Organisers of the Auckland Garden DesignFest have announced the line up for the 2015 event.
The event will showcase 20 gardens representing the design skills of 16 designers over two days on 14 and 15 November.
The festival is jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Newmarket and the Garden Design Society of New Zealand, (GDSNZ) and this will be the third time the biennial charity event has taken place.
Joining Chelsea Flower Show Silver Medalist, Xanthe White and TV and radio gardening personality, Tony Murrell at the DesignFest are talented New Zealand designers; Trish Bartleet, Nigel Cameron, Trudy Crerar, Barbara Garrett, Joanna Hamilton, Phillip Millar, Bryan McDonald, Sue and Colin McLean, the design duo of Mark Read and Richard Neville, Murray Reid, Robin Shafer and Karen Wealleans.
Designers were required to submit gardens which were then reviewed by a panel of experts from the Garden Design Society of New Zealand. All of these gardens have not previously been open to the public and many may not be again. There will be a diverse range of gardens on show, in terms of both size and style and the talented designers will also be onsite to talk to visitors about their designs.