Upper Moutere School native plant potting up event

Upper Moutere School Moutere Highway, Upper Moutere

Community nurseries in Motueka and Moutere catchments have been growing first colonising native seedlings for potting up and growing on for their catchment groups. This is the time of year some of the community nurseries need a little help to finish potting up seedlings to fill their nurseries. At this event you will pot up […]

Motueka native plant potting up / pricking out event

Motueka (venue TBC)

Community nurseries in the Motueka and Moutere catchments have been growing first colonising native seedlings for potting up / pricking out and growing on for their catchment groups. This is the time of year some of the community nurseries need a little help to finish potting up seedlings to fill their nurseries, or have some […]

BOMB squad working bee

Linden Place Reserve Linden Place, Brooklyn

Linden Place Reserve planting site When:  Saturday 15 February, 9am – 11am  Where: meeting at the Linden Place Reserve, located at the end of Linden Place, off Mickell Rd, Brooklyn.  Details: Kim will send details a week before including what tools to bring.   The plan for 2025 is to continue preparing the site, with the […]

BOMB squad April working bee

Blue Gum Corner

A pic from the BOMB squad's March working bee When:       Saturday 5th April, 9:30am - 11:30am Where:      Meet at meet at Blue Gum corner Our next Brooklyn Old Man's Beard working bee is scheduled for this Saturday.  People are concerned at the way OMB is steadily spreading around the Blue Gum corner area […]

Brooklyn planting project working bee

Linden Place Reserve, located at the end of Linden Place, off Mickell Rd, Brooklyn.

It's time for another preparation session at our Brooklyn stream planting area.  We will continue scraping out a rough path and chopping down more of the skinny willow saplings.  The area is looking good and it's easy to imagine how beautiful it will look in years to come! Dean (left), Nick, Petreah at the planting […]

Growing native forests workshop

Moutere Hills Community Centre 1539 Moutere Highway, Lower Moutere, New Zealand

When:       Friday 9 May, 9.30 - 12.30pm Where:      Moutere Hills Community Centre This workshop will cover the basics of growing native forests, plant propagation and selection, and much more. This workshop is organised by Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service to support sustainable native afforestation efforts. See this link […]