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Lyndell
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ABOUT THE GARDEN DESIGN
SCHOOL TEACHING LANDSCAPE GARDEN
DESIGN TO HOME OWNERS A
garden where one may enter in and forget the whole world cannot be made in a
week, nor a month, nor a year; it must be planned
for, waited for and loved into being. Chinese
proverb Robyn Laurenson, of Laurenson
Landscape Design, based on Auckland’s North Shore, is the principal tutor
at The Garden Design School. Robyn is a multi-award winning landscape
designer who has been designing gardens in and around Auckland since 1998.
Robyn has a Bachelor of Science, a Teaching Diploma, and a Diploma in
Landscape Design. Lyndell Shannon will be running some of our
classes from Term 2, 2011, onwards. Lyndell has had many years designing
gardens, firstly in Wellington and more recently in Auckland. The Garden Design School offers small and
intimate landscape garden design courses of a high quality. These part-time
courses are aimed at the home gardener who wants to have some input into his
or her own garden design. These are do-it-yourself,
project-based, garden design classes. No previous experience is necessary. We
love assisting people through the process of transforming their gardens. As
someone who has a landscaping business, but deals with the administrative
side of things, the course was a real eye opener and gave me an appreciation
of just what goes into the preparation and creation of a landscaping plan. I have
“graduated” and have a lovely plan for my property to boot. Kim
Horgan, Director, All About Landscapes Ltd, Albany, North Shore Other experienced landscape designers will
join us as the Garden Design School grows. Course tutors will be available
for ongoing consultations with course members at reduced hourly rates for a
year after course completion. Find out more about
our Garden Design courses.
Class in action with
Lyndell 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’, the
Anthony Tesselaar Award for Excellence in Plant Selection from UNITEC in
2004, and a gold award at the Ellerslie Flower Show 2003 for her design
‘Philosopher’s Garden’. Lyndell has won awards at the Ellerslie
Flower Show, and in 2010 she won the award for Best Design for a Small
Project at the Landscaping New Zealand Awards. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Robyn and Lyndell are both Accredited
Members of Landscaping New Zealand and active members of the Garden Design
Society of New Zealand. HISTORY Robyn
grew up on a farm in Northland, and then moved to Auckland to study at
University, gaining a Bachelor of Science and a Diploma of Teaching. Robyn
began her career as a Mathematics teacher before undertaking her OE. It was
while working in Robyn
lives in Beach Haven on Auckland’s North Shore, close to the inner Waitemata
Harbour. She loves to walk and to travel throughout New Zealand, enjoying
landscape photography and exploring our magnificent back-country. Robyn
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