The 2nd BIG Motueka Valley community weeding event

MCC invites you to come along to our second BIG community weeding event to clear Old Man’s Beard vines climbing up the large native trees from a site in the Motueka Valley next to Haycocks Bush. Last time the community managed to clear a length of 700 metres. Let’s see if we can top that!

These second community events are part of a wider MCC project to control weeds in this riparian area. It needs a BIG effort over the next year and this event will carry on the good work started at our last event.

MCC will provide some tools and equipment. However if you have your own secateurs, gloves and/or folding saw bring them along. Come in working clothes (long sleeves and pants) appropriate for the weather, and be prepared to get stuck in! You’ll be divided into working groups with an experienced leader. Experts will be there to explain what needs to be done and how to do the mahi.

There’ll be some drinks and cookies afterwards to thank you for your efforts!

This event is part of a larger weeding project supported by MCC along the Motueka River West Bank riparian strip between the Graham River confluence and working upstream to the Hoods QEII block. This will involve ongoing weeding sessions between July 2024 and July 2026 to control weeds in this area. Some of this weeding will be done by community weeding croups, and some by contractors.

We hope this community event will lead to increased community support for existing weeding groups in the valley who have an ongoing job to continue weeding in this area. We really need your support!

Please register here – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VFXB5LL