EcoCover Testimonials
"Water is the most important problem facing agriculture and horticulture in Queensland. With our new plantings using EcoCover, we immediately reduced our watering regime by 50% (saving on water, transport and labour costs, as well as improving our public image) and will in all probability reduce this by a further 50% if our present monitoring continues to show such outstanding results." Queensland City Council, Australia
"EcoCover mulch mat epitomises 21st century thinking in the new eco-nomy.
In practical terms the use of EcoCover on our public gardens has significantly
reduced the growing waste paper mountain and reduced our maintenance costs.
Furthermore the growth rate of plants with EcoCover protection has exceeded our expectations.
This revolutionary product comes with our strongest recommendation.
CEO, Waitakere City, New Zealand
"We used EcoCover mulch mat on a high profile commercial planting in early 2005.
The product delivered significant benefits and substantial cost savings - no plant mortality
(at all), a 25% reduction in the planting density due to rapid growth (EcoCover produced faster
growth rates than any other garden in our care), excellent weed control and saved us more than
100 hours in annual maintenance just on this one garden."
KP, Techscape, Auckland
"We made the mistake of planting a large area without any mulch.
In a very short time the new plants were totally overcrowded with weeds.
It was difficult to clear the areas with a weed eater and some plants were damaged and others lost.
We decided our remedial work would incorporate the use of EcoCover squares.
The plantings now look great, healthy and no weeds. It would have been far cheaper for us to
have 'done it right the first time' with EcoCover in spite of the higher up front cost.
Not using the product in fact had a higher cost to us both in labour and plant losses."
M&LC, Brookby Heights Farm, Brookby, New Zealand
"Our site is large, steep and planted with a large number of small (only about 12 inches tall)
New Zealand (NZ) natives using Ecocover weed squares around each plant. The planting was done at
the start of the NZ summer in October 2003, not an ideal time to be planting NZ native trees!
Being a rental property, we did not look at the plants again until March 2004 and were absolutely
thrilled and surprised by how much they had grown and how many plants had survived through
the summer without being watered, the slope being mowed, or in any way cleared of weeds.
We saw the plants again in October 2004 (one year after planting) and they continued to flourish.
By this time the Ecocover had largely disappeared and weeds were growing around the native trees,
however the natives by then had reached 2-3 feet at least in height and weeds were no longer a problem.
We are therefore delighted with the results using Ecocover, from a moisture retention viewpoint,
the rapid growth and plant survival rate and from a weed control viewpoint."
LP, Whangaparoa, New Zealand
Following a July 2006 visit to the Auckland manufacturing plant, Dr Lovins said, "EcoCover exemplifies every aspect of Natural Capitalism.
It takes waste products and uses biological wisdom to create a product that displaces a petrochemical non renewable resource.
The business hires previously unemployed people; the product significantly enhances food production; saves water; stops weeds;
and makes money. EcoCover is very impressive."
Dr Hunter Lovins, President / Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions Inc., USA
