Otatara Landcare Group Tree Releasing Working Bee
Join us this coming Saturday, 2.00pm – 4.00pm for our spring working bee.
This season we are starting early to get on top of things in priority areas before spring growth takes off. The first priority is the series of 2022 plantings alongside the Totara block, where broom and poroporo are competing strongly with many young trees, and hopefully cleaning up here may be the final releasing needed in these areas. Grass is also competing strongly with a lot of the younger trees in the area below the
lookout seat and surrounds. Various methods can be used to release the trees and suppress competing grass etc growth, as will be demonstrated on the day.
We will meet at the lookout seat accessed from the Bryson Rd entrance to Bushy Point.
Please bring:
- shoes or gumboots suitable for working in long grass and lupins etc
- gardening gloves
- clothing suitable for the expected weather conditions
- a face mask if you are allergic to dust or grass seeds
- safety (or other) glasses to protect eyes when weeding amid tall plant stalks or branches
- a small pruning saw, if possible, for working in the broom, poru poru and lupins
- ideally, a pair of sharp garden shears suitable for cutting grass.
Feel free to join the working bee at any stage, and only stay for as long as you can.
Please contact Douglas Black on 022 104 8661 for more information if required.
