Design · Build · Maintain · Christchurch
Bespoke Gardens.
Designed with care.
Built without the disconnect.
Earthly creates considered landscapes from first sketch through construction and planting. We stay involved at every stage.
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Designed around the way you live
Clear, considered landscape design shaped by your site, your home and how you want to spend time outside.
LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION
Built with the same thinking
Thoughtful construction, careful material choices and close attention to the details that make the whole landscape feel resolved.
PLANTING & GARDENS
Made to grow into itself
Planting and garden design shaped by Christchurch conditions, seasonal change and how the landscape will mature over time.
The Process
A connected way of working, from the shape of the site to what grows there
01.
Talk and walk the site
We start with the place, how you use it, what is not working, and what the project needs to achieve.
02.
Shape the design
Ideas become a clear landscape direction, with materials, planting and construction realities considered together.
03.
Build it properly
The intent stays intact through set-out, construction, planting and the final details.
Why Earthly
The person who draws it stays close while it's built.
Most gardens change hands between a designer and a contractor, and the intent goes with them. Sam draws the plan, then stays on site through construction and planting.
One connected process
Design, construction, planting and care are treated as parts of the same landscape.
Practical from the outset
Budget, access, levels, materials and maintenance are design inputs, not problems left for later.
Decisions stay accountable
When the site reveals something unexpected, Sam already knows the reasoning behind the original plan.
Made to improve with time
The landscape is considered for how it will weather, grow and settle, not just how it photographs on handover day.
Selected Work
Landscapes shaped by their place
A selection of bespoke Christchurch gardens, each responding to a different site, home and way of living.
About Earthly
From drawing landscapes to making them
Sam trained in landscape architecture, but the distance between a drawing and what happened on site never sat comfortably. Earthly grew from a simple idea: the person shaping the landscape should remain involved while it is being made.
Planning a landscape project?
Start with the site
Tell Sam where the project is up to, what is not working and what you want the landscape to make possible.