Our Team

Our Team

Botanic is a boutique studio that is all about the personal experience.  From the first moment, we are a part of every step along the design journey, providing continuity of our expertise.  Paul and Adrian are Botanic - we pick up the phone and you’ll get us every time.

Having honed our skills in multi-disciplinary practices over a number of years, forming Botanic allows us to approach projects in our own way.  We closely connect with our clients to push creative boundaries for making every design unique.  

We embrace variety and design across all scales and typologies from residential planting enhancements to significant public, commercial and cultural landscapes.  Every project excites us as we seek ways to make them meaningful and try to have some fun along the way.

Paul Roper-Gee

Paul is a landscape architect and plantsman with over 25 years of experience designing commercial landscapes, urban spaces and gardens that inspire and delight. His approach? Listening closely, collaborating with purpose, and designing landscapes that are both beautiful and functionally sound. Blending design, ecology, and horticulture, Paul creates environments that thrive and endure.

Trained at Lincoln University and Cambridge University Botanic Gardens in the UK, Paul is a Registered Landscape Architect (NZILA) and Accredited Garden Designer with the Garden Design Society of NZ. Paul serves as deputy lead assessor for the New Zealand Gardens Trust.

Some current projects being delivered include:

Paul’s career portfolio includes several award-winning gems, both locally and afar:

Projects completed while with Botanic, Canopy* and Beca**

Adrian Taylor

Adrian is a registered landscape architect and ‘people person’ whose favourite moments are co-creating shared design outcomes and forming inclusive team cultures.  He likes to tell narratives through the landscape and encourage interactive experiences.  Over the past 17 years, Adrian has delivered a vast variety of projects of all shapes and sizes, that connect public spaces with nature, bring communities together and are playful to be in.

Loving to blur design boundaries, after completing his Landscape Architecture degree at Lincoln University, Adrian studied Architecture, has had several solo art exhibitions and is currently a guest critic at Ara School of Architecture. 

Some current projects in collaboration with mana whenua include:

Adrian’s career portfolio includes a variety of award-winning gems:

Projects completed while with Botanic, Canopy* and Jasmax**