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The nursery at the Tawharanui Open Sanctuary recently produced its 200,000th plant, which will go in the ground on June 4.
“We’re not quite sure of the monetary value of this achievement – although it is certainly significant – but what we do know is that all those plants are creating great new homes for birds,” TOSSI committee member Sally Richardson says. “Saddleback, kiwi, bellbird, pateke, whitehead and even takahe are all using habitat created by TOSSI and our helpers.”
Sally says that while the nursery volunteers are happy to produce the plants that are slowly revegetating Tawharanui, they do need help when it comes to putting them into the ground.
Public planting days will be held on June 4, July 2 and August 6, with a barbecue lunch provided afterwards.
Each year, seeds for the plants that are targeted for the year’s production are sourced from areas throughout the park. They are, in turn, sown and then seedlings are pricked out and potted up by volunteers, who meet on-site at the nursery every Tuesday morning.
