b'feature gardenAbove: This homes living room flows seamlessly into the garden,Double Black White to accentuate the rich green of the foliage, with terrace walls in Resene X-200 CoolColour tinted to Resenewhile the terrace walls are finished in Resene X-200 CoolColour Half Delta. Resene Furniture and Decking Oil helps keep wooden walkways looking their natural best while providing protectiontintedtoReseneHalfDelta,thesoftgreyprovidingavisual against the ravages of water, fungi and ultraviolet light.connection between the house and garden. Ze designed the garden to accentuate the architecture of the ReseneReseneResenehome. The planting design I created for the garden was inspired Double Black White Chelsea Cucumber Half Deltaby the Japanese concept of komorebi which, loosely translated, means sunlight filtered through trees. Large picture windows F or landscape designer Ze Carafice, developing a garden on acreate frames to enjoy the rich greens of the garden from the smallplotinAucklandsGreyLynnwasapassionproject.living room, with trees and plants selected to play with shadows Working closely with the owners and architect John Irving, Zeand cast light onto the concrete flooring of the rooms interior. set about creating this inner-city sanctuary to surround the home withWhile this is a relatively small inner-city garden, Ze has packed levels of terraced garden. in 45 species of plants with a mix of natives (some rare), flowering This garden needed to completely ground the architecture inperennials, shrubs, edibles, climbers and trees. For Ze, creating a green so I used a mix of groundcovers and climbers to create lushgarden is not just about the natural beauty it offers, but also about carpets and green walls providing a stage to show off the stars of theimproving the health of the surrounding ecology. The garden then show, like the tree ferns and Japanese maples.aids in providing bird corridors and food for pollinators as well as Zes vision was realised by the Create + Construct building teamincreasing permeable surfaces to help absorb stormwater. In short, who produced the terraced levels and flat lawn area that crowns thethis garden not only offers beauty, but also sustainability for its top of the garden. lively neighbourhood.The graceful interior living room opens out almost entirely to theThe colour palette for the garden was based on the timeless tiered garden. The exterior walls of the home are painted in Reseneelegance of green and white, acknowledging the character of 71'