June is the month to help celebrate 20 years of planting native trees in the Mangemangeroa Valley Reserves.
There are two dates where you can help plant some 6000 eco-sourced native trees, grown from seeds collected in the valley.
The Saturday June 13 planting is organised by South Auckland Forest & Bird with Friends of Mangemangeroa (FOM) and Saturday June 27 by local Rotary clubs with FOM.
Meet by 8.40am at 108 Somerville Road, Howick in the Barn car park. Children aged over 12 years with a parent/supervisor are welcome.
Items to bring include gloves; sound covered footwear; weather protection, sunscreen, drinking water and a spade or light shovel.
All helpers will be required to sign-in and maintain whatever Covid-19 Level requirements apply on the day. It’s an Auckland Council requirement that all receive a Health & Safety talk before departing to planting sites. The talk will start at 8.45am. Unfortunately, any late comers arriving after this talk are liable to be turned away.
There will be a selection of ways to help some don’t involve digging or planting, eg assembling and/or fitting plant protectors (need to bring along a hammer or mallet for this).
For more information call Forest & Bird/FOM (Graham Falla, 09 276 3092) Rotary/FOM (Allan Riley 021 534 474).
