Planting days 2026

A large group of people planting trees on a slope.

This year’s public planting days will be on:

Saturday 6 June
Sunday 21 June

Planting is from 10am to 1pm, and followed by a free BBQ. Follow signs at the park entrance to the planting site. Dress for the weather and wear closed footwear suitable for a muddy slope. Please watch the weather forecast, but planting usually goes ahead regardless of the weather (if in doubt check our Facebook page). Spades are provided but feel free to bring your own.

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Trappers wanted
ByPeter Jackson April 10, 2013June 15, 2014

The Trapping Team aims to intercept and remove any predators within the sanctuary to allow native species to flourish, and to encourage more species from other sanctuaries to become established at Shakespear. Trappers are assigned a line of traps that are checked regularly. You can help trapping We are looking for volunteers to join the…

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Planting Days: 16 June & 21 July
ByPeter Jackson May 8, 2013June 15, 2014

Shakespear Sanctuary is fortunate in having at least two mature patches of bush in Waterfall Gully and Kowhai Glen. However the intention has always been to increase the natural vegetation areas by planting more trees and shrubs. Apart from the initial amenity planting carried out in the 1970’s before the opening of the park, planting…

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Banish boneseed
ByPeter Jackson March 17, 2014June 15, 2014

This month’s pest plant is boneseed, also known as salt bush. Originally brought in as an ornamental from South Africa, it proved to be a pest (surprise!) because it readily colonises dry areas and soon prevents anything else from growing. This poses a threat to our coastal vegetation. Young plants have soft pale green leaves,…

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Planting money trees
ByPeter Jackson July 21, 2014December 3, 2024

While helping to plant trees at the planting day yesterday, Lucy Nie and and her friends from Kristen School also planted some ‘money trees’. They dramatised their day’s work and Lucy has made it into this very appealing video. Make sure you watch to the end.

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Planting days for 2014
ByPeter Jackson March 28, 2014August 6, 2014

STOP PRESS: one more day to go, 17th August Thanks to the hard work of the teams at the SOSSI nursery and Botanic Gardens, we have about 19,000 plants to go in this year. This is about twice as many as last year so we need lots more volunteers to help to plant them….

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