b'Above leftIn a far corner nearest the sea is theThai spirit house that Jane brought back withher from her travels.Above rightA ceramic birdbath is tucked into a garden bed.Opposite Table and chairs sit next to a rectangular fishpond with a minimalist water featurea chute made from glass coated in Resene Kabul to match the painted wall behind.Left A sitting area on the covered deck has a backdrop of slatted timber stained in Resene Waterborne Woodsman tinted to Resene Treehouse.of purple. And the family pet Snowcone, a rainbow lorikeet, also adds to the vibrancy.Jane had clear native plant favourites, including nikau, king palms and cabbage trees, which are planted in three islands with sago palms and green mondo grass. Tania offset all this green with the richly coloured Caruba Black and Purpurea cabbage trees, Platts Black flax and dark bromeliads to complement the Resene Waterborne Woodsman stain tinted to Resene Treehouse on the cedar details of the house.A karaka tree adds height at the seaward end of the orange feature walls. The other end is lined with a row of fruit-laden mandarin, lime and feijoa trees above a fragrant bank of star jasmine. Philodendron xanadu grows beneath the orange-stemmed dypsis palms that flank the eye-catching custom-made chiminea fireplace.Irises and liriope musacari add a dash of purple, while native heritage flaxes and grey-green oioi reeds complement the dwarf pohutukawa and the titoki that provide privacy along the boundary fence. Wind-70'