The AGS planting
day on Sunday went very well, beautifully organised by Mary Stewart and Roseline
Klein, and supported by teacher Max Thomson and his brother Alistair. Steve Flynn (Habitat Restoration)
who did the spraying, attended as a volunteer, bringing his trailer to
ferry the plants to the site. Over 30 people came, most of them
students, and did great work under Mary's guidance, with her colleagues
Michael Ngatai and Rowena Gilchrist in support, all unpaid.
FOM was represented by Jean, Keith, Alistair and April, and FoM's general support was
acknowledged. Jeremy and Dorothy came but we sent them home as there
were plenty of volunteers already. Typically, they didn't go straight
home but stopped off to get some madeira vine across the road.
Work went
really well with all 500 plants in the ground by 11:30am, after which
everybody was happy to wait for the pizzas to be delivered. The
occasional shower was appreciated by the plants, if not the people.
Plants are: coprosma, kanuka, flax and mahoe.The AGS website also has a report and more photos.
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