O2 Landscapes' Publications

Below is a selection of articles which Philip Smith of O2 Landscapes has either written, or the work of O2 Landscapes has been featured in. In addition to the articles presented below, Philip Smith is a regular contributor to Landscape Architecture New Zealand (formerly Landscape New Zealand), in which he currently writes the planting guide. Philip's paper for the 2007 International Plant Propagators' Society conference, on 'Northern European naturalistic planting design as a prototype for New Zealand', has been reproduced in the 'Essays' section of the website, in order that a greater array of images may be provided.

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Islands of Diversity	downloads: 259 \| type: pdf \| size: 1 MB
'The Garden' ; Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society; November 2006 In 2006, Philip Smith wrote an article for 'The Garden', on plants and habitats of New Zealand, as part of a New Zealand special within the November issue. We consider 'The Garden', as the journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, to be the foremost garden publication in the world, and as such the opportunity to have work published within it was a great honour. We would like to thank the editors of 'The Garden' and the photographers whose work contributed to the article (Andris Apse, Gil Hanly, Rob Lucas and Derek Fell), for their kind permission to reproduce the article on the O2 Landscapes website. We would also like to thank Dive Tutukaka for the reproduction of their image of the Poor Knights Islands.

Gallery of Subtle Charm	downloads: 256 \| type: pdf \| size: 580 kB
Canvas 19 March 05

Genius loci: identity and the New Zealand garden	downloads: 233 \| type: pdf \| size: 604 kB
New Zealand Garden Journal June 04

Pittosporum, the misunderstood genus	downloads: 242 \| type: pdf \| size: 1000 kB
New Zealand Garden Journal Dec. 04

Next Big Thing	downloads: 261 \| type: pdf \| size: 295 kB
Sunday 20 Feb. 05

Young Gifted and Green	downloads: 295 \| type: pdf \| size: 1 MB
Urbis Landscapes Nov. 04/Jan. 05

Greening the City	downloads: 241 \| type: pdf \| size: 483 kB
Greening the City 2003 - The suitability of a native grass species, Microlaena stipoides, for use as an amenity turfgrass in the Auckland region. Contribution towards the 2003 "Greening the City" conference, held by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture.