creating natural environments
BIRKDALE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

www.birkdaleinternational.com

creating natural environments

about us3

experience and expertise

4facilities

5products

6services

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export and logistics

8projects

8contact us

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B I R K D A L E I N T E R N AT I O N A L L I M I T E D

2about us
The strengths of Birkdale are manyand varied which make it uniquein the international ornamental
horticultural arena.
With offices in Hong Kong, China andMacau, Birkdale provides landscapearchitects, developers, contractors
and governments with a total package.
This package includes an extensive
range of quality trees, palms, shrubs
and turf plus the necessary services toensure that projects are executed withease, confidence and accuracy.

Disneyland Hong Kong entrance with Phoenix canariensis from Australia

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To service its major markets
in China, Hong Kong. Macau,Middle East and otherinternational markets, Birkdale
has a large production/projectnursery and tree farm in China
and a tree farm in Australia.
To supply plants from an evenwider diversity of climaticconditions and provide
flexibility in meeting seasonalrequirements, Birkdale has aninternational network of quality
suppliers from China, Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe andAustralia. This also substantially
increases its ability to supply
large quantities of plants.
Birkdale is experienced inservicing large-scale, highprofile international landscapeprojects such as integrated
parks and resorts, casino resorts,
commercial and residential
developments, golf courses,
government and public works
projects, as well as botanic andlarge private gardens.

In the last 24 months, Birkdale
has completed works for highprofile clients including Shanghai
Disneyland, Wynn Macau, MGM
Macau and Hong Kong Mass
Transit Railway (MTR).

Birkdale’s alliances in China
provide it with the necessary
certification to undertake
landscape design, supplyof plants, construction andinstallation to Certificate ‘A’standards.
Birkdale is convinced that expert
advice, at the early stage oflandscape projects, assures thelong-term success of any design.
By providing products andservices that more than meetthe requirements of high profile
international projects, Birkdalegives you a competitive edge.

MGM Cotai Mansion

3experienceand expertise
Birkdale International was establishedin 2005 by James McGeoch and DarrenMoseley. James supplied mature trees andshrubs and Darren was responsible for theinstallation and project management forHong Kong Disneyland. This symbiotic
relationship then expanded into servicing
major casino resorts in Macau andShanghai Disneyland.

Darren Moseley

James McGeoch

Darren is Managing Directorof Birkdale International
Limited (Hong Kong), AsianSportsturf Limited (HongKong) and Zhuhai Dai Yi Golfand Landscape Company(China) and a Director of Asian
Golf Construction.

James is the Managing Directorof Ornatec International(Beijing) and McGeoch’s
Birkdale Nursery (Australia).

BirkdaleInternational Limited,Managing Director

Qualified in Horticulture andTurf Management, Darren’s
career spans 28 years in the turf
and golf course constructionindustry with 25 years
experience in South East Asia.

Darren Moseley at Emaho Trees, Australia

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BirkdaleInternational Limited,Consultant

He brings over 48 years
horticultural and 28 years
exporting experience to thecompany 1982-2006. Birkdale
Nursery (Australia) was wellknown for its high quality
horticultural products andexport services throughout
Asia, the Middle East, Europe
and the Pacific Islands andwas a leader in the Australianhorticultural industry.
James has a deep understandingof the complexities of theinternational market andprovides a wealth of knowledge
in this arena. He has been
based in Asia for the past 20years, living and working in thePhilippines, Hong Kong, Chinaand Macau.

4facilities
Zhuhai Birkdale
Nursery

Tree FarmGAOMING, GUANGDONGPROVINCE, CHINA

GUANGDONG PROVINCE,CHINA
Zhuhai Birkdale Nursery, a12 hectare site 40 minutes
from Macau, was establishedin 2002 to provide a supply
base for the landscaping ofDisneyland Hong Kong andother landscape projects inthe region. Over 3 million
shrubs and 5,000 mature trees
were either grown onsite at
the nursery or sourced fromsuppliers across South East
Asia and Australia for the Hong
Kong Disneyland project.

Nursery andPreparation
Facilities

RATCHIBURI, THAILAND
In 2008, a large shadehouseof 6,500 square metres and 12metres high was constructed toacclimatise plants specificallyfor high end indoor use. Special
containers are used for large
trees and palms to protect rootballs and facilitate planting.
The nursery meets international
quality standards and isaccredited by the Chinese
Government to export plants.
Current stock at the nursery
includes an extensive range oftrees, palms and shrubs, including
Australian native species.

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Birkdale’s tree farm in
Gaoming specialises in growing
advanced in-ground trees
including Australian nativespecies for resort landscaping.

These facilities have been
established for the preparationand exportation of trees andshrubs to markets within South
East Asia. For the Hong Kong
Disneyland project, over 670
tropical and equatorial trees(up to 12m tall) and 25,000
shrubs (up to 1.5m tall) were
exported from these facilities
from 2003-2005.

Top left: Disneyland tree preparation,Thailand. Top middle: Shanghai
Disneyland Nursery. Top right: China
Tree Farm. Bottom: Zhuhai Nursery

5products
Together with its Asian based nursery
facilities and an established network ofinternational suppliers, Birkdale is capableof sourcing diverse species from a wide rangeof climatic zones, from tropical and subtropical to temperate and Mediterranean.
Birkdale’s horticultural networks inAustralia, China, Thailand, Malaysia,
Indonesia and Europe provide significant
benefits to landscape projects (dependingon their location) such as continuity ofsupply, cost effective production and freightsavings. An experienced team of logisticalmanagers well versed with exporting/importing, ensure that the plants arrive ingood condition and meet the quarantine
requirements of the importing country.

IntellectualProperty

Horticultural
products

Birkdale maintains close
connections with plant
breeders, production nurseriesin Australia, Europe, Japan,
the Philippines, Indonesia,Malaysia, Singapore, North
America, South Africa andNew Zealand. These networks
enable Birkdale to source
new plants for export tointernational markets.

Birkdale can source include(but are not limited to):Trees and palms(up to 12m tall)
Shrubs, groundcovers,climbers and grasses
including:—A ustralian/New Zealandnative plants— Orchids, ferns and epiphytes— Topiary and accent plants— Aquatic plants—D rought & salt tolerant
plantsTurfSoil/growing media
Allied products

Left: Feature trees. Right: Zhuhai Acclimatization House.

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servicesManagement
Birkdale specialises in managing largescale landscape projects such as integrated
parks and resorts, commercial andresidential developments, golf courses,
government and public works projects, aswell as botanic and large private gardens.
It has considerable experience andexpertise in providing the following
services in South East Asia, China,Hong Kong, Macau and the Philippines:— International landscapeproject management,
particularly in China,
Hong Kong, Macau andVietnam— Expert horticultural
advice and consultancy
on all aspects ofornamental horticulture— Plant selection andperformance advice—P roduction planning,
costing and budgeting—S ourcing andprocurement of quality
plants including
mature trees and palms(importing if required)—Q uotations on total plant
supply for major projects—H orticultural training.

MGM Cotai Concept Design

LandscapeBirkdale is convinced that expert
advice, at the early stage oflandscape projects, assures thelong-term success of any design.
Birkdale provides through its
own resources and associates:— Existing vegetationsite analysis—A dvice on planting selection
and performance evaluation— Landscape installationand construction (method
statements are provided forspecialty trees and palms)— Landscape design— Advice on plant media
and nutrition— Soil, pest and disease
management— Soil/media formulationand testing— Irrigation design,installation andmaintenance requirements— Transplanting andre-establishment— Costing and budgetpreparation— Landscape maintenanceprograms and reports— Arboriculture

Nursery Designand Construction
Birkdale, over the past 28 years
has designed, constructed
and operated nurseries inIndonesia, Philippines, China,
Thailand and Australia, with
an emphasis on quality to meetinternational standards.

The ability of Birkdale’s teamto provide these services isevidenced in the Project Section.

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export andlogistics
Birkdale offers a wide range of plants tointernational clients, either grown at its
own production nurseries or sourced fromits international network of suppliers.

Birkdale has established a
professional and reliableinternational network ofsuppliers from Australia, China,
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
and Europe which enables it
to supply an extensive range oftrees, palms and shrubs to meetthe specifications of landscapearchitects globally and suit a wide
diversity of climatic conditions.

In 2008, Birkdale commenced
exporting from China to highprofile Middle East projects in
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha.
Birkdale’s nursery inGuangdong Province iscertified by the ChineseCentral Government to export.

projects
MGM Cotai

MACAU: 2016 – PRESENT

Birkdale has the contract tosupply, install and maintainthe soft landscape for the new
MGM Cotai casino.

Right: MGM Cotai entrance
Below: MGM Cotai, Pool Deck

B I R K D A L E I N T E R N AT I O N A L L I M I T E D8Wynn PalaceCasino
MACAU: 2016

Birkdale delivered the Phase
II soft landscape supply andinstallation contract.

Wynn Palace Entrance

MGM Macau

MACAU: 2012 – PRESENT

Wynn SouthCasino
MACAU: 2015

Birkdale was responsible forthe landscape modifications
and upgrade.

Wynn Macau Casino

Birkdale is responsible foroverseeing the maintenanceof the landscape andproviding seasonal plants.

Below left and right: MGM Macau

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CHINA: 2012 – 2016

Birkdale provided horticulturaland project management services
and installation training forthe joint venture between theShanghai Government and theDisney Corporation.

Above: Shanghai Disneyland
Below: Hing Keng MTR Station

Hong Kong
Roof Gardens:
HONG KONG:
2012 – ONGOING

In collaboration with Japanesecompany, Kawada Industries,
Birkdale has constructedroof gardens in Hong Kongusing the innovative Midorichan roof system which ishighly efficient, sustainable
and employs water saving
technology.
Birkdale has completed
ten Mass Transit Railway(MTR) Stations.

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MACAU: 2008-2009

Birkdale was commissioned
to undertake Phase 1 of thelandscape redevelopment forthe golf course.

supplied Phoenix
Fair Lake Luxury Birkdale
canariensis from AustraliaResidentialand Macrozamia mooreii fromMalaysia. Horticultural advice
VillasSHANGHAI: 2003-2009

Caesars Palace, Macau

City of Dreams
Casino Resort
MACAU: 2008-2009

has been provided over a 14year period and is ongoing.

Fair Lake Luxury Residential Villas, Shanghai

This project included
landscaping for their Casino/
Hotel complex, the Hard RockHotel, a Crown Hotel and two
Hyatt Hotels on the Cotai
Strip. Birkdale is currently
undertaking the external softlandscaping on the Level 1
perimeter and a level 3 podium
deck where the pools for thehotels are located.
Birkdale supplied 20,000 cubic
metres of topsoil to fill thelandscape planters. This soil
was mixed offsite in China andthen transported to site for
installation.

A total of 766 advanced trees,
279 advanced palms, 211,868
shrubs, and 4,900 square
metres of turf have beensupplied. Half the trees, palms
and shrubs are on the level 3
podium with the remainder
planted around the perimeterand highlighting the entrances.
Zhuhai Birkdale Nurserysourced all the plant material,with the trees and palms forthe project being imported
from Egypt, Australia, Malaysiaand Thailand. All shrubs wereprocured locally in China.

City of Dreams

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HONG KONG: 2002-2006

Hong Kong Disneyland

Disneyland Hong Kong
engaged Birkdale in an
extensive range of landscapeservices over the park’s threeyear construction programmefrom 2002-2005 including:—S ourcing and supply ofplants from Australia,
Malaysia, Thailand,
Indonesia, China and thePhilippines – over 3 million
shrubs and 5,000 maturetrees – including specialist
plants such as topiary plant
sculptures, 20 x 12m bottle
trees from the Australianoutback and 84 matched 12m
Phoenix canariensis palms,
the latter being for the main
entrance . From Thailand
alone, over 670 tropical andequatorial trees (up to 12mtall) and 25,000 shrubs (upto 1.5m tall) were sourced.
This was a world first interms of scale and quantitiesof trees and inter-country
quarantine cooperation.
—L ogistical management of sea
freight including 800 x 40’
sea containers of trees, palms,
shrubs and groundcovers aswell as air freight of delicateplant species from Australia
and Thailand.
— Phytosanitary preparationand international plantquarantine procedures
to meet Hong Kong
government requirements.
— Installed 4,500 trees,300,000 shrubs, 20,000
aquatic plants and 15
hectares of turf.

— On site liaison with landscapearchitects, landscapecontractors, project
managers, administrativestaff, safety officers andgovernment inspectors.
— An Integrated Pest
Management Program (IPM)
which involved diagnosis
and identification of pest
and diseases, selection
and implementation oftreatment strategies,
monitoring and progress
reports, and staff training.
— Supplied, laid andmaintained the Seashore
Paspalum turf for the twolittle league Baseball Fields
that were used for the Asia
Pacific Little league Playoffs.

Jockey Club Olympic
Equestrian Facilities

Hong Kong Cricket Club

Jockey Club Olympic
Grass Cross Country
Training Course

Asia Golf Driving Range

Jockey Club Dressage
Training Arena

Kowloon Cricket Club

HONG KONG: 2006
Installed sub soil drainage anda sand profile before laying
turf on the 7,000 square metre
Dressage Training Arena. The
Arena was used for training
during the 2008 Olympic
Equestrian events.

HONG KONG: 2002
Reconstructed the Club’s
sports field which included
the installation of 3000m ofdrainage. The project also
included the installation ofa fully automatic irrigation
system and 300mm sand profile.
The field was then returfed
with Seashore Paspalum.

Hong Kong Golf Club

Fancourt Country Club

Clearwater Bay Golf
and Country Club

Fuchan Resort

HONG KONG: 2007
Constructed sand footing anddrainage/profile for the Sha
Tin and Beas River Equestrian
Facilities.

HONG KONG: 2007
Constructed an equestriancross country turf training
track within the centre of theSha Tin Race Course.

HONG KONG: 2006
Installed drainage, suppliedand laid Paspalum and Zoysia
turf for the Old Course
Reconstruction Programme.

HONG KONG: 2006
Supplied and laid Zoysia turf
as well as constructing a Cart
Path for the 18-hole golf coursereconstruction programme.

HONG KONG: 2006
Reconstructed the Club’s
sports field which included theinstallation of a sub-soil drainage
and fully automatic irrigation
system. A 300mm sand profile
was laid before returfing thefield using Seashore Paspalum.

HONG KONG: 2004
Constructed an artificial turf
golf driving range. The works
involved the installation of a
sub-soil drainage system prior
to the laying of artificial turf.

SOUTH AFRICA: 2000
Provided turf grass construction
and maintenance consultancy
services for the Gary Player
Group who were contracted tothe Fancourt Country Club.

CHINA: 1999
Representing the designer,
managed the construction of
the 18 hole golf course andrehabilitated the existing Tea
plantation and out-of-playlandscape areas.

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From top: Beijing Olympic Equestrian Centre, Fancourt Country Club,
Hong Kong Cricket Club, Kowloon Cricket Club.

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contact us
HONG KONG& MIDDLE EASTBIRKDALE
INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED
Lot 996, DD77,
Ping Che Road, Ping Che,Fanling, N.T. Hong Kongphone 852 2488 2929
Darren Moseley
Director
email darren@
birkdaleinternational.com
Contact Darren in relation tointernational business, project
management, tenders andquotations, horticultural services,management and maintenance andinstallation of trees and palms.

MACAU
BIRKDALE
INTERNATIONAL(MACAU) LIMITED

Room G, 7/F, Tong Nam Ah
Commercial Building,
No. 180, Alameda Doutor
Carlos D’Assumpcao,
Macau SAR
phone 853 2878 3139
Chris Steilberg
General Manager
email chris@birkdaleinternational.com

CHINA –ZHUHAICHINA –SHANGHAIZHUHAI BIRKDALE
NURSERY LIMITEDZHUHAI BIRKDALE
NURSERY LIMITEDSHANGHAI JADEGARDEN BRANCH

Australian Botanical Garden,
Qiao Island, Tangjia, Zhuhai,
5190820, Guangdong, China
phone 86 756 3315 733

Room 8013, No. 130,
Manufacturing Bureau Rd,
Shanghai Huanpu District,
Shanghai, China

Su DanGeneral Manager
email su.dan@birkdaleinternational.com

AUSTRALIA

Contact Chris in relation tolandscape project management andinstallation of plant material.

EMAHO TREES
507 Ravensbourne Dip Rd
Ravensbourne Qld 4352,
Australia
phone 61 7 4697 8018
website emahotrees.com.au
Barbara McGeoch,
General Manager
email barbara@
birkdaleinternational.com

creating natural environments
BIRKDALE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

www.birkdaleinternational.com