Daylight Saving Begins — Start the Outdoor Living Season with a Fresh Look at Landscape Design Plans for your Garden.

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The exciting days of outdoor living will start soon, with daylight saving beginning at the end of this month. Warm summer afternoons kicking a ball around with the kids on the lawn, dining with friends on the deck, and long evenings enjoying the garden are just around the corner.

Across Dunedin, many established homes are being renovated to make the most of outdoor living — and that often means updating the garden layout to flow with the new house design. Popular features that work beautifully with modern landscape design plans include:

  • bifold doors opening onto a sunny deck

  • a large portico for covered outdoor entertaining

  • a private courtyard off the kitchen providing family outdoor dining and barbeques for when daylight saving begins.

All these features extend your home’s living areas, creating seamless indoor–outdoor flow and maximising usable space for family life and entertaining..

When designing new outdoor living areas for clients, I consider how each space functions throughout the day:

  • sun

  • shade

  • wind

  • views

  • how many people will be using the area

These elements often compete with one another, so they need careful planning in both new and established gardens. Easy access to outdoor rooms and good circulation around the property are also essential. The easier your outdoor spaces are to use, the more you’ll enjoy them.

Once the landscape layout is complete, I prepare a planting plan that ties the whole property together — the finishing touch that makes the design feel complete. Every garden has its own microclimate, every homeowner has unique preferences, and every Leaf Landscape Design plan is bespoke to the property and its owner.

Enjoy the longer days ahead in your Dunedin garden when daylight saving begins, and feel free to get in touch if you’d like advice on your outdoor areas. You’re welcome to leave a comment below.

low maintenance, composite deck and patio for entertaining, that flow easily from the house, is ready for outdoor furniture, fireplace and barbeque. view this leaf landscape designed garden now, at the milestone homes otago showhome, 19 armadale street, mosgiel, dunedin.

multiple size patios, decks and lawn space make this landscape garden plan an outdoor living dream garden! view this leaf landscape design planned open garden at the milestone homes otago showhome, 19 armadale street, mosgiel, dunedin.