Residential · Auckland
Mission Bay Courtyard
A sheltered courtyard organised around a sculptural fire pit, mature specimen tree and built-in seating.
Auckland landscape architecture studio
Landscape architecture with restraint
Outdoor rooms, planting schemes and considered hardscape — designed from first concept to final detail for residential and commercial sites.
25+
Years designing
180+
Projects delivered
NZILA
Registered practice
Services
What we design
A single studio across the whole arc of a landscape — from the first site walk to the planting that settles in years later.
Residential gardens
Outdoor rooms, courtyards and gardens that extend the architecture and live well in every season.
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Commercial & public realm
Considered landscapes for developments, workplaces and hospitality that read as calm, durable and intentional.
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Planting & horticulture
Year-round planting schemes with structure, texture and seasonal change — specified to thrive on your site.
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Masterplanning & consent
Site analysis, concept masterplans and the landscape documentation that supports a resource consent.
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Residential · Auckland
Remuera Terrace Garden
Level changes and layered planting turn a steep section into a sequence of usable outdoor rooms.
Residential · Auckland
Westmere Pool Garden
A restrained pool surround where stone, water and planting read as one calm composition.
Commercial · Auckland
Ponsonby Workplace Courtyard
A durable, green forecourt that gives a workplace a clear sense of arrival and place.
About the studio
A studio creating refined, enduring outdoor spaces
Strachan Group Landscape Architects is an Auckland studio designing refined, enduring landscapes for residential and commercial projects. We work in a restrained, material-led language — letting structure, planting and light do the talking — and we stay involved from the first site walk through to the planting that settles in years later.
- One studio across concept, documentation and delivery
- A restrained, material-led design language
- Planting designed for structure and the long view
- NZILA-registered, working nationwide from Auckland
Why SGLA
The difference is in the detail
Scroll through what sets the studio apart. Each point is something a client can hold us to.
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One studio across concept, documentation and delivery
A point of difference our clients hold us to, proven on site rather than promised in a brochure.
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A restrained, material-led design language
A point of difference our clients hold us to, proven on site rather than promised in a brochure.
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Planting designed for structure and the long view
A point of difference our clients hold us to, proven on site rather than promised in a brochure.
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NZILA-registered, working nationwide from Auckland
A point of difference our clients hold us to, proven on site rather than promised in a brochure.
Services & process
From first ideas to the final detail
01 / 04
- 01
Explore
We walk the site, listen to the brief and test the big moves — how you will move through and use the space.
- 02
Design
Concepts develop into a resolved spatial design: levels, structures, materials and the planting framework.
- 03
Document
Drawings and schedules a builder can price and deliver accurately, coordinated with the wider project team.
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Deliver
We support construction and planting on site, so the built garden holds true to the design intent.
Reviews
What our clients say
“They understood the house before they touched the garden. The courtyard is the room we use most now.”
“Calm, rigorous and easy to work with. The documentation made our builder's job genuinely simpler.”
Let's create something exceptional
Tell us about your site and what you would like from it. We will be in touch to arrange an initial conversation.
Mon–Fri 8:30am–5pm
Studio 4, 12 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021