Why GSD?
Edible sensory planting for health and well-being
While we have nothing to do with jade, we are proud New Zealanders who believe strongly in the koru's symbol of growth, harmony and new beginnings.
We are landscape architects and designers with a difference. Our mission is to design spaces - whether a break out space for the office, new entrance-way for your vineyard, a school playground or retirement village gardens - to look good and feel great. Our designs offer wow factor and health and well-being. Performance surveys show staff who have access to appropriate greenspace at work perform better and are more loyal. Studies of playgrounds show a reduction in bullying once natural play can balance equipment and hard sports areas. In hospitals, even a view of healing gardens was found to reduce medication needs and healing time. Whatever your situation we will guide you to create health and well-being for residents, staff and others.
GSD work collaboratively. Our small team embodies what we believe to be a unique blend of passionate people - landscape architects, architects, interior designers, urban designers, educators and horticulturalists. Our landscape designs quietly make a difference, to you and your local environment.. From large-scale eco resorts to small-scale roof gardens, children's gardens to community gardens, port and coastal developments to riverside communities we work with international scientists and local experts to create ecologically healthy environments so you can enjoy cost effective developments for human health and well-being. All projects incorporate our specialty; practical, feel-good garden design.
As sustainable designers we guide with confidence and clarity, to ensure your budget is spent wisely. As independent landscape and urban designers, we ensure that regardless of who is paying your funding is spent to best effect.
We work remotely and on site. This means that if it is not practical for us to come to you, we can work with you via email, phone and skype. You simply provide photos and site measurements and we do the rest. Where we can we prefer to be on site to better understand your needs and the environment, but working remotely can provide cost savings. Please contact us for further details and a no-obligation design consultation.
We are landscape architects and designers with a difference. Our mission is to design spaces - whether a break out space for the office, new entrance-way for your vineyard, a school playground or retirement village gardens - to look good and feel great. Our designs offer wow factor and health and well-being. Performance surveys show staff who have access to appropriate greenspace at work perform better and are more loyal. Studies of playgrounds show a reduction in bullying once natural play can balance equipment and hard sports areas. In hospitals, even a view of healing gardens was found to reduce medication needs and healing time. Whatever your situation we will guide you to create health and well-being for residents, staff and others.
GSD work collaboratively. Our small team embodies what we believe to be a unique blend of passionate people - landscape architects, architects, interior designers, urban designers, educators and horticulturalists. Our landscape designs quietly make a difference, to you and your local environment.. From large-scale eco resorts to small-scale roof gardens, children's gardens to community gardens, port and coastal developments to riverside communities we work with international scientists and local experts to create ecologically healthy environments so you can enjoy cost effective developments for human health and well-being. All projects incorporate our specialty; practical, feel-good garden design.
As sustainable designers we guide with confidence and clarity, to ensure your budget is spent wisely. As independent landscape and urban designers, we ensure that regardless of who is paying your funding is spent to best effect.
We work remotely and on site. This means that if it is not practical for us to come to you, we can work with you via email, phone and skype. You simply provide photos and site measurements and we do the rest. Where we can we prefer to be on site to better understand your needs and the environment, but working remotely can provide cost savings. Please contact us for further details and a no-obligation design consultation.
Tel: +64 ( 0 )22 196 8899
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