Two circular timber decks float through lush planting, connected by angular boardwalk paths — one deck set up as a lounge space with seating, the other opening onto a round plunge pool ringed with nikau palms and ferns. Boulders are scattered through the greenery like stepping points, softening the geometry of the circles against the wild planting beyond.
A garden built on contrast — clean curves against dense, textural green.
Trish & Sebastian Bartleet, Bartleet Landscape Studio
Trish and her son Sebastian have merged practices to create Bartleet Landscape Studio in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, pairing Trish’s extensive experience with Sebastian’s fresh insights for a distinctive, two-generation approach to garden design.
Trish has been described as the most original and confident garden designer in Auckland, known for stretching the boundaries of perception. Sebastian brings a Landscape Architecture degree and a strong focus on gardens that respond to their environment through texture, colour and balance.
For the Garden Show, the pair have designed a lush native forest garden built around a secluded pool experience, where platforms and boardwalks create a journey toward the water and corten steel anchors the surrounding planting, reimagining what a pool can look and feel like in a garden.
North Shore-based, with over 20 years of combined experience. Parrot is the team bringing the entire Garden Showcase to life this year — turning ordinary backyards into thoughtfully planned, built-to-last outdoor spaces.
From paving and retaining walls to planting and water features, no project is too big or too complex — which is exactly why they’re building this year’s showcase from the ground up.
You can take a piece of it home.
Kings Plant Barn is the Official Plant Partner of the Garden Showcase – pop into your nearest store to find the citrus trees, natives, and colourful groundcovers featured in this garden, with expert advice from the team on how to grow them in your own backyard.
New Zealand owned and operated, Central Landscape Supplies serves trade and DIY customers across Auckland and Hamilton, with a nationwide network. With a focus on Quality, Range and Service, Central Landscape Supplies offers everything you need, all in one place, including decorative stone, pebbles, aggregates, soil, bark, mulch and other landscaping essentials.
