Studio North Landscape Ecology is a Tai Tokerau / Northland-based environmental consultancy practice.

We help landowners, community groups and organisations to research, plan, design and manage regenerative land projects at multiple scales.

We believe that cross-discipline collaboration and grass-roots connections are key to effecting change and taking action on urgent land and water challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Follow our journey:

Seabird tussock (Chionochloa bromoides) is a naturally uncommon native grass found almost exclusively on the offshore islands and coastal cliffs of mid-east Northland (one westerly outlier occurs at Maunganui Bluff). Well established plants form swa
Riparian forest renewal 🌱🌳 Awesome work from Tiaki Nga Wai O Hokianga / Hokianga Harbour Care
Scoping another big native planting project in the Kaipara hill country 🌳
Checking in on a commercial landscape project we designed and managed back in 2020-22. We worked closely with representatives from local iwi Ngāti Kuri to capture some of the essence of their far-north whenua (lands) in this gallery/visitors centre
While most farmers are keen to see more native bush on their sensitive land, these #legends are reestablishing native forest across ALL 61 hectares of their farm! Here we are taking sample plots to check plant health/survival & stocking rates (
This healthy & diverse native forest canopy is supported by vigilant, ongoing possum & rat control (undertaken by landowners). What this drone shot doesn't show is the devastated forest understory, which is being heavily impacted by feral de
Catchment Action Planning #teahotaiaoowaimamaku
6000+ native plants ready for a community planting day this weekend. Happy to help with planning and logistics on these local projects. Winter rules 🌳
A new wharf and native plant nursery for Pouto Peninsula today, big news for this isolated community on the Kaipara Harbour. We were treated to a beautiful ceremony lead by Kaumatua Ben & the folks at Waikaretu Marae 🌳
Q: Is it possible to establish native bush beneath old-growth pine forest? A: Yes, BUT...like all land-use challenges, success relies on many factors, the most important of which are patience and persistence. Here on the Kaipara Coast, plantsman
Tī kōuka / Cordyline australis / cabbage tree Probably the best native tree* for stabilising stream banks, especially when planted in groves. It has a dominant tap-root and fibrous lateral roots which anchor it to the landscape, withstanding floods
Scoping another hill-country / wetland retirement project. This is stage 1 of a larger fencing & planting project to reduce sediment into (and exclude cows from) local waterways. We would have liked to see the fences take in more of the eroding
Always interesting to check out young forests a few years after planting. Tī kōuka/cabbage tree (Cordyline australis) is the star of the show here, it's narrow, upright form and deep tap-root making it a key tool in mitigating streambank erosion - a
Aotearoa Catchment Extension training with @nzlandcaretrust Check out their fantastic toolkit, which is full of resources for catchment groups and land managers working with communities 🌳 https://beacon.by/resources/aotearoa-catchment-extension
Awesome to be sharing knowledge on-site with @whitebaitconnection and local kaitiaki 🌳 Here's Dave discussing native planting at an inanga (native fish) spawning site 🐟 📷 @haleygielen
Native (and exotic) forest regeneration on ex-pine block, year 3. Species are typical of those found on exposed acid soils following a clearfell harvest of a 20+ year Pinus radiata rotation. In this @studio__north drone shot we see: - Nikau Kāram
Visiting Te Toa Whenua nursery - passionate people & the most beautiful backdrop for raising native seedlings 🌱
Ground-truthing plans for new native forests 🌳 #native #afforestation #plan #groundtruth #landmanagement #forestry #catchment #remediation
Parataniwha (Elatostema rugosum) is a native herb which thrives the dark, damp forest gullies of the North Island. Instead of flowers, parataniwha has 'achenes' (pictured), a type of papery fruit containing a single seed. These are dispersed by bal