habitats, and serve as protection against flooding all while providing jobs, tourism, and even food.
Let your gardening imagination run wild this November, Auckland’s premier designer garden extravaganza is back after a three-year covid hiatus!
These days Martin Steel is chief plantscaper and designer of City Botanics, but as a kid, he simply loved spending time in the garden with his father.
City Botanics is one Auckland based business that has seen the shift in modern day living and how our busy lives are preventing us from achieving our dream gardens. They focus on providing a design and installation service for gardens in apartments, courtyards, small yards and interiors.
Gardens were first established throughout Aotearoa by Mãori who introduced crops including the kumara while incorporating native species such as the cabbage and karaka trees.
