Landscaping

Wairere Nursery recommends Anthony Skinner from Garden Graphix for all landscaping requirements.

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About Anthony

 Anthony’s love of plants and talent for design is partly inherited. His grandparents were dedicated gardeners and plant enthusiasts and his paternal grandmother was well renowned as a painter, weaver, floral artist and gardener. She took immense pride in the fact that she passed University Entrance Art at the age of 75 years. 

During his schooling, Anthony excelled at Technical Drawing, Art and Architecture and completed his University Entrance year in Art and Art History with substantial achievements. Anthony is an artist of considerable distinction. One of his paintings was presented to the Honorable Rob Muldoon when he was Prime Minister of New Zealand.

As a natural consequence of Anthony's exceptional talent in painting landscapes, which requires a fine eye for detail and a heightened sense of balance, proportion and structure, Anthony branched out into landscaping.  To his credit, Anthony is self taught in the art of drawing plans through which to bring his exceptional designs to focus.

His excellence in the field of landscape design has been recognized by the many prestigious awards presented to him in recent years, from both International and National Judges, along with ''most popular designer'' votes from the public in general.  

On purchasing a villa to showcase his wonderful antique collections, which include Georgian glass and porcelain, Anthony’s talents once again extended to Interior Design. His ability to work with other media is also reflected in his lighting designs, which still take pride of place in many up-market Hotels and Restaurants in New Zealand and Australia.  

Anthony’s work in Landscape Design currently occupies most of his time but he still finds time to paint. He continues to work on paintings of rural landscapes, old buildings and other scenes of interest in watercolour, oil and charcoal. (Visit Gallery)

 When you work with Anthony you will find that your desires are given the greatest consideration. Anthony feels that it is of prime importance that the garden you are going to live and grow with is the garden that reflects your taste and ideas. To Anthony, the client's wishes are always given the highest priority and the design emerges out of his considered response to the brief and budget of the client. 

Anthony places great importance and emphasis on the harmony, interaction and balance between Landscape Design, Architecture and the Environment. 

The Garden should be an extension of the style of the Home in both proportion and atmosphere and should reflect and merge with the environmental setting in which it is built. In this regard, the choice of appropriate plant material is crucial and Anthony’s wealth of experience in growing and observing plants adds weight to this vital aspect of Design. 

Anthony is part of a team of knowledgeable plant specialists at Wairere Nursery who are all experienced in choosing the highest quality plants in order to give you the best possible value for your investment. In his inspired designs, Anthony makes a point of not over-planting. He has a wealth of plant knowledge from growing his own stock and therefore knows how plants mature and that overcrowding results in the demise of the design. One of his many strengths is the ability to provide creative solutions for problem areas.

When you commission Anthony to design your garden, not only will you have one of New Zealand’s foremost designers taking care of your needs, but the resultant creation will become one of your greatest assets. A garden designed by Garden Graphix has an enduring appeal that is timeless, beautiful, harmonious and memorable. In awarding Anthony’s design entry at Ellerslie Flower Show a Gold medal, the comment of the judges was that “it was Anthony’s superb and meticulous attention to detail that made the difference between a Gold and Silver award.” 

We hope you enjoy browsing the portfolio of landscape case studies and the gallery of examples of Anthony's artwork.