Adopt-a-Spot

The Friends of Maara Roa in Cannons Creek, Belmont Regional Park, invite you to Adopt-a-Spot.

It's a way for your organisation to create your own native forest fragment in the Belmont Regional Park.

Plant your own garden of native trees, then tend them for a minimum of three years.

Who can Adopt?

Your business, your church, your community group or your school.

How do you Adopt?

• You pick a site in the restoration area
  (there are lots more sites available, especially in the Cannons Creek Lakes Reserve)
• Choose the size of the area you want
• Commit to caring for it for a minimum of 3 years
• Put up your own special sign

What do you do then?

• Plant seedling trees — the Friends will supply these free.
• Each year, visit 3 times or more.
  • In winter you plant your trees.
  • In spring you clear weeds from around your trees.
  • In autumn you check your trees and prepare more of your site for the next planting.
• The Friends will guide you if you need help with the care.

What are the benefits?

• You are restoring the forest cloak of Papatuanuku right where you live.
• You bring more mature native trees and birds to the Park.
• You are showing that small organisations can do their bit to restore the forest.
• You are encouraging others to do likewise.

Who is already involved?

In 2001, each of the 5 nearest Primary Schools selected and "adopted" an area in the Cannons Creek Lakes Reserve to plant with native trees.

See the schools' "Adopt-a-Spot" efforts, press publicity and photos.

Thinking of adopting?

Please phone Juliet on (04) 235.5501 or email info@MaaraRoa.org.nz.

Our Adopt-a-Spot brochure provides the above information should you wish to print it.