Formal and fun Remuera garden evolves to meet family needs

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POOLSIDE LIVING: Linda Hodgson and Ginger in the redesigned pool deck area.

POM POM TREE: Cloud pruned Juniperus 'Kaizuka' provides a sense of fun in the garden

FRAMED OUTLOOK: The arch of the front entrance is reflected in the curved gate and the cloud pruned Juniperus 'Kaizuka'.

SWEETLY SCENTED: Hedges of gardenia, star jasmine and mandarins offer a beautiful fragrance in the front garden.

Just as houses grow and change to suit their owners, so Linda Hodgson's Remuera garden has evolved over the past 11 years.

When Netherlands-born Linda, husband Steve and their family moved into their first New Zealand home, she worried about keeping her preschoolers safe from the pool and where to site the sandpit.

Fast-forward a decade and daughters Lara, 15, and Jemima, 13, and their friends are sunning themselves on the new pool deck and trying not to get their hair wet.

Belinda Merrie

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Formal and fun Remuera garden evolves to meet family needs