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Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use. However, this prize had rules, just as any game has certain rules. The first set of rules would be: Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken [...]

Earthquakes can affect trees by way of impacting soil stability, adding contaminants to air & water, and by way of energy transfer from ground based seismic waves (shaking that humans feel) up & through tree trunks. Soil liquefaction occurs when soil movement is strong enough to cause water that is underground (in an aquifer, for [...]

Now is the perfect time to prune your ornamental trees, the sap has stopped rising, most trees are finishing flowering & leaves have developed. Trees are actively growing so any cuts are going to heal well. Trees are less prone to disease or infections due to the above reasons when pruned at this time of [...]

PLANTS THAT TOLERATE DRY SITES Buxus Sempervirens (Common Box) Broadly conical, evergreen. Popular shrub for clipped hedges & topiary. Tolerates alkaline soils. Tolerates shade. Grows to 1-2m. Dodonaea Viscose (Green NZ Ake Ake) Broadly spreading, evergreen. Tough shelter shrub for exposed and coastal conditions. Wood is hard and black, streaked with white. Attractive berries, fruits [...]

PLANTS THAT TOLERATE WET SITES Acer Rubrum (American Red Maple) Broadly columnar, deciduous. Clusters of small red flowers before the leaves. Bluey-white under the leaves, which turn bright red in autumn. Grows to 15-25m. Cordyline Austalis (NZ Cabbage Tree) Single stem initially, then branched with strap-like leaves, evergreen. Grows to 5-10m. Phormium Tenax (NZ Swamp [...]

In Japanese, the term “aborist” is printed as . The three Kanji characters which make up “arborist”, or jugoshi, as it is romanised, each represent a creative and humbling glimpse into how tree care experts in Japan undertake their profession. The first character means “trees”. It is important to note that this does not refer [...]

Not only have New Zealand’s Tui been described as one of the seven best songsters in the world, they are key pollinators for many native plants and important seed dispersers for native trees such as kowhai. Sadly, Tui disappeared from Banks Peninsula about 20 years ago due to a variety of reasons including habitat loss, [...]

At this time of the year thoughts turn to the garden. Spring is just around the corner and the winter mud and slush will soon be a thing of the past. This is the ideal time to consider whether your garden is doing justice to the value of your property. Research indicates that a well [...]

Now is the perfect time to prune your ornamental trees, the sap has stop rising, most trees are finishing flowering and leaves have developed. Trees are actively growing so any cuts are going to heal well. Trees are less prone to disease or infections due to the above reasons when pruned this time of year. [...]

Have you noticed the sun is a lot lower in the sky and not allowing as much sun into your property? To resolve this it maybe as simple as getting one of our experienced team to advise on how we could formatively prune your trees to gain more winter sunshine. By letting more light & [...]