We Can Plant for you.......

Whether it is for a residential effluent field (ETS), a shelter hedge, step banks, reforestation, wetlands or even native forestry, we can do it. From planning which plants to use, preparing the site, mulching and planting. We have the experience, and we can do it cost effectively. We have a minimum planting of 200 plants (that is to say that we don't do little domestic jobs).

Below are a few of the jobs we have done.

Hedge at Springfeild - 500 metres long ranging in width from 1m to 4m.  All mixed natives in pb3 grade planted direct into the grasses area (after being grazed) with no spraying.

After planting in October 2008.  The other fence is yet to put up.

Hedge 400 Metres long

Before site work	Sprayed and saw dust mulch	Marked and plants placed	Planted and staked

Before site work	Sawdust going on, Sprayed 4 weeks before	Planted	Planted

Hedge at Waipu - 135 Metres long with 3 rows of mixed natives.  Most of the length the plan was not to have plants which will be 2-3m tall when mature.

Left: Just started laying sawdust mulch over sprayed ground.

Left: the finished job.

Effluent Feild at Waipu - 300 metres with dripper lines.  The client brought and spread their own sawdust to save money.

Above: dripper lines waiting to be covered with sawdust.	Above: After planting in a grid partern of colour and texture.

Effluent Field at Waipu Cove - 250 Square Metres with pipes undergound.  A mix of native plants went in with sawdust mulch.

Before	Straight after planting	12 months after planting	Kanuka & Manuka 12 mths later

Effluent Field at Waikeikei - 600 Square Metres with pipes underground.

Before spraying	Laying of sawdust mulch	After planting	After planting

Effluent Field at Mangapai -  250m with pipes underground. The client was going to put their own mulch on to save money.

This feild was planted with mostly Flax with grasses near the house at the top of the slope.  there was also about 40 mixed coprosma.

Step bank at Waipu Cove.  This bank was very hard clay and almost rock in places.  Any topsoil or mulch placed on was likely to be washed off.  we planted 1000 small grade (5cm tubes) into holes drilled with a petrol power drill.  Species planted were Rengarenga, 3 different flaxes and sand coprosma. All will tolerate the poor ground.  As the bank was so step we could not stand an work on it so we used ropes anchored at the top and wore harnesses. 

Drilling the plant holes	Looking from the western side	From the eastern side

Step bank at Whakapirau. We planted 4 sorts of flax and a few toetoe.

Before with kykuyu grass all over the bank.	After planting with sawdust mulch.

Step bank at Whanake North - 500 square metres of bank planted with mixed natives. Mostly flax, Hebe and Coprosma.  This client chose not to have mulch to save on costs. Maintence of weeds will be done by periodic spraying with 1/2 the usual rate of glyphosate.

Before in May 2008.  covered with kykuyu grass.	After planting in June 2008.  We returned for more planting in September 2008 and the plants had near doubled in size.

Reforestation and Wetlands at Mangakaramea.  This has been an ongoing project we started in 2007 with the planting of 8750 plants. In 2008 we planted an orchard of 50 fruit trees and created a large pond and planted a further 4000 plants.  2009 we will expand the pond and plant a further 2000 plants.  Dam projects this size in a flowing stream need resoucre consent.

Planting done in 2007.	Clearing Gorse	4Mtr high Gorse	Culvert for access
Placing trays of plants for the planting team.	Taking plants over a stream.	Gavin planting.
Digging the dam in October 2008.  We used a 14 ton and a 20 ton digger for 5 days.	We expossed the rocks while digging and a dam wall will be built on top of the rock.	Planting was done soon after the diggers finished.

Reforestation of a hillside at Springfeild.  about 1500 square metres of hillside. A fire had gone through an area of native bush some years ago and gorse had regrown and been sprayed out a number of times. We planted 635 pb3 grade plants.  The owner had planted 100 the year before.

Gavin staking plants after planting.	Planting was done in the brown areas to the left and above the existing trees.

Reforestation and picnic area at Waipu Cove - 1200 square metres planted with a mix of 600 plants of small and medium grades with a few deciduous exotic trees.  A gravel pathway was put in with a picnic table on a flat area (left in grass) in the middle.   This area had lots of long grass as it had not been grazed for at least a year. We used a scrub bar to cut the grass and then planted. A follow up cutting of the grass was done in November 2008.  Almost all plants are now (March 2009) above the grass.

Before (April 2008)	After (June 2008)

Reforestation of a hillside in Whangarei.  6000 square metres of previously grazed step hillside.  We planted 2000 plants in 2008 in a patchy patern where some areas have no plants and other areas are thick with plants. This creates areas of grass in the forest which will eventually be covered by a canopy as trees mature.   Most plants were 9cm tube grade (about 3/4) and the rest were pb3 grade.  we planted direct inot the grass with no spraying or cutting. This works very well if you put the right grade of plant in. There will be no mulching, spraying, or grass cutting done on this job. This saves a lot of money.   We hope to be back in 2009 to put in a further 2000 plants.

The area stretchs outside of this photo but is above the clay dam wall.	The guys carrying the plant stretcher down the hill to an area to be planted.  The strtcher can hold 120 9cm tube grade plants.