Clearing Overgrown Sections, Gardens and Banks
Site clearance is what the job becomes when it is not one tree but everything: the self-sown trees, the scrub, the overgrown shrubs and whatever has climbed through them. It is on the list of services we have always offered, and it is some of the most satisfying work we do, because the difference is so obvious - the before and after photographs below are the same back section, one job apart.
We clear for homeowners reclaiming a garden, for people getting a section ready for landscaping, a fence, a shed or a build, and for landscapers who want the heavy tree and scrub work done before they start.
What We Clear
- Unwanted trees - the self-sown gums, pines, wattles and privet that turn a back section into a stand of trees. Bigger ones come down as a normal tree removal.
- Scrub and overgrown shrubs - cut out at the base rather than just trimmed back.
- Agave, yucca and flax - heavy, spiky and awkward to handle, and hard on a garden waste bin.
- Bamboo - cut down and, with stump grinding, the root mass ground out so it stops coming back.
- Old hedges and shelter plantings - removed completely so the line can be replanted or fenced.
- Banks and cliff edges - overgrown slopes cleared or kept under control on a regular basis.
How a Clearance Job Runs
Everything goes through the chipper
Branches, scrub and brush are fed through our wood chippers on site, which turns a mountain of green waste into a few loads of chip on the truck - or into mulch for the beds that are staying, if you want to keep it. Trunks are cut into rounds and either taken away or stacked for you.
What stays is protected
Most clearances are not a bare-earth job: there are trees, a hedge or part of the garden you want kept. We walk the section with you at the quote and agree what stays before a saw is started.
Stumps
Cut stumps can be left low, or ground out below ground level so the ground is ready to level, turf or plant.
Check before clearing large areas
Auckland Council rules can control clearing vegetation in some places - for example larger areas of vegetation in rural areas, near stream banks, near steep coastal cliffs and the coast, or in a Significant Ecological Area. Most suburban garden clearances are not affected, but if your section is near water, bush or the coast, it is worth checking your address on the council's GeoMaps viewer or asking us when we quote.
