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garden words: Vicki Holder the heat is on 106 |
pictures: Frances Oliver After generations in the same family, a cliff top garden now boasts a cosy outdoor dining setting complete with a fi replace. The owner of this Auckland property, David McCulloch, arrived here with his parents when he was just nine years old. Apart from when he went fl atting in his youth, he has lived here nearly all his life. “When I married Laurel, we ended up buying the house from my parents and coming back.” He says the garden was a lot different back then. And it stayed that way while David and Laurel’s children grew up. There was a lawn for the dog and the obligatory sand-pit for the children to play in. They built a room for the spa towards the front of the section, “but the rest was covered in the old, exposed aggregate that you used to get”. When the children left home a couple of years ago, David and Laurel decided it was time to refurbish the area to better suit their new lifestyle. “We wanted easy-care – no lawns. We wanted all the gardening to be raised at kneeheight and plants that didn’t require much gardening.” Although they sought to increase the amount of usable outdoor living, the challenge was the very exposed site. “Living on the side of a hill with a panoramic, 180-degree view, you get the winds. So the landscaping is all about making the natural windbreaks work for you.” First to be added was a comfortable outdoor pavilion towards the rear of the section. A kind of lock-up party room, it has a sitting area, sound system and kitchenette. The pavilion left a sheltered area against the boundary, handy to the house, where they could establish an outdoor living area, large enough to accommodate up to about 20 people for a dinner party, that still captured the views. The McCulloch’s top priority was an outdoor fi re – a real log fi re to create the warmth, the ambience and the smells. “It simply had to be a real fi re,” says David. “A lot of people tried to convince us otherwise because gas would have been a lot easier. You wouldn’t need all the logs and wind wouldn’t be such a consideration. But now everyone loves it. It’s amazing how everybody wants to put another log on the fi re or toast marshmallows late at night.” While the McCullochs were keen to make a contemporary statement, the design had to marry with the house, a bungalow built in 1921. Timber framing above the area is in keeping with the original home. So, too, are the white weatherboards that support the raised garden beds. These are edged with a double layer of kwila timber which not only matches the silvery timber used on the decks, but provides another place for guests to sit. Look after your wooden deck - stain with Resene Kwila Timber Stain or Resene Furniture and Decking Oil to enhance its natural good looks. Resene Affi cionado Resene Buffalo | 107
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