Visual Symphonies with Style & Sophistication

Award-winning design. We are passionate about crafting stunning landscapes that endure and inspire.

Pale stone stepping stones set into lawn, leading between bamboo, ferns and a board-formed concrete wall

Bird of paradise, palms and monstera planted against a dark slatted fence, beside a green-tiled lily pond

Landscape Designer Auckland

See it before it's built. Love it once it is.

I design and build gardens for people who want something better than the usual. Based in East Auckland, working everywhere in New Zealand. Every project gets the full treatment. Concept renders, detailed plans, then construction managed from start to finish. Over fourteen years of this and I still get excited when a new brief lands.

Clipped buxus balls and an olive tree edging a pale terrace, with a glass-walled bedroom pavilion beyond

Design & Build

Where Good Design Meets Good Dirt

Your garden should feel like part of your home, not some separate bit you walk past to get to the bins. I spend time understanding how you live before I draw a single line. Then my team and I build something you'll genuinely want to use. Morning coffee, weekend lunches, Tuesday evenings doing absolutely nothing. That's what a good garden gives you.

Designed With Intention. Built With Care.

Finally, an outdoor space that earns its square metres.

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Clipped buxus hedging and urn planters edging a lawn, with a timber deck and outdoor dining chairs

Olive tree in a circular lawn set into pale gravel, ringed by clipped buxus balls and a tall hedge

Garden Landscape Ideas

See Your Garden Before We Break Ground

That outdoor space you've been meaning to sort out? Let's finally do something with it.

Garden room opening onto a courtyard of cloud-pruned conifers and clipped shrubs behind a dark slatted screen

Residential Projects

Gardens Designed Around How You Live

I spend time understanding your lifestyle before I draw anything. Morning routines, weekend habits, where the sun hits, where the kids play. That's where good garden design starts.

Lap pool edged in pale stone, with sun loungers, clipped hedging and an olive tree beside a glass pavilion

Pool and Landscape Design

Your Pool Area Deserves The Same Attention

Most pool surrounds are an afterthought. Bit of paving, couple of plants, job done. I take a different approach. Materials, drainage, planting, privacy, entertaining space. All considered together.

Courtyards. Full outdoor renovations. Commercial fit-outs.

Outdoor living design in Auckland. Over fourteen years of making backyards the favourite room in the house.

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Narrow courtyard with rendered grey walls topped by a dense green hedge and lit by lantern wall lights

Dean Philip Saunders, founder and landscape designer at Outlook Landscapes

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Let's Talk About Your New Garden

Got something in mind? Or maybe you're not sure where to start? Either way, I'm happy to chat. On-site consultations let us walk your property together and throw some ideas around.

Design Consultation Fee: $450 incl GST for a 90-minute on-site service.

Dean Philip Saunders' handwritten signature

Founder & Designer

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