Following on from planting 1000 trees in Takapu Valley in June, the Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves held another planting session at the top of Forest of Tawa on Sunday 14 July. Joining Friends of Tawa Bush members, in the planting were representatives of the Ohariu Green Party, Port Nicholson Rotary Club, Port Nicholson Rotaract,Continue reading “Forest of Tawa Planting Session”
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Nursery Working Bee a huge success
Joanne Youthed reports on the latest working bee down at the nursery, where there’s good things happening! We had a fabulous day at the nursery today, with a great turn out and about 300 plants potted up into PB3 bags! John and Andrew took 400 plants up to the top of Te Ngahere o TawaContinue reading “Nursery Working Bee a huge success”
Completed lower track in the Forest of Tawa/Te Ngahere-o-Tawa
During June and July, WCC contractors undertook significant work, developing a new track, finally compacting the surface to enable stability of the surface. During this work, some windfall pine trees were cut, while native tree seedlings were repositioned near the track. Throughout the process, John Burnet and Andrew Liley maintained a watchful eye on proceedingsContinue reading “Completed lower track in the Forest of Tawa/Te Ngahere-o-Tawa”
Developments in the Forest of Tawa / Te Ngahere-o-Tawa
Following the purchase of the original Forest of Tane by WCC in early 2017, a significant amount of clearance and replanting has taken place beyond the Kiwi Crescent entrance. (See FOTBR newsletters August 2019 and August 2020). Further planting occurred in 2020 on the higher slopes. John Burnet reports that WCC are currently funding andContinue reading “Developments in the Forest of Tawa / Te Ngahere-o-Tawa”
Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves 