Springburn School joins War on Weeds
Armed with saws, secateurs and Subway sandwiches, Springburn School students were a formidable force at Staveley Camp for a pre-Xmas weeding bee. These students are the first to take part in a new…
What’s your Worst Weed? Vote NOW!
Gratifying and glorious to pestilent and persistent - during November you can vote for your favourite NZ native plant and least favourite weed at the NZ Plant Conservation Network’s website. In 2015…
Battle against wild ginger heats up
Biological and cyber warfare are two of the latest tools a multi-agency group is keen to employ to tackle a serious weed pest that has invaded thousands of hectares of Northland. Wild ginger -…
Weedbusting Kits for Whangarei now available
After many months of anticipation and prep work, I am excited to announce that the Weed Action Community Weed Control Resources (I think I may need to work on a more catchy name….) is up and running…
Red flag raised about yellow flag iris
Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) is a member of the family that the other iris’s don’t like to mention. Yellow flag is an emergent aquatic perennial that grows on the edges of swampy ground and in…
From little things big things grow
When a property in the Motueka Valley came up for sale Lisa Hood knew she had found the place that she could pour her passion for nature into. The property includes a 2.9ha QEII National Trust…
Stamp out snow poppy
Snow poppy is an attractive low-growing, evergreen perennial native to eastern China. It produces fleshy, 30-60 cm high stems topped with heart to kidneyshaped, leathery leaves. Stems secrete orange…
Volunteer cavalry leads conifer charge
While many New Zealanders spent last weekend hunting Easter eggs, a crew of keen volunteers on horseback were out in their big back yard searching for wilding conifers. Wilding conifers are a huge…
Mignonette vine a messy invader
Mignonette vine is another rampant South American native, once thought to be an attractive ornamental in warmer areas. Its slender, usually reddish, stems climb steadily into medium to high-canopy…
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