Finding a house with good bones is the ambition of many a property hunter. But when Georgina Langdale and husband Al Morrison were searching for a home in Havelock North, it was the outdoor spaces of a traditional 1940s bungalow that caught their attention. “It was the garden that had the good bones,” says Georgina, settled into a well-worn sofa with a mug of mint and rose petal tea at her side. “We were drawn to the silver birch, the tōtara and the ash tree.”
Georgina and Al’s plant