Every month South Canterbury Conservation Trust volunteers, aka the Geraldine Passion Killers, head off to Kakahu Bush to spend the day there weedbusting. All sorts of weeds are tackled by the group…
Trelissick Park in Wellington’s Ngaio Gorge is bursting with birdsong and native plants are flourishing thanks to years of hard graft by the Trelissick Park Group. They want to keep it this way and…
A once tired, damaged wetland near Otaki is now bursting with birdlife and native plants thanks to Graham and Patricia Booth’s efforts to restore it to its former glory. In 2001 the Booths bought 8…
New Recruits Needed for War on Quarantine Island Weeds … Dunedin locals are invited to take part in summer weeding bees being held on the harbour’s historic Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua. Quite a…
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…
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…
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 -…
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…
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…