Your Home and Garden

Serenity rules

Among the many beautiful architecturally designed homes and gardens that line the streets around Auckland’s inner-city, there’s a special set of trees that grab the attention of passers-by. The graceful trunks and cloud-pruned foliage of the blue to - tara trees lining the driveway of this delightful property have earned the admiration of many. “People stop and comment on them all the time,” says designer Donna Stanish of Seed Landscapes. “The children from the primary school up the road love them. They call them ‘Dr Seuss trees’.”

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