Carbine Creek: Reconstructing an Industrial Stream

Carbine Creek

Carbine Creek Reconstructing an Industrial Stream Alex Smith ID 1347248 amsmith@orcon.net.nz

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Site Location

Mt Wellington Industrial Area

Bowden Road Carbine Road to the Tamaki River

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Contents

Carbine Creek

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Design Development

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Planting Plan

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The rational behind the design

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Initial concepts and workings

Plans and Sections

An introduction to some region wide issues

Site Analysis

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Cabbage Nikau Tree

1 mctrs ctrs 1m clumped

8 5m

5

8 18

11

0.5m ctrs 1m Carex CL Hard Carex dissita Stream Flat LeavedEdge 0.5m Mix ctrs (HLM) 1m CD Landscape Ruatahi lessonia

60 40

3 3

105 70

CD

Rhopalostylis

Nikau

1m ctrs

5m

5

18

11

Code Botanical Carex dissita CD Name

% 40 of Mix

PB 3 Size

Total 70

60

3

105

australis Name

Tree Name

Common Spacing 0.5m ctrs Name Ruatahi Sedge

Height 1m

Carex lessonia

3

Height 1m

0.5m ctrs

1m

Ruatahi

Code Botanical Common Spacing Height % of Transition Zone Stream Edge Mix (TZM) Name Flat Leaved Sedge Common

105

clumped

Common Flat Leaved Spacing 0.5m ctrs Name Sedge clumped

Transition Zone Stream Edge Mix (TZM)

CL

Size

75

Site Boundary Mix (SBM)

Cordyline n/a 8Height 10 Code Landscape Botanical Cabbage CommonEdge Spacing % of CA Hard Stream Mix (HLM)

PB Size

Total

1m

Mix 40

3

70

Height

% of 30 Mix

PB Size

Total

0.5m ctrs (TZM) 1m Carex Zone Stream Edge CL Transition Carex dissita Flat Leaved 0.5mMix ctrs 1m CD Ruatahi lessonia

30 20

3 3

26

Code Botanical Carex dissita CD Carex virgata CV Name

% 20 of 15 Mix

PB 3 Size

Name Ruatahi Sedge

0.5m ctrs clumped Spacing 0.5m ctrs

1m

Carex Carex virgata Carex secta lessonia

3

26

Height 1m 0.8m

Specimen Trees and Plants Botanical

Common

Spacing

Height

PB Size

Total

Notes

Total

Code

CU

Botanical Cyperus Name ustulatus

Spacing 1 m ctrs

Height 1.5 m

PB 3 Size

Total 12

3 3 8

26 5 26

CU PT

Cyperus Podocarpus ustulatus totara

Common Giant Name umbrella sedge Giant Totara umbrella sedge

1 m ctrs 9m

1.5 m 10 m

3 95

12 1

3 8 3

26 93

PT AE

Podocarpus Alectryon totara excelsus

Totara Titoki

9 6m

10 8 mm

95

1 2

3 3

5 3

AE

Titoki

6m

8m

95

2

VL

Alectryon excelsus Vitex luciens

Puriri

6m

10 m

95

3

VL

Vitex luciens

Puriri

6m

10 m

95

3

ST

Sophora tetraptera

4m

8m

18

1

ST

Sophora tetraptera

Large Leaved Kowhai Large Leaved Kowhai

4m

8m

18

1

Notes Sharp edged leaves make this ideal for control of Sharp people.edged leaves make this ideal for control of people.

For use as a specimen tree for Public Amenity.

For use as a for Provides food specimen tree for birds Public Amenity.

Specimen Tree, Provides foodand for fast growing birds year round food Specimen Tree, resource for fast growing native birds and year food Largeround Abundance resource of Flowersforin native Spring birds Large Abundance of Flowers in Spring

9 3

5 9

with those of the 8

26

Note: Species of the Hard mix are to gradually intersperse with those of the soft to form a gentle transitionn/abetween the Cabbage 8 two.

5 3 3 CA mixCordyline australis

sapida Note: -Plants notes to be clumped are toclumped be arranged in groups of 3 or more, interspersed with the other plants.

-Hebe stricta is an attractor of insects Note: -Plants notes toproduces be clumped are to be arranged groups -Coprosma Robusta copious amounts of fruitinfor birds.of 3 or more, interspersed with the other plants.and Rhopalostylis sapida to be clumped in threes or more within other -Cordyline australis -Hebe strictabut is no an closer attractor of 3 insects vegetation, than m to eachother.

-Coprosma Robusta produces copious amounts of fruit for birds.

-Cordyline australis and Rhopalostylis sapida to be clumped in threes or more within other vegetation, but no closer than 3 m to eachother.

Code

clumped

Common Flat Leaved Spacing 0.5m ctrs 0.5m ctrs Small Name Sedge clumped

Swamp Sedge 0.5m ctrs ctrs 1m 30 0.5m 0.8m 15 Small Purei 0.5m ctrs 1m 30 Ruatahi Swamp Sedge Carex Flat 1m 20 CD Carex dissita secta PureiLeaved 0.5m 0.5m ctrs ctrs 1m 30 CS Cordyline Cabbage n/a 8 5 Sedge clumped CA australis Tree 0.5m 0.8m 15 Carex virgata Small CV Cordyline Cabbage n/a ctrs 8 5 CA Swamp australis Tree Sedge Note: Species of the Hard mix are to gradually intersperse secta Pureitransition 0.5m ctrs 1m two. 30 CS soft mixCarex to form a gentle between the

CL CV CS

6SHFLPHQ WUHHV KDYH EHHQ FKRVHQ IRU WKHLU YDOXH WR WKH DPHQLW\ RI WKH GHVLJQ

0.8m

Sedge 0.5mMix ctrs 0.8m Small Carex virgata Stream CV Soft Edge Carex secta Purei 0.5m ctrs (SLM) 1m CS Landscape Swamp Sedge Code Botanical Common Spacing Height Carex secta Purei 0.5m ctrs 1m CS Cordyline Cabbage n/a 8 CA Name Name australis Tree 0.5m 0.8m Carex virgata Small CV Cordyline Cabbage n/a ctrs 8 CA Swamp australis Tree Sedge Carex secta Purei 0.5m ctrs 1m CS

Name Carex dissita CD Code Botanical Carex CL Name lessonia

SODFHG DERYH WKH DQWLFLSDWHG OHYHO RI ÀRRGLQJ

Height

PB Size

Mix % of 30 Mix

Tree

Note: Species of the Hard mix are to gradually intersperse with those of the soft mix to form a gentle transition between the two.

Specimen Plants NameTrees andName

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Drawing Title

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Scale

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