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Disneyland Hong Kong and Shanghai: Tree Supply Case Study

Two of the highest profile theme park builds in Asia, each demanding mature character trees installed to a fixed opening date, in a climate and biosecurity regime far from the source nurseries.

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Case study

Disneyland Hong Kong and Disneyland Shanghai.

Two of the highest profile theme park builds in Asia, each demanding mature character trees installed to a fixed opening date, in a climate and biosecurity regime far from the source nurseries.

2002 to 2006: Disneyland Hong Kong
2012 to 2016: Disneyland Shanghai
9 km: of landscape berms

What we did

Supplied and installed advanced and character trees, including Streblus asper, Ficus microcarpa curtain figs, Michelia champaca, Brachychiton bottle trees and strangler figs.
Root ball preparation, washing, wiring and shrink-wrapping for out of gauge shipping.
9 km of landscape berm construction through the wet season, with drainage, berm core formation and topsoil placement.
Supply, soft landscaping and project nursery operations through the Shanghai delivery years.

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Brachychiton bottle trees craned into place at Disneyland Hong Kong, September 2004

A Ficus microcarpa curtain fig flown in by crane, 2004

Streblus asper in position inside Disneyland Hong Kong

Cloud-pruned topiary above the parterre at Disneyland Hong Kong

Ginkgo and magnolia rows at the Disneyland Shanghai project nursery

Dicksonia antarctica tree ferns against Tomorrowland, Disneyland Shanghai

What the project delivered beyond the trees

International best practice, education and training for professionals, adoption of new technology and flora across the industry, and improved product quality and topsoils.

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