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FORM Garden Architecture

Landscape architect · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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FORM Garden Architecture

Landscape architect · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#48of 252 architects
Overall health8.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.608Opening hours9.203Map positions9.105Facebook page7.307Google search and traffic7.3

Where we can help

01Google listing4.304Listings and social4.106Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

FORM Garden Architecture provides landscape and garden design from a base in Christchurch Central City. The practice, led by a registered landscape architect, works on residential and commercial projects, offering scaled drawings and design plans. Clients note a collaborative process, timely delivery and practical design solutions suited to Christchurch settings.

FORM Garden Architecture is a landscape architecture practice based in Christchurch Central City. The studio describes itself as a registered landscape architect located at 2a 212 Antigua St and presents landscape and garden design work for local sites.

The practice specialises in landscape and garden design for both residential and commercial projects. Information on the website and business listings highlights landscape architecture, garden design and the production of scaled, detailed landscape plans suitable for council or developer submissions.

Clients frequently comment on the working process with Craig, noting that he listens to requirements, adds professional expertise and produces detailed, scaled drawings. Reviews mention efficient turnaround times, practical suggestions such as specimen planting choices, and an ability to translate vague ideas into comprehensive plans. Several clients describe the working relationship as professional and collaborative, with the designer spotting ways to enhance sites and making the approval process straightforward.

Locally, FORM Garden Architecture is distinguished by its Christchurch base, registered status and a focus on producing clear, submission-ready landscape plans for new builds and commercial premises. The practice emphasises a client-centred design process, timely delivery of drawings and hands-on expertise aimed at turning client ideas into practical landscape outcomes.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

FORM Garden Architecture shows a below-average Google Business Listing health score of 4.0 out of 10. The listing already has key basics such as claimed status, open-for-business flag, a website link, a listing title, and a phone number, which supports basic credibility and accessibility for customers.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.9 ★★★★★ (34)
Landscape architect · Christchurch Centre3
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From the business

Landscape and garden design for residential and commercial projects

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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your reviews

FORM Garden Architecture shows a very high Google Business health score with strong review volumes and solid ratings. The top finding is that all reviews have not yet received owner responses, which could affect perceived engagement. A second key point is the high rating and review count, indicating a robust local reputation.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating is higher than most of this market, and it is the first thing a customer reads about you.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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✓How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #11 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

FORM Garden Architecture shows a healthy Maps presence with a 7.5/10 health score. The business ranks well for local keywords and suburbs, particularly in Beckenham, Broomfield and Christchurch City Rural, indicating strong visibility in core areas. Continued updates and steady listing activity could lift the borough score further and sustain broader regional visibility.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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✓Top three for "landscape architect" in 46 suburbs, seen in 85
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Botanic Landscape Architects5.0 ★ (21) · Landscape architect
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FORM Garden Architecture14.9 ★ (34) · Landscape architect
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Kamo Marsh Landscape Architects5.0 ★ (4) · Landscape architect
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Glasson Huxtable Landscape Architects5.0 ★ (11) · Landscape architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #23 for map positions
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Where customers find you

FORM Garden Architecture shows a low overall health in Citations & Social Presence, with key gaps in social platforms affecting local visibility. A notable strength is a strong Facebook profile, reflecting trust and reach. The main opportunity lies in establishing active profiles on Instagram and TikTok, and complete LinkedIn presence to boost discoverability and customer trust.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    ArchiPro ProfessionalWe can see your ArchiPro Professional listing (https://archipro.co.nz/form-garden-architecture) found via: Google search results.
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    Houzz ProfessionalWe can see your Houzz Professional listing (https://houzz.co.nz/form-garden-architecture-pfvwnz-pf~1326982500) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #149 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
  • 2
    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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636 followers 2
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 1
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☎ +64 21 164 6075✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #68 for your Facebook page
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Your website

FORM Garden Architecture shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 9.9 out of 10, indicating strong technical optimisation for the homepage. The most notable strengths include an optimal Title Tag and Meta Description, plus a valid favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, and a compact page size under 256KB. The remaining opportunities focus on minor refinements to reach an elite tier.

Strengths

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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
  • 3
    Pages linking to youVery few individual pages anywhere on the web link to yours, so there is almost nothing for search engines to follow back to you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Separate sites linking to you
2The shape of your link profile
3Pages linking to you
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How people find you on Google

FORM Garden Architecture shows a healthy website traffic profile with room to grow. Organic traffic value sits in the 50-75% band, reflecting solid engagement and potential. The top opportunities focus on introducing paid traffic with targeted campaigns and improving paid visibility, while maintaining content and backlinks to sustain organic gains.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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About 87 visits a month from search, across 46 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #70 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

FORM Garden Architecture's opening hours align with weekday lunchtime demand: Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm and Thursday 12-1pm are open during high-demand windows. There are no low-demand open hours, but substantial missed opportunity exists at weekend middays. Adjusting a small slice of hours around Saturday and Sunday lunchtime could capture significant additional customer searches without a large weekly-hours increase.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
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Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #22 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#48of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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