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Office Gardens
Providing an attractive garden area has many advantages for staff as well as enhancing the appeal of your building. Gardens provide an area for staff to relax in, encourage bird life, help filter vehicle pollution and provide a filter for rainwater.
Some garden tips
- Plant deciduous trees near office windows, to gain light in the winter and shade in the summer.
- Plant trees in the office car park area, providing shade for staff vehicles
- Plant native or fruit trees to encourage native bird life.
- Consider permeable paving on paths and in carpark areas to allow water to drain through
Composting or Worm-Farming
Compost garden and kitchen waste in a composting bin or worm-farm.
- Put in a shady, protected site
- Educate staff on the benefits of composting and show how returning nutrients and adding texture reduces the need for fertiliser and other chemicals, while reducing waste to landfill.
- Worms will eat most fruit and vegetable scraps.
Reduce Stormwater Runoff
Minimise impermeable surfaces
Design gardens, parking areas or paths to maximise water soaking into the ground
Grass pave?
Turf blocks?
Cobblestones (set into sand)
Collect water off your roof in water tanks and use for either watering gardens or flushing toilets etc.
Contact your Council for resource and building consent requirements.
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