Out at the root
Shrubs come out with the root ball rather than being cut at the base, so what you paid to remove does not reappear in spring.
Kia ora — we dig it out and take it away
Shrubs & rubbish removal across the Bay of Plenty
Shrub removal and rubbish clearance right across the Bay of Plenty — a hedge row dug out at Otumoetai, fence timber stacked behind a Papamoa garage, a season of prunings on a Te Puna block. Digging the shrub out is the straightforward part. It is the trailer trips to the transfer station that eat a weekend, and that is the part we take off you.
From $95per load
- Police-vetted crew
- Roots dug out, not cut off
- Loaded and hauled away
- Fixed price before we start
Fixed price agreed before anything is dug out
Rubbish removal quote
The address, and roughly what needs to go. Photos help.
Police-vetted crewEvery operator checked
Fixed quoteAgreed before we dig
Proper disposalSorted, not dumped
One-off jobNo ongoing contract
What you get
What a shrub and rubbish removal job covers
Six things that are in the quoted number, whether the job is one shrub by a Matua driveway or a whole bed cleared at Pyes Pa.
The hole put back
Backfilled and raked level once the root ball is out, so the spot is ready for lawn seed, bark or a new plant.
Barrowed out if needed
Where a trailer cannot get past the gate, the material is barrowed down the drive instead of being dragged across the lawn.
Sorted as it loads
Green waste kept separate from timber and general rubbish on the trailer, because each one has a different place to go.
Tip fees in the number
Trailer, barrows, saws and the disposal charge are all inside the quoted figure — there is no separate dump docket afterwards.
A photo of the empty spot
Sent as the trailer pulls out, which matters most when the person paying is not the person living there.
The trailer is the real jobA cypress hedge does not fit in a hatchback. Hire, tip fees and three trips add up.
Priced by what leavesYou agree a figure for the load, so a stubborn root ball is our problem, not yours.
We say what is not oursWork that calls for a chainsaw up a ladder is tree work. We will tell you so.
On the trailer
What Bay of Plenty properties ask us to take away
Most calls are one of these six. If yours is a mix of several, that is normal and it still gets one price.
Shrub and hedge rows
A boundary planting that has pushed into the lawn, or a row of agapanthus that has spread well past where it was put in.
What is left after a cut-down
Someone has taken the top off and the collar and roots are still sitting where the new bed or lawn is meant to go.
Storm drop
Branch material and a split limb across the back lawn after an easterly, usually more volume than it looks from the deck.
Timber and trellis
Old boundary fencing, a raised bed that has rotted through, or trellis that came down with the climber attached to it.
The pile behind the shed
Last summer’s prunings, bagged clippings gone slimy, a stack of cracked pots and whatever got put there to deal with later.
Renovation leftovers
Timber offcuts, old decking boards and packaging from a build or a bathroom job, sitting where the garden used to be.
Two honest limits: anything that needs a chainsaw at height is tree and hedge trimming rather than this job, and a stump too wide to dig is stump grinding. Tell us if paint, chemicals, gas bottles, tyres or anything you suspect is asbestos is in the pile, because those need their own disposal route and we will say up front what we can take.
Pricing
What shrub and rubbish removal costs around the region
Jobs start from $95 per load. Five things decide where yours lands:
01
How much there isOne shrub beside a driveway is a different job to a boundary of agapanthus.
02
What the material isLoose prunings compress on the trailer. Timber, trellis and root balls do not.
03
How long it has been thereA shrub twenty years in the ground has a root ball to match, and that is digging time.
04
Barrow distanceWhere the trailer can park decides how far every armful has to be carried.
05
Where it has to goGreen waste and mixed loads are charged differently at the transfer station.
Simple process
How a Bay of Plenty rubbish removal job gets booked
1
Tell us what has to go
The address, and a photo of the shrub, hedge row or pile.
2
We put a number on it
One figure for the job, agreed before a trailer is hooked up.
3
Removal day
Roots out, material sorted as it loads, the hole backfilled.
4
It leaves the property
Each load to its own disposal point, and a photo once the ground is clear.
Why Lawnify
Why Bay of Plenty owners hand this job over
Cutting a shrub down is the part most people can manage. What they pay to avoid is the root ball, the barrow runs to the kerb and the queue at the transfer station behind nine other trailers.
Police-vetted operators
Everyone who comes down the side of your house carrying material has been checked, which is not something an app-booked trailer can tell you.
The figure holds
Agreed before the first root is cut, so a shrub that turns out to be anchored under a concrete edge does not change what you pay.
You hear where it went
Prunings and branches to green waste, timber and general rubbish split off and taken to the point that accepts them.
Where we load
Bay of Plenty towns we haul from
Pick your town for local detail, or send the address and we will tell you whether a trailer can get close to the pile.
TaurangaCity centre & harbour
Mount MaunganuiBeaches & The Mount
PapamoaCoastal growth suburb
BethlehemRiverside family suburb
OtumoetaiHarbourside peninsula
MatuaQuiet harbourside suburb
OhauitiEstablished residential
OmokoroaPeninsula & orchards
Pyes PaGrowing northern suburb
TaurikoNew-build & lifestyle
Welcome BayEstablished eastern suburb
Te PukeKiwifruit country
Te PunaRural & lifestyle blocks
Local know-how
Why Bay of Plenty sections fill up faster than most
Four regional habits that turn a tidy garden into a trailer load sooner than the owner expected.
Shrubs outgrow their spot
A warm, wet growing season means a shrub chosen for a 1.5 metre gap is often pressing on the weatherboards four or five years later.
Timber gives way early
Salt air and damp shorten the life of untreated trellis, raised beds and boundary fencing, so there is usually timber to go with the greenery.
Sand digs out, clay does not
A root ball lifts cleanly from the sandy ground behind Mount Maunganui and has to be cut out of the heavier clay inland of Te Puke.
One blow brings a season down
An autumn easterly off the harbour drops more branch material in a night than a year of pruning, and all of it has to be shifted at once.
FAQs
Shrub and rubbish removal questions we get asked
The questions that come up on the phone before someone books a clear-out.
How much does shrub and rubbish removal cost in the Bay of Plenty?
The starting figure is $95 for a load. Where yours lands depends on how much there is, whether it is loose greenery or timber and root balls, how far it all has to travel to reach the trailer, and what the transfer station charges for that mix. Give us the address and one photo and a single number comes back.
Do you dig the shrub out or just cut it down?
Out. The root ball comes with it and the hole is backfilled and raked level. Cutting at the base is quicker and cheaper on the day, and it is why a lot of people end up paying twice.
Will the shrub grow back?
Not once the root ball is gone. A few species push new shoots from root fragments, so we take everything we can reach and tell you plainly if some of it runs under a path or a wall where digging would do more harm than the shrub.
Do you take the stump as well?
A root ball we can dig comes out with the shrub, included in the price. A trunk stump too big for a spade needs stump grinding, which is a different machine and priced on site.
What cannot go on the trailer?
Hazardous material needs its own disposal route: paint, chemicals, gas bottles, tyres, and anything you suspect is asbestos. Tell us before the day and we will say what we can take and what you will need a specialist for.
Do you keep the green waste separate from the rubbish?
Yes. It is sorted as it loads rather than at the other end, because greenery, treated timber and household rubbish each have their own destination and their own charge.
How many loads will my pile be?
Hard to judge from a description, easy from a photo with something in frame for scale, such as a wheelie bin or a car. One cleared garden bed is usually a single load. A full boundary of mature shrubs is often two or three.
What if the trailer cannot get to the pile?
Then it gets barrowed out. Narrow driveways around Otumoetai and Matua and unit blocks near the Mount often have no vehicle access to the back, which affects the price rather than whether the job happens.
Do I need to be there on the day?
No, provided there is a way in for the crew. You get a photo of the cleared ground when they leave, which is usually enough for an owner who lives somewhere else.
Is the quoted price the price I pay?
Yes. It is agreed before anything is cut. If we uncover something genuinely different, say a concrete footing poured around a hedge, we stop and talk to you about it rather than adding it to the invoice afterwards.
Can you clear a whole overgrown section instead?
That is a bigger job and it has its own page: rental and section clean-ups. Use this one when it is specific plants, piles or material that need to go, not the entire property.
Which Bay of Plenty towns do you clear and haul from?
Tauranga, Otumoetai, Matua and Bethlehem are where access is usually the tight part of the job. Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, Welcome Bay, Ohauiti and Pyes Pa are mostly straightforward driveway loads. Te Puna, Omokoroa, Tauriko and Te Puke are where the big ones come from.
Booked alongside
What Bay of Plenty owners book once a bed is empty
Get a shrub and rubbish removal quote
Tell us the address, add one photo of the pile, and you get a fixed figure to work with.
