Two weekend working bees

Last weekend was a busy one for the Trelissick Park Group with not just one but two working bees.

Volunteers from the group planted grasses beside the Ngaio Gorge Road layby in the area hit by the slip that came across the road on 1 July.

The next day group members planted species on the south bank of Kaiwharawhara Stream.

The Ngaio Gorge Road slip stabilisation project is finished. The original plan was to grass the strip beside the layby half-way down the road.

Instead Wellington City Council Park (WCC) Ranger Adam Groenewegenarranged a supply of grasses from the Berhampore nursery and recruited some keen volunteers from Trelissick Park Group to plant them on 1 July.

The 200 supplied was not quite enough to fill the space, so more are coming soon. One of the Trelissick Park Group members adopted a “spot” a couple of years ago on the south bank of Kaiwharawhara Stream, just down from the Oban Track bridge.

The 2 July working bee was devoted to helping with some maintenance and infill planting of grasses, toetoe and cabbage tree. These species, supplied by WCC, are aimed at minimising bank erosion from flooding during heavy rain.

For more information on the Trelissick Park Group, see https://trelissickpark.org. nz/. New volunteers are welcome and can make contact by emailing trelissickgroup@ gmail.com.