Services
Industrial & mining
Access design, turning circles, heavy vehicle surfaces. Screening. Planted drainage. Planting design and plans, including very large-scale landscape projects*. Property sale preparation. Assessments and resource consents.
*Integrate landscape thinking into waste rock stack design to save resources and improve post-mine hydrology.
Challenges
Problem-solving at all scales, e.g.
- Access difficulties
- Polluted and Hazardous Activities / HAIL sites – legal restructuring, phytoremediation (removing toxins using plant science) and earthworks minimisation
- Run-off, erosion and sediment control
- Flood protection: swales, ponds, strategic planting, SuDS
Nigel Cowburn, Landscape Architect
Subdivision
Parcelling, lot layout and design. Ecological, single trees, and landscape assessments. Assistance with resource consents. Signage. Sustainable drainage, SuDS. Planting design and plant sourcing. Project management. Planting design for problem soils.
Large Rural
Farm homestead, shelter, screening, orchards. Courtyards, ponds and walks. Gates, driveways and frontages.
Resource consents. Ecological and landscape assessments. Subdivision. Planted drainage.
Beautification and heritage. Riparian, biodiversity and nature blocks. Property sale preparation.
Nigel Cowburn
027 214 7791
Planted wastewater filtrate field
Small Rural
Lifestyle blocks, gates and frontages, driveways, ponds, planted septic fields, drainage channels and basins — non-piped. Home garden and courtyard, shelter and screening. Property sale preparation. Water features. Paths and walkways.
Community
Community facilities, streetscapes, parks, schools and churches. Marae. Recreation areas. Local council properties – amenity and other sites.
Call 027 214 7791