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June • Rakatu Wetlands

Grand Ivy-Clearance Day! (& FOTB open day)

1 March 2025

Open Day - Saturday 1st March ‘25.
10am to 2pm
Meet at playground off Queens Drive. All welcome!

Drop by for a free sausage and get to help bring Thomsons Bush come back to a beautiful native forest. Everyone visiting the event will be given a bag to fill with weed English Ivy (Hedera helix) . Bring your full bag back for a Free BBQ - courtesy of ICC! A chance to learn more about where the Friends of Thomsons Bush have been clearing this forest of weeds, more about all the different weeds, what working bees are like, when the next event is - and meet some of the great volunteers who have taken this massive project on!

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The wetland area is protected by a QEII National Trust Open Space Covenant.

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