Lots happening in March 23!
Send off for Lois
We have a special morning tea organised for Friday 31st March, for Lois Caldwell who will be leaving our community to live in Dunedin. Lois will be missed by all her Otatara and Southland friends but she looks forward to lots of visitors as she settles into Dunedin’s vibrant scene. Come along (with your best baking) to give Lois a good Southland send-off on the 31st
School and Garden Group Visits
On 8th March two groups of school students came to the Nursery with Bronwyn to learn about the process of collecting seeds and growing native plants. Rimu School and James Hargest are involved in Environment Southland’s Waihopai planting project so learning about locally sourced plants is important for the success of the planting site and it is a great project for us to be involved with.
On 13 March Dipton Garden Group visited and we managed to dodge the southerly showers to walk around the orchard, vegetable gardens and restoration area, culminating at the Hut for a short photoshoot!
Nursery Fridays
Nursery Fridays have been busy with native seed collecting, cleaning and processing ready for sowing and after some good rain plants are being collected for planting projects. There is also lots of produce to be processed – apples, zucchini, plums, cucumbers, tomatoes and other garden veggies. The zucchini has finally stopped growing and fell off, it was so heavy, at over 1metre long!
Weed Drop-in Morning Saturday 25 March 2023
Rachel and Walter from the ES weed team will be here on Saturday morning to identify any plants you might bring along. There will be a swap a weed for a native plant and also be the opportunity to look at the restoration and Nursery here. Drop in any time from 10-noon.
Posted: 16 March 2023