Rural Landscaping | SmithScapes Ashburton

Enhance ecosystem health and look good doing it.

SmithScapes has worked with farmers, councils and landowners all over Canterbury and further afield with advice and implementation on hardy native plants for re-vegetation, riparian and rural planting.

We’re passionate about creating beautiful, sustainable and ecologically sound landscapes on Mid Canterbury farms and lifestyle properties. With many years of specialist experience, we know what works well for our surrounding environment.

Services

Entranceways
Shelterbelts
Laneways
Worker accommodation
Irrigation ponds
Dairy sheds and around effluent ponds
Fence line spraying
Ongoing maintenance

Benefits of planting

Provides Shelter
Stabilises waterways
Reduces soil loss
Stops erosion
Reduces stress on crops
Warmth for stock
Increases grass growth
Filters nutrient runoff
Screens sheds and effluent ponds
Encourages bees

We can manage the process from end-to-end, starting with a plan. We’ll then pre-spray the area to be planted, rip through the soil and fence the area, plant the selected plants and mulch six weeks later, Following up with a release spray keeps on top of pests and ensures plant growth.

Plants

Phormium tenax

Found throughout New Zealand with stiffer leaves up to 3m long and brownish red flowering stalks from 1.5m to 4m.

Hebe topiaria

A compact ball-shaped shrub growing up to 1m. It has greenish-blue leaves and white flowers that appear in early summer.

Pittosporum tenuifolium

Shiny bright leaves and reddish brandes. Its shape makes it attractive as hedging or shelter.

Carex secta

Forms large tussocks up to 1m tall, with weeping yellowish-green leaves.

Griselinia Ittoralis

Attractive dense bushy tree with deep green oval leaves that are thick and shiny. Good for shelter planting and hedging.

Manuka

Small narrow dark green leaves are sharply pointed and its white flowers that appear in spring are loved by bees.

Sephora micro

The foliage is fern-like with very tiny light-green leaflets paired along the stem. In spring, the tree is covered with beautiful bright yellow flowers.

Coprosma lobster

This robust plant has orange leaves and blue berries to attract birds This upright shrub can grow up to 2m tall.

Muehlenbeckia astonii

Can grow to 2.5m and has tangled wiry stems with small round heart shaped dark green leaves that fall in winter.

Chionochioa flavicans

This clumping plant grows up to 1m tall and has weeping green leaves. The arching flower stems are up to 1.5m long and carry drooping plumes of a silky pale green.