Two Hawke’s Bay artists say they are honoured to be selected as finalists for the prestigious RT Nelson Awards For Sculpture, with the winner taking away a.
I was absolutely wowed by the opening night of Festival Opera’s Romeo and Juliet , and judging by the enthusiastic responses from the audience and the.
When the previous owner commissioned modernist architect John Scott to build the house, she’d also consulted him about the planting. She wanted a fast-growing garden, so together they planted dozens of trees, very close together. Treasured trees inherited from the previous owner include huge golden elms, a gleditsia, with an elegant weeping form and lime-gold leaves, and a liriodendron, commonly known as a tulip tree. Although the forest framework of the garden was established, there was no underplanting when the Bazzards arrived. “Apart from the trees, it was a rough and ready garden,” says Kay. “You make a garden your own. I shaped it by putting in smaller plants that can live beneath trees and in a hot, dry climate.”