Neville Stewart Landscaping

13/07/2025

We’re excited to share more photos of this epic landscape transformation.

We had the pleasure of designing, constructing, and planting this beautiful outdoor space from the ground up. Every detail was thoughtfully considered to bring structure, style, and life to the area.

The plants are just getting started, in time, they’ll flourish, creating a great finish on this landscape.

Grateful to turn vision into reality for another happy client! 💚

07/07/2025

Before, during 👉🏻 after!
We had the pleasure of working on another great landscape transformation, elevating the landscape to match the quality of this gorgeous home

We’re excited to see the plants grow to help this landscape truely stand out!

13/05/2024

Pennistium alpecoridies, Fountain Grass

13/05/2024

Nice to be here in the Byron Bay Shire and staying on this great property finishing recording.
It has been beautifully landscaped, and this tree is over 300 years old, it was here before the settlers were. I am going to find exactly out what it is and will let you know...

29/01/2024

Construction Landscaper Wanted!

Experienced Landscape Operator, 4+ years, with proficiency in site set up, management and finishing details, is needed for residential projects ranging from $20k-250k.

This is an opportunity to join a Gold Award Winning landscaping company with a great culture and stimulating work environment. We are a small team with a big focus on achieving excellence.

You will be:
• Skilled in groundworks; operating a digger, construction of paving, hard surfaces, as well as stonework, retaining walls, fences and decks.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting landscape plans
• Capable of running a team to meet project timelines.

To be successful you will have proven landscape work that shows off your skills in landscape construction and ground works. Great customer communication, service and ability to work from design plans a must.

A knowledge of plants and planting methods is also helpful, but you will have the support of our team’s expertise in the area of horticulture.

In return we offer:
• Competitive wages that reflect your skill level
• Full time hours typically Monday-Friday 8.00am-4.30pm but with flexibility to suit where practicable
• Provision of workwear, PSE and tools
• Professional development opportunities

Apply your landscaping skills to award-winning garden designs.
Interested? Get in touch with Neville Stewart at [email protected]

06/01/2024

Imagine a New Zealand where farming can clean up our rivers, tackle the climate crisis and make sure every Kiwi has fresh, healthy food. We can get there, but our farmers need support to make the switch to regenerative agriculture. Join me to call on the Govt to support the regenerative farming revo...

19/12/2023

It’s the time of year when we all tend to look back over what we’ve done, what we’ve achieved and for all the good things in our lives.

It’s been a particularly busy year for us here at Neville Stewart Landscaping and we’re looking forward to a break over the holidays before getting stuck back into the projects we have lined up for the new year.

But we couldn’t let the year end without thanking everyone – clients, friends, fans, family and the team – for your support in 2023. And we wanted to leave our Facebook friends with this montage of ‘the best of’ images from recent projects, some of which you may not have seen before.

If you’re heading away, travel safe. If you’re staying home, we hope you enjoy sunny weather in your garden. And if your garden doesn't give you much joy, do get in touch. But please, not until after Christmas! We have celebrating to do!

17/12/2023

06/12/2023

As a landscape designer, I don’t always get to see my vision come to full fruition.

Often, when we leave a project, the hard landscaping is all complete, and the gardens built and planted.

But we don’t often see how the landscapes we design truly come into their own. After all, plants generally take several years to mature and look their very best.

Because while it’s always a major improvement when landscaping is done, it can often look quite bare.

So, it was great to recently lay our hands on some updated photos of a property in Blueskin Bay that had been a major landscaping project a while or so back.

In these images, you can see several of one particular area when it was paved and the gardens created. And another two of the same area a few seasons on. The difference is quite dramatic!

If drama in your garden is something you like the sound of, get in touch and let’s talk over some ideas.

28/11/2023

I love a challenge and creating a landscaped area that ticked all the boxes on this small steep section provided exactly that, with our clients thrilled by the end results.

They wanted to make good use of the views overlooking Kaka Point towards the Nugget Point lighthouse but there was only 271m2 of space for landscaping.

Not deterred, we turned negatives into positives, finding secret vistas and creating new garden spaces. We worked within the constraints of difficult access to the property’s most stunning views and being overlooked by the neighbouring house.

On our client’s wish-list were taking as much advantage of the sun as possible, easy access, space for a spa pool and washing line, and an easy-care, low maintenance garden.

The design includes a series of steps up around the house to the deck. From there steps connect to the top of the section where the spa pool will sit. Two more sitting and viewing spaces were created to make the most of the views.

The driveway includes a curved garden leading to the parking area featuring low gabion baskets. These provide a strong visual barrier.

The garden was planted with local natives including two Podocarpus golden totara, coprosma rhamnoides, renga renga lilies, Chatham Island forget me not and dwarf flax Emerald Green. The plants will fill the garden, providing ground cover that will reduce weeds and maintenance.

Also used were red tussocks, Astelia nervosa ‘Mountain Flax’, our NZ icon plant Cyanthea dealbata “Silver Fern’, Pseudowintera colorata Horopito, Pittosporum ‘Stephens Island’, Melicytus lanceolatus, Myrsine australis, corokia, lancewoods and Sophora microphylla Southern Kowhai.

We created a home-away-from-home for our clients from where they can work remotely and enjoy the surrounding land and seascapes.

17/11/2023

The other day I visited a friend and was knocked out by their amazing garden with its close attention to detail, vibrant colour and mix of textures. It was beautifully laid out amongst native trees with huge gums in the distance.

At its peak right now, this garden gives joy and provides beauty in all seasons. But it requires dedication, focus and time so is not for everyone. However, once the bones of a garden are established, carefully selected additional plants can provide blooms for every season and look spectacular when grouped together.

While I am often keen on using natives in my garden designs, there is often room for the addition of exotic foliage and color which can create a dramatic effect without all the hard work.

But natives can also provide stunning displays such as flowering Manuka, Chatham Island Forget Me Not, Anisotome lyallii (common on the cliffs around the Nuggets), Celmisia mountain daisy and of course the fabulous vibrant red of the rata. At present around Otago, phormium flax flowers are feeding tuis and cordyline australis cabbage trees are blooming in great profusion.

Images include those from our gold-medal award garden at Kaka Point along with some from my friend’s property.

12/11/2023

Steps. If you live in or around Dunedin, it's likely that your property has or need steps.

Steps come in all shapes and sizes, forms and materials.

One of our most popular designs remains the flamboyant, multi-coloured stairs backed by a rock wall we created some years ago. It has definitely stood the test of time and looks as good today as it did then.

We’ve created other steps that are equally as artistic along with those that are more utilitarian, aimed at safely moving the homeowners from one level to another in all weathers.

Check out our step-related images and if your property is in need of a step spruce-up, do get in touch.