Lift-off š As many of you know, we have been busy working around the clock to establish a new dam and a new nursery pad on our farm that will allow...
New nursery pad update – December 2021
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BOOM BOOM BOOM
Our new glasshouse and shade house would not be complete without high tech new irrigation booms to go with them! So recently we had 2 Daros booms...
Matariki at Rural Design
MÄnawatia Matariki! Happy Matariki! This year at Rural Design we celebrated Matariki (albeit a little late) with a mid winter hÄngi. Our mid winter...
Our Year in NUMBERS
A roundup of our work in 2020 from the Ecology Division 71 hectares ā 246 289 plants ā 15 km of streams. What do these numbers mean for our Ecology...
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 āregionally significant speciesā 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...