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Landscape Architect @Nigel_Cowburn #landscapedesign #otago #southland #planning #projects #rural #plantingplans #riparian #stormwater #SuDS #nz #newzealand

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Old Cromwell market.. this morning Sun 24 Nov. #CentralOtago

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

A & P Shows and other events Growplan is attending over the summer through to the end of April.

https://t.co/gNItHFvpCB
Visit and talk about your landscape dreams, ideas and issues.

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

I have a stand at the Old Cromwell Market today - and every second sunday through summer. The actual weather is less dire than the forecast, lots of unique goods & foods, and the scenery is amazing.

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

My latest Leaflet is on conversion of a slip-prone pine plantation to a native forest. My brief was:

• Create native bird habitat
• Walkway network & glades
• Planted slope retention
• Running team plantings - 20 people
https://t.co/LwJ8iGd1q1
#Otago #NZ #EarthRepair

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This Leaflet is a deep dive on a garden I designed & built at the Melbourne Flower Show in 2004. The garden was about how we try to control nature, while nature has other aims, and best encapsulated thus:

Box tree breaks free (escaping square life)
https://t.co/Cm71MD3hHh
#MIFGS

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This week's leaflet is on selecting a multi-purpose mix of exotic #perennials for an inland South Island #NZ site 360m altitude. at -44.62°S

There's 600mm of evenly-spread rain & a nasty oven-like Föhn, so it's great for Mediterranean type plants.

https://t.co/mqOK5wcr5O

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

The latest Leaflet is on wildfire, and new hazards from changing climates - temperature and moisture, and (for many plants) increasing plant flammability brought on by ever-rising atmospheric CO2.

Also plant selection notes to reduce fire hazards.

https://t.co/Ag9MMw9eED

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

The latest Leaflet
Weed trees (Pinus, pines) spreading in drylands & native forest by bootstrapping new mycorrhizal associations.
Also thymus (thyme) as a serious weed.
https://t.co/cPLsbfu0L1

#Otago #NZ

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

The latest Leaflet
https://t.co/WxXbKmSaPF

Examples of right-plant right-place thinking to:
• Reduce allergies
• Detoxify soil & water #Phytoremediation
• Reduce noise
• Support birds by growing for #Invertebrates
• Improve PV array performance

#SuDS #LivingInfrastructure

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

The latest Leaflet
https://t.co/LFRcahfcOi

Examples of how the right plants, planted in the right places can remove the bulk of stormwater without building more (or any) drains, and at significantly lower cost (approx. 20%) than piped solutions.
#SuDS #LivingInfrastructure

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

The latest Leaflet
https://t.co/SohvOJ3tjT

On Sustainable Drainage #SuDS and why it makes sense for NZ financially, aesthetically, and protects us from (ever larger and more frequent) flooding events. Also, why it is not widely practiced here.

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The latest Leaflets is out - https://t.co/zmJz67abL8
Reducing the labour of leaves through plant selection, placement and design.

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Much disability is invisible – or invisibilised – with the less able excluded through indifference (or design). Everyone should be designed for....

The latest at 'Leaflets' blog (posted Sunday).

https://t.co/jcdmRmQuIN

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

My latest Leaflets blogpost
https://t.co/bMSd5s0jfP

Outlines my approach to farm & rural landscape design.
#Stormwater #Planning #LandscapeArchitecture Farmhouse gardens #PlantingPlans #Riparian #Infrastructure

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🌿Growplan's blog "Leaflets" 1st post; in 'Just an Effing Gardener!' Nigel describes work as a Landscape Architect - more variety than most people think!

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Another perfect day at the Wanaka Show.
Site CV12 just east of the Ferris wheel

#LandscapeArchitecture #Landscape

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Wanaka Show today, and tomorrow.
Still the best South Island show.
I'm at Site CV12 just northeast of the ferris wheel.

Upper Clutha A&P Show

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

Rain gardens simply work .. and work a lit better than reticulated/ piped, while costing less.

[Nigel Cowburn @Nigel_Cowburn]

Hay!, it's Christmas.
Taken on SH1 east of Waipahi, South Otago, #NZ. Many farms do something like this at Christmas but this farm's really lifting the bar, simple effective and fun graphics with nothing more than hay and agricultural marking paint.

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Supplying affordable plants in a timely manner is complex and often overlooked by landowners and site managers. I’m often asked ‘why are plants so expensive?’... blog-article by @Nigel_Cowburn #LandscapeArchitect

#LandscapeDesign #Plants #nzplants

https://t.co/2c8Yw5iBKJ