about of this place.

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This website is designed as part of a Masters thesis in Landscape architecture for Victoria University of Wellington 2025 by Sarah Cantillon.

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The research centers around biodiversity decline in Aotearoa and primarily how to reconnect people with place-specific nature and in turn, decolonisation through planting. As a part of that process the author has built a digital resource called ‘of this place’ which through filtering functionality builds personalised native planting palettes for species endemic to each of New Zealand’s eco-regions. This resource fills a gap in the market, lying at the intersection of scientific knowledge and usability in order to help people plant for their specific ecosystem; thereby contributing to creating healthy, resilient and more biodiverse environments.

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