Jamie Macphail is an established New Zealand designer specialising in the design and development of innovative gardens and landscapes of an enduring nature.

He offers a comprehensive service involving all aspects of design and project management, key features of which service are:

• Individual, contemporary designs tailored to the lifestyles of our clients

• Project management

• Research of the geographical conditions of a site, including such things as soil types, micro climates, rainfall, and other dominant physical elements.

• a close relationship with a landscape construction company and a wide range of sub contractors.


Jamie has deliberately not developed a particular style of design, preferring to consider each client's brief in isolation, and to develop a design that reflects the aspirations of the client, while at the same time merging with both the architecture of the house and the greater landscape.


The key elements that Jamie sees as important
to a good design are:

• Simplicity • Unity • Functionality • Scale


Jamie has the ability to develop excellent relationships with contractors and sub contractors, ensuring a total service of the highest calibre.

Jamie is an experienced designer from a part of the world renown for it's "Can Do" attitude and ingenuity. He has a passion for gardens that marry the house to the surrounding landscape, and for creating gardens that enhance the lifestyles of their owners.

His temperament is such that he offers an ease to communication and an eagerness to get to the heart of the client's aspirations.

Jamie's fees are very modest, and in most instances a fee is quoted in advance of any work being completed.

Jamie has worked on projects throughout the North Island, and is happy to travel.

Most of all Jamie brings a passion for design to what he does, and this passion, combined with his skills, his experience and his enjoyment of communication make him an exciting designer to work with.