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Double-row shelter belt

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Double-row shelter belt

Double-row shelter belts can be very effective. A bushy slow-growing species planted beside fast-growing tall trees is the best combination.

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Allan Gillingham, Shelter on farms – Planted shelter belts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15601/double-row-shelter-belt (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.