Richard Neville is an award winning landscape architect with projects published by Landscape Architecture Aotearoa, Landscape Architecture New Zealand magazine and New Zealand House & Garden magazine. He has been a guest speaker at the Architecture & Design Film Festival in Auckland, the Garden Design Society of New Zealand and the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects.

Richard’s interest lies in the role of gardens in the context of a climate crisis and in a world on the edge of ecological collapse. His work illustrates a commitment to positive change through thoughtfully crafted gardens that celebrate diversity and the relationship between people and nature.

He leaves us with some questions to ignite deeper thought and to spark a shift away from our habitual norms.

“What would our public, commercial and private spaces look like if they were gardens? What if for a moment, we forgot about our invisible lines of private or public, one country or the next and instead saw earth’s surface as one continuous membrane? One intrinsically linked garden?”

Images: Neville Design Studio.