Design Services

Landscape Design

Surround's team of experienced landscape architects are well-versed in working across various project scales and landscape typologies from urban to rural landscapes. We offer a complete landscape architectural design service from concept design to detailed design documentation and landscape construction management.

We are also well versed in collaborating as part of multidisciplinary consultant teams on a wide range of projects throughout New Zealand.

We have proven design experience in:

  • Residential Gardens
  • Farms + Lifestyle Blocks
  • Social + Community Housing
  • Medium Density Housing
  • Subdivisions
  • Educational Facilities
  • Public Open Space
  • Apartment Developments
  • Retirement Villages
  • Restaurants, Cafes and Wineries

Master Planning

Master planning establishes a vision and dynamic conceptual framework for projects and developments.  As landscape architects, we carefully intertwine a project's aspirations with environmental, social and cultural considerations and integrate urban design best practice to create considered, contextual and functional environments for people and communities.

Ecological Restoration Planning

Native revegetation, also known as ecological restoration, involves using New Zealand native plant species to rehabilitate and restore natural bush environments or ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged or lost due to development, past vegetation clearing or natural disturbances. Whether undertaken on a small or large scale, this process offers numerous benefits, such as conservation, increased biodiversity, erosion control, preservation of bush remnants, increased populations of native fauna, weed control and improvements to water quality within streams.

Ecological restoration plans may form part of our other design services or as a stand-alone service for environmental-focused projects to restore degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems.

  • Ecological District Research + Site Analysis
  • Landscape Typology Mapping + Typology Planting Schedules
  • Revegetation Staging + Succession Plans
  • Plant Installation Methodology
  • Maintenance Specifications
  • Weed & Pest Control Plans