b'subtle dusky shades permeate this gardenLandscape designer Lyndell Shannon suggests thisalternative scheme:This garden is inspired by high country gardens, where shrubs and dwarf trees blend with grasses and alpine flowers. Natural elements combine with clean contemporary lines, grasses and small flowering plants. The original high wall has been lowered and painted in Resene Double Ash. Planting at ground level lets users feel part of the garden. A simple stainless steel spout feeds a pool surrounded by rocks. The rocks interrupt strips of stainless steel that form part of the pool edge, the garden edge, and dividers in the exposed aggregate concrete courtyard surface. A manuka twig gate provides another contrast between rough and smooth. Plants include red tussock, carex, mountain cabbage trees and kawaka. A succession of small plants flower in different seasons. Colours are subtle and furniture is light and unobtrusive, such as Flutter Designs version of the classic butterfly chair. Lisa Sarahs stainless steel sculptures sit among the plants. phone09 419 1910emaillyndell@ihug.co.nzReseneButterflyVerbena bonariensisFeather chairFlutter Designwww.flutterdesign.co.nzResene Brachyscome SunburstDouble AshResene ImpromptuResene Melting MomentTui and Fantail stainless steel sculpturesillustration Lisa Sarah Resene Lyndellwww.lisasarah.com ButterflyShannon, Malcolm White Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra)75'