PROJECT OVERVIEW
The NZ Heart Foundation and Ripe Deli project is a collaboration with the intention of transforming an underutilised parking area into a vibrant garden and café space.
The implementation involved a comprehensive site preparation and installation of hardscape elements, with minimal disruption to the existing businesses.
The theme of ‘edible garden’ and the diversity of planting is a real standout in an area surrounded by commercial businesses, the ‘concrete jungle’.
Client
Heart Foundation
Services
Landscape construction
Materials
Pine timber sleepers
Glasshouse
Limestone chip / gravel
Waikato soil
Compost
Bark fines
Location
Ellerslie
Designer
Neville Design Studio
Photography
Carme Aguayo
Partners
Glasshouse - Winter Gardenz
Metal work - Metalwerks
Lighting installation - The Landscape Lighting company
Garden care - The Mindful Gardener
Key construction elements included the excavation, site preparation and removal of hard surfaces, glasshouse installation, custom bike racks, irrigation and lighting.
Timber sleeper inserts act as a ‘boardwalk’ and connecting pathway and patio areas feature limestone gravel.
Careful soil preparation was undertaken to ensure plant health. Feature rocks were added and a multi-layered planting scheme implemented.
