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ABOUT LAURENSON LANDSCAPE
DESIGN LANDSCAPE GARDENERS, Robyn
Laurenson, principal designer of Laurenson Landscape Design, is a multi-award
winning Auckland landscape garden designer who has been designing gardens
since 1998. Robyn has a Bachelor of Science, a Diploma in Landscape Design,
and extensive plant knowledge. Robyn
has a deep love of New Zealand’s wild landscape and a strong belief in the
restorative quality of nature, and of gardens. She is inspired by nature,
absorbing landscape design ideas from this environment and incorporating them
into her garden designs. Robyn
was great to work with - she spent time really listening to our
aspirations for the garden, gave us options, and was able to point out pros
and cons - without being tied to her own sense of best design. Lyn
McDonnell & Hans Buwalda, Hillsborough,
Learn
more about Robyn’s Philosophy on Garden Design. ACCREDITED MEMBER OF
LANDSCAPING We
are Accredited Members of Landscaping New Zealand. This means our work has
been assessed by our peers and found to meet the required professional
standard. Landscaping New Zealand has a complaints procedure in place,
tailored specifically for the protection of our clients, in the unlikely
event that there will be a dispute. INSURANCE We
are fully insured with professional indemnity, public liability and statutory
liability insurance. AWARDS
Robyn received the Premier Research Recognition
Award in the 2008 Landscaping New Zealand Awards for her work on ‘Searching
for Soul in New Zealand Gardens.’ In addition she won a bronze award at the
Ellerslie Flower Show 2004 for her garden ‘City Sanctuary’, and a gold award
at the Ellerslie Flower Show 2003 for her design ‘Philosopher’s Garden’. Check Laurenson
Landscape Design’s Testimonials to see
what their clients have to say about their work. HISTORY
Robyn grew up on a farm in Northland. Here
she had the freedom to roam and explore wide open spaces, and developed a
love of our natural environment. She was also strongly influenced by her
grandparents’ home and garden, a beautifully landscaped half acre in the East
Coast Bays of the North Shore, where she holidayed as a child, across the
road from the beach. This was a wonderful garden for hide-and-seek, for large
family meals in the shade of trees, and for romance. Robyn
began her career as a Mathematics teacher before undertaking her OE. It was
while working in London that she discovered there were easier ways to make a
living than teaching! She began working in the computer industry, initially
in the Planning Department of Shell Exploration and Production, where she
worked on planning for the construction of oil drilling platforms in the
North Sea. After returning to New Zealand, Robyn worked for Fletcher
Construction, processing accounting and payroll systems. After taking a few
years out of the workforce to raise a family and develop her own home and
garden, she retrained as a landscape designer. Robyn
has recently moved to Beach Haven, on Auckland’s North Shore. This is close
to the inner Waitemata Harbour with numerous walking tracks through
significant mature native bush reserves. Robyn takes advantage of these
tracks whenever she can. She also loves to travel throughout New Zealand,
enjoying landscape photography and exploring back-country roads, and walking
or tramping into wilderness areas. Robyn
has 3 grown children, of whom she is immensely proud. Find out more about
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