Craig Prouse,
Owner and Landscape Gardener
Landscape designing and working with plants is my passion.
After leaving high school, I did a one-year landscaping course in West Auckland. I quickly developed a love for plants. I was so motivated to learn more about them that I memorised one botanical name every day for the year. To this day, I continue to devote a lot of time to expand my knowledge of plants.
After graduating, I went on to work for a large landscape and garden maintenance company while at the same time completing a three-year Advanced Certificate in Horticulture. A few years later, I moved into a management role, supervising large projects and crews for another prominent company. I gained valuable knowledge on how to run a business and thanks to the lead designer, still had the opportunity to work on design and planting projects, many of them for high profile architects.
After 18 years of working for someone else, I decided to head out on my own and set up Symmetry Landscaping. It enables me to do more of the work that inspires me - design gardens, work close to the earth, closely with clients and to be more hands-on with plants.
My mission is to create an inspiring landscape for you to enjoy for years to come.
Our own garden is a work in progress, as all gardens tend to be. Our character home, set in the small coastal settlement of Laingholm adjacent to the Waitakere ranges, looks across the inner Manukau Harbour, the view framed by large kauri trees. With plenty of greenery in pots on the deck, I’ve achieved what I aim for with our clients’ gardens - a blurring of the transition between indoors and outdoors.
As Kiwis, we love the outdoors. I want to create an inspiring landscape for you, so you as well as your friends and family can enjoy the space for many years to come.
“The New Zealand natural environment - the bush, beach, mountains - it inspires me like nothing else.”
— Craig Prouse