b"feature gardenResene Woodsman UluruResene Woodsman HeartwoodResene WB Woodsman Woody BayU rban designer Bayley LuuTomes speaks moreResenethan one language, but his first language isSea Fognature.Myethosisallaboutmimicking Mother Nature as closely as possible, says Bayley, who has run his eponymous garden design business since2012.Thatmeansnotplantingaformal English Buxus garden in a coastal location where it wont do well or planting daylilies in poor-drainingReseneclay soils. I know it sounds a bit odd, but plants tellMeteorme where they want to go.Itsanethostheaward-winningdesignerhas adopted in the Paraparaumu garden he shares with his family. This is the eighth house Bayley has owned and renovated. I get bored easily, and once Ive done up a house and garden, I need to move on to the next challenge. Above: A glimpse of bright Resene Meteor This house, built in 2006, was a blank canvascontrasts with the Resene Jaguar fencing and when the qualified horticulturist bought it a yeardraws visitors through the garden.ago. Once hed had the exterior painted in ReseneGrouping plants by colour JaguarandstainedthegaragedoorinReseneFirstly look at the backdrop of where you will Woodsman Heartwood, he turned his attention tobe plantingwall, fence, side of a house or the garden, which consisted of an Albizia julibrissin open space. For me, this is important. If youRosea (Persian silk tree) in the backyard, a Gleditsiahave a dark colour as your backdrop, such as triacanthos Resene Jaguar, it will pop whatever brightin the front and a patch of scrappy lawn.colour plants/flowers you plant. Dark colours I designed the garden in three zones to show that different styles of gardensare a great backdrop for lush shades of green can happily co-exist in one location, he says. That includes the front garden,and silver foliage. where a floating boardwalk, finished with Resene Woodsman Heartwood stain,There is no right or wrong way to group provides access from the street to the front door. A floating system allowed me toplants by colour. It comes down to personal utilise the contours of the land.choice. I have seen some odd colour The second zone is on the north-eastern side of the house, where Bayley hascombinations in my time and thought, 'No way turned an unloved space into a Japanese-inspired garden, complete with a 4m xwill they work,' but in actuality, they do. 2.5m pond (water plays an important part in any garden, adding harmony andHowever, I like to group colours based on the garden's style. For example, in a woodland balance), Japanese Maples and Oriental lanterns that are illuminated at night.garden, I would go with soft pastels and cool He added river rocks to soften the rectangular pond, along with Ophiopogoncolours such as peach, pink, white, lavender, japonicus Anemone hupehensis blue and indigo. Woodland gardens are mostly(mondo grass) and (Japanese anemone). Its my vision of an inner suburban oasis, a great place to enjoy the sun.in shade to dappled light, so softer colours The final zone is the backyard. Bayley recently completed a courtyard off the livingbring out the mood and feel of that garden urban room with a covered area and raised block-wall garden beds primed with Resenestyle much better.For a cottage-style garden, I would go with Quick Dry waterborne primer and finished with Resene Sea Fog and Resene Meteor. bright colours such as yellow, red, orange, The beds must be 550 millimetres off the ground, so the dogs dont jump onpurple, bluemost colours, really. Cottage the plants or dig them up. gardens are bright, open and full of plants with Having designed about 80 gardens across New Zealand and Australia, Bayleymultiple layers from groundcover to tall has picked up many tips and tricks, particularly in smaller sections. The key is totowering flowers. You can get away with bright look at your locationwhere is the sun, what is the soil, what types of plants cancolours as the plants compete for visual space.grow successfully here? It all comes back to my golden rule of using plants thatBelow from left: Calliandra, poppyResene mimic Mother Nature because those plants will grow naturally in that location. seed pods and achillea. JaguarOpposite: The Resene Woodsman Uluru deck and Resene Waterborne Woodsman Woody Bay A landscape designer haspergola create an island between the water dotted created a calming zen gardenwith water lilies and the densely planted Japanese where Resene colours andMaple, Miscanthus grass, plants work harmoniously. Camellia Japonica and Cotinus Coggygria.70 71"