Lidgard Sails and Shades: Outdoor Living Made Better

Through combining form and function, our outdoor shade and weather protection systems add style and aesthetic allure to your outdoor environments.

With the highest incidence of melanoma globally, it’s absolutely vital that we provide practical and meaningful shade for our children, our tamariki. Lidgard Shades was one of the pioneers of shade sail manufacture and installation nigh on 20 years ago as the company branched away from traditional yacht sail design. Taking an in-depth understanding of nature’s forces, outdoor shade systems was a very natural extension of Lidgard’s proud legacy on the sea – a legacy that includes making the sails that saw TeamNZ win the America’s Cup for the first time in 1995.

With two decades in the field, we have a broad portfolio of outdoor shade systems including shade sails, fixed frame and retractable awnings, outdoor blind systems, fixed frame and retractable canopies, architectural umbrellas and larger hip frame and barrel canopies.  

Whether it’s addressing a need for shade within your outdoor environment or creating harmony between your indoor and outdoor environments with the creation of an outdoor room, we have a range of stylish and innovative solutions for you to consider.

Our products are proudly made in New Zealand for a very unique New Zealand market. Integrity is at the core of everything we do. We create products that will stand the test of time…do it once, do it right!