76 Queens Drive: Tony McMaster - “Mr McGregor’s Garden”

The focus is on being organic and self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables. Everything is grown from seed and planted out into raised beds.

12 Hauraki Road - Robyn Toomath

Nine years ago this was steep, bare clay. We planted like crazy and now I spend all my time hacking things back. It was designed as a productive garden and in addition to vegetables I grow olives, figs, grapes, lemons, limes, mandarins, oranges, persimmons, feijoas, plums and apples - mostly for the birds.

5A Coromandel Road - Sacred Blessing Sanctuary Garden

Sacred Blessing Sanctuary Garden is enjoyed by visitors from New Zealand and around the world. Set across two acres, this manicured garden features a large diversity of plant species, with flowers and colour at the forefront of the garden team’s design.

48 Crescent Road East Extension - Karen Williams - Jardin des Fleurs

There are three main sections to my garden where paths take you into, under, and around the house. Just one year ago the flower garden was just lawn and weeds. With the encouragement and help of my wonderful friend Kay, my dream became a reality filled with all the things I love - herbs, roses, hydrangeas, dahlias, gardenia and magnolias. The bromeliad garden is to the left of the house.

8 Hillside Road - Gerda Gorgner and Kim Whitaker

Our garden is ever-evolving and never finished. The garden feeds us, our chickens and our bees. We have over 40 fruit trees, raised vegetable beds and an eclectic mix of flowers to keep us busy all year round. Long term commitment to composting and the help of our chickens has created much-improved soil conditions.

8 Shelly Beach Road - Simon and Mary Wright

When we first came upon the overgrown but flat section with an assortment of derelict buildings in Shelly Beach Road overlooking the achingly beautiful Putiki Bay, we fell in love with it. Now more than 11 years on, it is a very beautiful and also productive garden. We have 32 species of fruit and berry plants with a year round bountiful vege garden.

30 Ostend Road - Ann and Richard Skelly

We have been developing our whimsical garden since the moment we moved into our cottage in Ostend just over three years ago. Recycled materials have been used wherever possible and the Bokashi composting system is really helping nature to thrive. We’ve been planting for the birds, butterflies and bees as well as developing a good size vegetable garden.

25C Calais Terrace - Lyndell Shannon

A garden is never finished. Five years into what I thought was a ten-year project, my garden’s shape is finally becoming clear. What was a weed-infested steep hillside is developing into a uniquely Waiheke garden that takes its inspiration from the surrounding landscape, and combines bold simple lines and complex planting. Sweeping beds of shrubs, perennials, grasses and roses surround a contemporary house.