CONTACT
trent@variouslandscapes.co.nz
021329923
MAHI
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES designs, builds, and manages gardens and landscapes in Tāmaki Makaurau // Auckland.
ETHOS
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES is interested in a land ethic based upon guardianship. Landscape design can build strong connections between plants, soil life, beneficial insects (and other animals), and humans. It adds to the inter-connectedness which gives natural systems their strength.
Community breeds immunity. Plants, like people, thrive when part of a community. Plant communities play an important role in our design approach here at VARIOUS LANDSCAPES, particularly those found in Tāmaki Makaurau.
The construction industry accounts for roughly 39% of worldwide CO2 emissions. VARIOUS LANDSCAPES responds to clients' needs while challenging current construction methods and materials.
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES are master generalists, involved throughout the design, construct and management. Although specialisation has its place, we believe hyper-specialisation, the separation of labour and the disconnect of BRAIN/HAND all result in the fragmentation of the human spirit.
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES designs, builds, and manages gardens and landscapes in Tāmaki Makaurau // Auckland.
ETHOS
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES is interested in a land ethic based upon guardianship. Landscape design can build strong connections between plants, soil life, beneficial insects (and other animals), and humans. It adds to the inter-connectedness which gives natural systems their strength.
Community breeds immunity. Plants, like people, thrive when part of a community. Plant communities play an important role in our design approach here at VARIOUS LANDSCAPES, particularly those found in Tāmaki Makaurau.
The construction industry accounts for roughly 39% of worldwide CO2 emissions. VARIOUS LANDSCAPES responds to clients' needs while challenging current construction methods and materials.
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES are master generalists, involved throughout the design, construct and management. Although specialisation has its place, we believe hyper-specialisation, the separation of labour and the disconnect of BRAIN/HAND all result in the fragmentation of the human spirit.
BIO
Growing up in rural Pukekohe, Trent was exposed to a varied landscape; one of suburbs, market gardens, farms and remnant forest.
Initially studying commerce, Trent later shifted his focus to the impacts of commerce on our environment, specifically our food system. After completing his degree, Trent traveled through South America and India, developing a keen interest in agricultural systems that regenerate and sustain communities and ecosystems in the long term.
Upon returning, he spent a year working and volunteering on an organic vegetable farm on Great Barrier Island and a biodynamic vegetable farm on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. A desire to connect with the NZ landscape drew Trent back to Tāmaki Makaurau, where a passion for local biodiversity and our native flora & fauna developed further.
In 2018 Trent completed a Diploma in Landscape Design at UNITEC, followed by three formative years working at the renowned design studio, O2 Landscapes.
During 2022/23, Trent had the opportunity to work with Earthworm, one of nipaluna, Hobart’s leading makers. Trent gained hands-on experience using a material palette of metal, stone, and wood while developing an understanding of lutruwita, Tasmania’s unique ecological context.
Growing up in rural Pukekohe, Trent was exposed to a varied landscape; one of suburbs, market gardens, farms and remnant forest.
Initially studying commerce, Trent later shifted his focus to the impacts of commerce on our environment, specifically our food system. After completing his degree, Trent traveled through South America and India, developing a keen interest in agricultural systems that regenerate and sustain communities and ecosystems in the long term.
Upon returning, he spent a year working and volunteering on an organic vegetable farm on Great Barrier Island and a biodynamic vegetable farm on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. A desire to connect with the NZ landscape drew Trent back to Tāmaki Makaurau, where a passion for local biodiversity and our native flora & fauna developed further.
In 2018 Trent completed a Diploma in Landscape Design at UNITEC, followed by three formative years working at the renowned design studio, O2 Landscapes.
During 2022/23, Trent had the opportunity to work with Earthworm, one of nipaluna, Hobart’s leading makers. Trent gained hands-on experience using a material palette of metal, stone, and wood while developing an understanding of lutruwita, Tasmania’s unique ecological context.