Events

Forest and Bird - Bowman Bush and Bushy Point

Forest and Bird trip to Bowman Bush and Bushy Point, Otatara – Leave Invercargill Museum 9.45am or meet at Spence Avenue entrance to Bowman Bush at 10am.

Learn about the history of Bowman Bush from Richard Bowman and help with a little weed control.

Lunch at Southland Community Nursery (park 183 Grant Road) then join KCC Family exploration trip to Bushy Point 1-3pm – Leaders Chris and Brian Rance 2131161 and KCC Contact Bronwyn 2130017

Foraging with Maggie and Chris - Southland Community Nursery

Date – Wednesday 8 March 2017

Venue – Southland Community Nursery Education Centre – park 183 Grant Road car park

Time – 6.30-8pm - evening workshop

Cost - $5 – pay on the night no booking required,

Workshop Description

Foraging – “To search widely for food or provisions”. Learn how to find, identify and safely use local herbs, weeds and native plants. Sample tisanes, wild nettle pesto, dandelion coffee (or Coprosma coffee), elderberry truffles. Workshop aimed at beginners with an interest in wild foods and those wanting to gain an insight into useful (and harmful) plants that grow specifically in Southland.

Why forage?

•  Higher nutrient value of food,
•  Diverse diet
•  Being self-reliant
•  Connect with nature
•  Being thrifty

Basic Rules

•  Be able to identify your edible or poisonous plants
•  Take only what you need and sustainably harvest
•  Enjoy the experience

To bring – gumboots or sturdy shoes, wet weather gear. Plastic bags, pots, trowel for collecting.

Facilities and Equipment Provided – wild foraging places, fruit and nut orchards, native bush areas. Education Centre indoor facility. Samples of foraged delights!

Brought to you by Southland Community Nursery: Workshops Inspired by Nature

www.southlandcommunitynursery.org.

http://www.southlandcommunitynursery.org.nz/uploads/Foraging%20with%20Maggie%20Linda%20and%20Chris%20Wednesday%208%20March%202017.pdf

Seaweek Beach Clean Up - date change

Seaweek - Oreti Beach Clean Up

Oreti Beach, Dunns Rd, Oreti, Invercargill, Southland

Monday 27 February 2017 10:30am – 11:30am

Part of Seaweek 2017

http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2017/seaweek-oreti-beach-clean-up/invercargill

Fiordland Marine Guardians - public meeting

The Fiordland Marine Guadians are holding a public meeting to discuss the future of the Fiordland Marine Area:

‘We invite you to join us to share your thoughts, observations, values and concerns about this precious part of the world. Through a mix of a panel Q&A session and more casual mingling, we hope you’ll learn a bit more about the work we do in the area, and in turn we’ll learn from you. Your input will help us to direct our efforts in the future.

We’d appreciate your views on some matters that we’ve been grappling with lately:

• Growth in tourism / visitor numbers
• Pest Pathways Plan / invasive species
• Whether there is a place for aquaculture in Fiordland
• How to engage more effectively with the community’

Please join us in a discussion about the future of the Fiordland Marine Area

Thursday 23rd February, 5pm – 7pm

SHOP5 Function Centre - Rocks Café

101 Dee Street, Courtville Place, Invercargill

For more information see:

http://www.fmg.org.nz/content/community-evening-fmg

Forest and Bird - Appleby's Peatbog and Wetlands

Southland Forest & Bird: Applebys’ Peatbog & Wetlands Drummond.

Finalists in the 2015 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, the Applebys have been proactive in the environmental stewardship of their land. Hear about the good things happening on their dairy farm.

Leader: Gay Munro 239 5827

We will leave Invercargill Museum at 9.30am or you can go straight to Graeme Appleby’s – 275 Boundary Road, near Drummond for 10am. Graeme says come to the gate to the sheds next door to our house entrance, don’t park on road.

Graeme’s plan for the day is as follows:

“We would walk to the QE block first, then to the wetland area and the shelter plantings on the way back to our house, about 3 hours in total. The peat bog is quite easy to walk through.

Plan to have lunch back at the house where we will make hot drinks available, plenty of space if weather isn’t playing fair. I am happy to discuss our farming practice”.