Our news and views
Welcome to our blog, where you will find latest news and some of our views from various members of our team relating to our work and knowledge here at Rural Design. Posts cover landscaping and ecology, interesting info about native plants, tips for planting and heaps more.
Aotea in autumn sun
Over the Easter break nearly the entirety of our office crew went over to Aotea aka Great Barrier Island aka 'the Baz' to catch some of the last...
Our Year in NUMBERS
A roundup of our work in 2020 from the Ecology Division 71 hectares – 246 289 plants – 15 km of streams. What do these numbers mean for our Ecology...
Infrastructure for the future
We have recently installed a new hothouse and shade-house at Rural Design to help us build towards the future. The hot house will allow for us to...
A holiday on Aotea/Great Barrier
Keeping it local! Going on a holiday with your workmates who you literally spend about 90% of your waking hours with might seem like a pretty crazy...
Rural Design Ecology 2019
Rural Design is a leading ecological practice based in Kaiwaka, offering expert consultancy services in land restoration, ecology and landscape...
Kakahi, our Freshwater Taonga
The ecology division have been battling the elements... Recent weather events are illustrating how vunerable our water systems are to modifed human...
The Banded Kokopu, A Kaipara Local
The Banded kokopu is listed as a ‘regionally significant species’ and is an amphidromous fish, spawning in estuaries and sea from autumn/early...
Autumn Planting in full swing
A wet summer has meant planting is in full swing in Northland and Auckland. Rural design is currently working on a variety of projects aimed at...
Rural Design Animal Pest Control Programmes
From a long experience working in the natural environment Rural Design Limited know that mammalian pests pose a serious issue to the health and...
Seed collection in full swing at Rural Design
Rural Design is hard at work collecting seed for 2018 and the 2019 growing season. Ecologists Heath Worsfold and Jack Warden have been investigating...