We were off to a running start with tea time on the go. Hot chocolates, Chai lattes, and Flat Whites went all around.
Today we worked with Te Ara Kakariki Trust, this Trust focuses on the Canterbury Plains and has a goal to create a corridor from the mountains to the sea. The corridor will be formed by creating "Green dots" throughout the Plains, these "Green dots" are patches of native Flora that can serve as habitat for native birds, this will ideally allow the birds to reestablish throughout the Plains.
The first site we worked at was the Colgate Native Reserve which is a public property and also where we attacked the invasive Broom with a couple of spears and a lot of soul.
A few of our group got ambitious and went to nearby home to help weed, put down weed mats and transplant some Kahikatea who were in need of some TLC.
We were just getting started.
A quick lunch and we were on our merry way to Eileen and Andy's "Green dot". Here we were tasked with the job of removing the native Sedge around the pond so it could later be transplanted and spread the native plant love.
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| Native Sedge (Pre-Student Removal) |
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| The group hard at work |
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| The Troublemakers |
Because a eco-conscious student's work is never done we drove to our final restoration site. Here we prepared for the coming planting season in September and helped create a trail for volunteers and visitors to more easily walk through the future reserve.
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| Maris making strides at making steps |
http://www.kakariki.org.nz
-Lauren
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