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Project

July • Sherwood Forest

Kerr Bush, Myross Bush

Location:
Simon Rd, Myross Bush
Region:
Invercargill
District:
ICC
Commenced:
2008
Access:
Open by arrangement
Area (ha):
15
Contact:
Southland Kindergarten Association
Phone:
03 214 0237

Description

Southland Kindergarten Association purchased half of the block of Kerr Bush in 2014 and have a successful Bush Kindergarten programme running daily. Children explore the area looking for plants, birds, and bugs, they also experience planting new seedlings and they have opportunity to learn about pests and pest control. Myross Bush Landcare Group, in conjunction with Myross Bush School, is currently planting to help regenerate the bush area after holly and sycamore has been removed.

Historic involvement

Myross Bush Landcare Group, in conjunction with Myross Bush School, began helping with the management of the privately owned Kerr's Bush in 2008. Having gained Biodiversity Condition Fund grant, significant control of large sycamore was undertaken and replanting in cleared areas followed this. Currently, work is continuing around replanting and filling in the gaps with more plants, to ensure a healthy native forest.

Current involvement

Southland Kindergarten Association, Myross Bush Landcare Group, Myross Bush School

Myross Bush School has had a number of visits to Kerrs Bush, with a special focus in Conservation Week September 2008.
Sycamore is a major problem with thickets covering large areas. Summer 2007.
Sycamore were fallen in August 2008 and then mulched.
Having been mulched, this area will now be planted in to , a project overseen by the Myross Bush Landcare Group.
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