Courdyard with trees, shrubs, fencing and paving.

Webb Street Garden

Paving detail with native trees and shrubs growing through

Located just off Wellington’s Cuba Street, this garden aims to make the most of the small space, providing a lush urban refuge.

Planting combination of lancewood and meuhlenbeckia softening the wall of the house while maintaining views.

Banded concrete paving creating a staggered edge to the garden bed filled with native and exotic plants.

Aerial view of the courtyard with staggered paving strips intersperced with native planting.

The repeated use of square and recatangualr elements is inspired by the simple design of the Melling Architects home.

Pixellated bluestone sett paving creates slow transitions to the gravel paved driveway.

Custom powdercoated steel sliding gates in a grid formation provide security for the urban property.

Seemingly randomised blocks of bluestone create small pools and waterfalls as the water cascades into the reflection pond below.

Reflection pond made of staggered bluestone blocks provides reflections of the borrowed landscape beyond the garden.

Located opposite the front door atrium, the water feature is made of bluestone blocks. These create small pools of water that cascade over each other to provide pleasant ambient noise in the urban location.

The pond is opposite the front door to provide a focal feature upon entry.

Custom made macrocarpa seats beside the bluestone pond provide resting points and a consistent design language through the garden

A garden oasis for humans and bird alike. While the space is constrained, the elemenmts combine to create a restful and green space.

Wild native planting and dynamic seating and paving combine to create a wild, natural vista.

This garden, the Supreme Winner in the Small Projects category of the NZILA awards, was featured in NZ House and Garden Magazine and a book called The Secrets of Small Gardens.

An article about Mark Newdick in NZ HOME Magazine showing the water feature and planting.

Photographs by Juliet Nichols and Mark Newdick in association with Local.

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