Please help for an hour on Saturday 07 October 2023. Community volunteers are planting spinifex. Meet at 9 am near the north track off Reay Mackay Grove. Bring gloves.
Craig Kidd from Horowhenua District Council will bring 3,500 spinifex plants for us to plant. Volunteers will be digging holes. All we have to do is take the plants from the root trainers and tuck them in.
Looks like the weather will be OK — maybe a bit of drizzle at worst.
These special natives protect and restore the dunes, and provide a vital buffer between the land and sea. Recent erosion at the end of Manga Pirau Street shows how important it is to protect what we still have. A single spinifex plant can trap 16 cubic metres of sand per year.
See also: Community spinifex planting on 07 October 2023 — please join in.
