One of the problems with planting willows near watercourses and ponds is that broken branches take root easily and, in time, willows congest waterways. On this farm near Taupiri, in Waikato, the farmer cleared willow-filled gullies, excavated small ponds (top) and planted native shrubs, toetoe and flax around the edges of the ponds. Within three years the farmer had established native cover around the ponds (bottom) and had more manageable buffers between paddocks and gullies.
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