b'foliage is king in this bold scheme Paul Roper-Gee from Beca suggests this alternative scheme: This contemporary garden has a focus on foliage plants. The lawn is replaced by broad planting areas on either side of a gravel chip path that runs centrally through the garden from the house. Varying plant forms and textures include clipped English yew as a boundary hedge and buxus balls informally clustered. These contrast with the flowing forms and bold textures of grasses, perennials and groundcovers, including feathered reed grass, plume poppy, Japanese temple grass and Japanese spurge. Steel reinforcing rod and wire sculptures painted with Resene Pioneer Red and Resene Pukeko are scattered through the plants for vertical accent and splashes of colour. Large pots are planted with iris confusa, theres a table and chairs for outdoor dining and a lightweight steel pergola painted Resene Blackout is draped in ornamental grape to give shade in summer and autumnal colour.phone03 371 3644 mobile027 585 6946 emailpaul.roper-gee@beca.comResenePioneer RedEnglish yew (Taxus baccata)Acapulco chairsMamasita www.mamasita.co.nzResene Half Baltic SeaReseneWestwoodResene PukekoManutti Siena round dining tableMcKenzie and Willis illustration www.mckenzieandwillis.co.nzResenePaul Roper-Gee 0800 888 999 BlackoutIronstone roll-top plantersTexture Plants www.textureplants.co.nz 03 349 7296Calamagrostis xacutiflora Karl Foerster 69'