Showcasing New Zealand design on the world stage.
The Boffa Miskell-designed ‘Wetland Waka’ garden was one of 19 finalist designs completed for the May opening of the 2013 World Landscape Art Exposition in Jinzhou, a world-wide design competition run by the International Federation of Landscape Architects and Jinzhou City.
The Boffa Miskell garden is centred on a stylised water-purifying wetland traversed by a boardwalk evocative of a Māori waka. The design represents water as the source of life and boats as symbols of travel, journey and family in both Māori and Chinese cultures.
The garden has remained a permanent feature in the 139-hectctare public park developed around the Expo site.
