Preparing your site for success

Choose Tauranga Landscaping for earthworks

A great landscape begins with solid groundwork. At Tauranga Landscaping, our earthworks services provide the foundation for retaining walls, garden beds, drainage systems and driveways. By handling excavation in-house rather than subcontracting, we keep full control over quality, safety, efficiency, and cost, ensuring your project is prepared for success from the start.

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Precision earthworks for every site

Our skilled team and specialised machinery allow us to manage projects of all sizes, from tight urban access to larger rural properties. Careful site preparation not only creates the right platform for construction but also minimises future issues, saving you time and money in the long run.

Our Earthworks Capabilities

  • Levelling and contouring sites for landscaping projects
  • Digging for retaining walls, pools, and garden beds
  • Drainage preparation and trenching
  • Driveway and pathway excavation
  • Soil and material removal

Specialist equipment

  • Trenchers for accurate service lines and drainage channels
  • Excavators from 1T (narrow access) to 5.5T for larger-scale works
  • Mini Skid Steer Loaders for manoeuvrability in tight spaces
  • Pivot Wheel Loaders for handling bulk materials
  • Dumpers for efficient soil and debris removal

Shaping land with precision

Here is how we work

1

Initial meeting

We’ll meet with you at your property to discuss your vision, understand your budget, and explore your expectations in detail. This site visit allows us to assess the landscape, consider the natural surroundings, and identify both the challenges and opportunities that will shape a thoughtful, tailored design response.

2

Design concept

After our initial meeting, we begin shaping your vision into a refined design concept. We’ll present detailed plans that bring together the creative direction, spatial layout, and key design elements of your landscape. This includes recommendations for plant selections, materials, and structural features. We’ll fine-tune the details together, ensuring every element aligns with your expectations.

3

Pricing

We will provide a transparent, detailed and itemised estimate or a fixed-price quote based on the scope of the work, as this will help you make an informed decision. It will include the cost of designs and plans if required, as well as the itemised cost of construction.

4

Accept and pay the deposit

When you are happy with our proposal, we will send you a deposit invoice and schedule your job.

5

Project management and construction

Not only do we specialise in high-end landscape construction, but we also provide expert project management and clear ongoing communication during all aspects of your
build.

6

Maintenance

As an additional service, we can provide ongoing maintenance to keep your garden looking as good as it was the day it was installed.

FAQs

We handle a variety of excavation tasks, including site preparation, digging for retaining walls, drainage installation, and more.

Our excavation equipment can handle various depths, depending on your project’s requirements. We’ll assess the site and determine the best approach..

The majority of earthworks required for our landscaping projects are considered permitted under the Bay of Plenty regional councils’ natural resources plan. In certain cases where large earthwork volumes are required on steep slopes, coastal margins, or sand dunes for example, a consent may be required. We can help guide you through the process if necessary.

In certain circumstances, we will organise subsurface scanning to locate utilities such as power, water, and fibre to avoid cost and damage, where these services are in an area of required earthworks and are not easily identifiable.

Yes, absolutely! Tauranaga Landscaping maintains suitable general liability insurance, covering loss to property due to an accidental event.

Yes, depending on the size and scope of the project, we normally require 50% deposit up front. Larger jobs may require a smaller deposit with progress payments.