Love NZ Bush? Like keeping fit?
Spare 3 hours once every 4-6 weeks?
Join our Possum Control Team.
We need more people to look after our bait station lines.
It's off-track stuff.
Basic training provided.
Gear and bait supplied.
Your choice of dates and times.
Possum Control is as important as tree-planting. Interested?
Please email info@MaaraRoa.org.nz
More info on our Possum Control page.
More helpers are needed for this important light duty tree care task.
Re-cycle used cardboard boxes
to make
Tree Collars.
Interested?
More info further down this Diary page.
Overview of Activities during the year
All walks are free events.
Bookings are essential: Please phone (04) 830 4041 or email bookings@gw.govt.nz.
What to wear and bring: a backpack with a waterproof jacket, plenty of water, snacks, sunblock. Wear tramping boots or strong lace-up shoes, use sunblock and a sunhat.
Next dates:
Glenview School entrance signs
Click for bigger image: Panorama from Glenview School 2011
Friends of Maara Roa Guides will show you past neglected areas of gorse to compare
with the regenerating areas that the Friends have planted over the last 10 years.
Meet at: Glenview School, Bedford St, Porirua.
Extra information:
Glenview School entrance signs
Putting in a support stake (25mm garden stake 1200mm tall) for those trees that need support against the wind on exposed slopes
View our Tree Care page to see what's involved.
In gardening terms, tree care means weeding, staking and mulching, pruning - particularly
those trees planted in the previous 2 years.
Where:
Saturdays: Volunteers meet at Glenview School, Bedford St, Porirua at 9.30am and down tools at 12.30pm.
Our tools are stored at Glenview School, and the walk in from there is shorter. But you can still walk in from Cannons Creek, as the walk back is a gentler slope. If you need more information, phone Neil and Juliet on 04 - 235 5501.
What to wear and bring:
Next dates:
Making plant pots from milk cartons;
tree collars from used cardboard cartons
[More details: Making Plant Pots and Tree Collars]
Winter, the season for planting, is coming!
We need another 5000 tree collars made for this year's plantings.
We re-cycle used cardboard cartons, cutting and slotting them.
One collar for each seedling planted.
The collars prevent weed growth that can smother small trees.
The collars also act as mulch.
More helpers are needed for this important light duty task.
It's fun to do with other helpers, or at home.
Or, help us get another group going on a different day
at our Glenview workshop.
We have loads of cardboard on hand.
Interested? For more information
phone Dorothy, 04-233.1346 or Sylvia, 04-237.4760
or email info@MaaraRoa.org.nz
Join a group doing easy yet essential tasks:
Next dates:
Where: our Workshop-Storage room at
Glenview School, Bedford St, Porirua.
Tools supplied, ample workspace, refreshments provided.
How frequently: once a month, the morning of the second Saturday.
Seedlings in root trainers
Tray of about 20 seedlings
[More details about Seed Preparation, Planting and Potting]
Our tree nursery occupies a courtyard in the Administration Block at Porirua College. We have a Plant Growing Unit for nurturing our young plants, sponsored by the Tindall Foundation and provided for the Trees for Survival Programme. They also supply seedlings and potting mix for use with Porirua College classes.
We warmly thank Porirua College and Trees for Survival.
Next dates:
What's involved: Each week a cheery group of volunteers gathers at our nursery to work potting-on seedlings into milk cartons for planting out when they are large enough. We also prick out small seedlings into root trainers and care for germinating seeds. We are caring for a wide range of locally sourced natives for our regeneration project, at all stages of their growth.
Where: A courtyard in the Administration Block at Porirua College, Driver Crescent, Eastern Porirua. Come to the College's front door and ask.
How frequently: every Thursday morning, 10am - 12.30pm
Interested visitors and helpers are always welcome. Phone Neil and Juliet on 04 - 235 5501.
During Winter plantings, and Spring & Summer tree care, we think there may be many folk who could come on a Tuesday or Thursday, weekly or fortnightly, and give a few hours.
Are you retired, a part-time worker or not in employment, a parent with time while children are at kindy or school?
We would like to create a group of people like you to help during the week.
Want to offer to help? Please phone Juliet on (04) 235.5501 or email info@MaaraRoa.org.nz.
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