Our Enterprise

Who can receive our plants?

Under our Memorandum of Understanding with DOC we grow firstly for planting on public conservation land, then for restoration of indigenous habitat for landowners with riparian strips for amenity, erosion control or it contributes to a wildlife corridor; subject to control of predators; stock being excluded from water bodies or the area of plantings by fencing; and/or water quality is likely to be enhanced.

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Our activity

With more than 20 years experience behind us we now supply low-cost plants for habitat restoration to numerous community groups and trusts in Northland that do not have nurseries, which is just about all of them.

 

Formed in 2001, The Shadehouse initially grew plants for restoring Motupapa Island in the Kerikeri Inlet followed by Motukawanui Island in the Cavalli Islands. In 2001 we produced only 3,700 plants. Up to Autumn 2025 we have produced about 415,000 plants of around 100 different species for distribution to numerous habitat restoration projects. 

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