Plantout Day

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Last Saturday, conditions were that once established it will perfect for Te Ara Kākāriki’s not only attract native birds final Plantout day of this but also be a nice backdrop season. for a sculpture trail. Volunteers worked in two Another group extended two groups, with one starting the special existing sites, with the morning planting along West first neighbouring Lords Bush, Coast Road with a lovely in the third consecutive year of backdrop of the snow-dusted planting. The other is Te Ara mountains. Here they planted Kākāriki’s legacy site Ōkakaraiti over 500 plants of dry woodland on Pocock’s Road, where and totara forest. The site is volunteers added 300 seedlings one of over 120 in Selwyn to what will eventually be established by Te Ara Kākāriki a site with 30,000 plants. in their efforts to create a The Clarke family of Darfield corridor of native steppingstones enjoyed their day and son providing passage for birds to Hadrian proudly said, “We've travel across the Canterbury been coming to plant with Te Plains. Ara Kākāriki since I was two!”. In the afternoon, the group He planted alongside his headed to the property of Frank mother Andrea, siblings James Hakkaart, formerly the Hororata and Nola, cousin Lilly, and Hotel and now the Artist's In their international student Pai pottery studio and gift shop. from Thailand. The girls also The old beer garden was took part in a harakeke flax transformed into a native weaving workshop, creating Greendot, and Frank hopes putiputi flowers.

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Zac Aldersley with Japanese students, Yamato Hasegawa and Hitomi Kamei, plant at Ōkakaraiti.

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