Xanthe White Design

This landscape vision is a collaborative document developed in partnership with Xanthe White Design Studio and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, an Auckland based hapū (tribal group), to create an inter-generational vision for the management and aspirations for their Whenua Rangatira (chiefly land). A framework to sustain the land and the people both for this generation and […]

This project in the Auckland suburb of Rangimatarau is an example of how gardens can be designed to create engagement with the communities they sit within, rather than being a cloistered space for private pleasure. On a busy street corner the garden is designed to provide a rich and diverse palette of plants and flowers, […]

This project in the inner Auckland village of Maungawhau looks at the role of designers in interacting with an existing landscape. Rather than imprinting over the top, we looked to instead interact with the site’s key elements to enhance it’s ‘essence’. As designers it is as much our job to protect existing elements as it […]

The project is submitted for an award for it’s ability to achieve a beautiful and gentle garden space that enriches diversity and limits its footprint on the land. The balance between richness of species and minimising built structure to create enduring spaces makes it an exemplar for modern suburban life. The landscape weaves its way […]