SOSSI is running a “Sunday at Shakespear” on August 17th to see if we can finish the planting before spring (lambs are here!). Many of you have helped with the 18,000 already planted, but there are still 10o0 to go.
Bring the family and come and help, 10-12am with free BBQ to follow. Meet at the Park Office, wear strong shoes and dress for the weather. Bring a spade if you can.
At our recent AGM Allan Parker stood down as Chairman, having overseen the Society and the Sanctuary since their inception 10 years ago. Along with Jean Bell (who died last year) he was also awarded a Community Volunteers Award 2013 by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board of the Auckland Council. Matt Maitland, Open Sanctuary…
Since the formation of the Park in 1975, annual planting has greatly extended the original areas of native bush. Steeper gully areas have been fenced off and the current planting plan aims to fill gradually these. Public plantings for 2016 are on the mornings of June 12, Jun 19 and July 17. These are all…
The next Sunday event is on 21 May, 2017, 9.30am at the Park Office, Te Haruhi Bay. (NB: please refresh your browser to get the latest date! Try CTRL + F5 for PC, Cmd + R for Mac) ) Note that we’re starting a bit earlier to allow time for a short talk (topic to…
This year’s public planting days will be on: Saturday 7 June and Sunday 21 June. Planting is from 10am to 1pm, followed by a free BBQ.
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….
Follow along as SOSSI volunteers build a new bridge along the Waterfall Gully creek – new episodes released every Monday…. And finally…
