Tegal Breeder Farm Landscaping

Lawton LA was contracted by Tegal to design plantings (required for Resource Consent) for a 4,000 square metre bund that wrapped around the south and east boundaries.  The site also contains a managers house, which required a landscaping and planting plan.

The resource consent specified a bund and after in depth discussions with Tegal and the farm manager, it was decided natives plants would be more beneficial for the site and surrounding landscape, as apposed to a lawn bund.  Cypresses were planted as a hedge along the roadside and the bund was planted with a mixture of flaxes, coprosmas, muehlenbeckia and toi tois.  The plants were selected for their suitability to site conditions and ecological values to enhance the regions biodiversity.

These plantings require little maintenance.  The bund has been mulched to prevent weeds from growing and the plants have been protected from hares and rabbits.  An automated irrigation system also provides water for the drier periods.

The bund planting was implemented at a cost of approx.  $10 a square metre.  If the bund was to be lawned it would cost approx. $6-8 metre square and $6,000 per annum, or the cost of a tractor and ongoing maintenance.  It will take 2-3 years to recover the cost of the planting, but the bund is also contributing 4000 square metres of ecological services to the region, vastly improving the biodiversity.