Join STEPS improving part of the Roy Clements Treeway!
Last year, we planted the ephemeral wetland at the Treeway’s southern end. In 2019 we will fill it out and do some releasing.
Come along, with family and friends, for a couple of hours of planting and help improve the biodiversity of the area with the support of our Local Board.
Saturday 18th May 2019 at 10.00am
@ Kerr Taylor Park (Fergusson Reserve) end of Roy Clements Treeway (southern end)
Please bring a sunhat and sunblock, a raincoat, water bottle and gardening gloves. Bring a spade if you have one – we have some spares.
Alberton Historic House kindly invited STEPS and Friends of Oakley Creek to share a stall at the Market Day on February 10 2019. As always, many hundreds of people attended. Most stalls provided a range of crafts and food – while ours was unique in providing information about water quality, weeds and mountain to sea walks. Sel Arbuckle had collected a barrow full of weeds (including palm grass, chinese and tree privet, date palm, spindleberry, moth plant, woolly nightshade) and weeds were certainly a focus of interest for the majority of visitors. Many took Auckland Council/ Forest and Bird pamphlets to educate neighbours with moth plant being the all-out favourite!
We were pleased also with the number of volunteer and potential members who signed up for both groups. Wendy John said: From my experience, today was probably one of the best with regards to people being interested in various issues – especially the weeds. I was very pleased with how many people knew, were concerned and were, already doing something about some of them – especially mothplant and woolly nightshade. Another great collaborative occasion!
Thanks to Rendell Francesca & Alberton team, our visitors, Sel, Wendy, Ngaio, June, Julie, Xavier, Josh & Liz for making the day such a success.
