Trees for Canterbury have now confirmed our ‘Community Planting Events’ for the 2021 season. They are happening on the weekends from May until October. Listed are the dates & sites below, and we will start adding these events to our Facebook events page soon with greater details for some as they are confirmed. The plantings that have been on the Port Hills in conjunction with the council are now on hold as the sites have reached capacity for the time being. We will hold plantings at a new site in Barnett Park on the lower slopes instead.
We will also be holding another planting in October in the Cranford Basin. This will be the final planting of a new Kahiketea Forest with 40,000 plants being successfully planted over a period of one complete calender year. A total of 10 hectares of New Zealands tallest growing tree. The date will be confirmed shortly.
Times and more details will be added to some sites soon.
Sunday 2nd May: Styx Mill Conservation Reserve. Map
Sunday 16th May: Charlesworth Reserve. Parking on Charlesworth St, 10 to 12| Map
Saturday 29th May: Barnett Park follow signs from entrance 1 to 3 | Map
Sunday 6th June: Amberley Beach. 10to 12 | Map
Saturday 19th June: Barnett Park, follow signs from entrance, 1 to 3 | Map
Saturday 26th June: Horseshoe Lake Reserve, 10 to 12. | Map
Saturday 24th July: Halswell Quarry Park, 10 to 12, follow signs from the Kennedys Rd carpark. | Map
Sunday 1st August: Orton Bradley Park, 10 to 12, follow signs from the main entrance. | Map
Saturday 14th August: Southshore Reserve, 10 to 12, follow signs from the entrance.| Map
Sunday 22nd August: The Groynes, 10.30 to 12.30 follow the signs from the main entrance| Map
Saturday 18th September: Travis Wetland Reserve, 10-12. Follow the sings from the Beach Road carpark. | Map
October: Cranford Basin, Matariki Tu Rākau Commemoration Planting , 10 to 12. This will be held at the 103 Philpots Road, Gumboots Highly Reccommended. | Map