As the soil temperature drops and the rain falls, we eagerly embark on our year-long, much-anticipated winter projects. Winter is a season of opportunities at Hollard Garden. It’s the perfect time to relocate shrubs and trees to better locations, divide Hostas, Heliniums, Rudbeckias and other herbaceous perennials and finally allow potted plants to spread their roots into the subsoil. As the soil temperature drops and the rain falls, we eagerly embark on our year-long, much-anticipated winter
throughout New Zealand and increase demand for low emission vehicles. Greg Rine, Taranaki Regional Council Gardens Manager, is excited that Pukeiti is now part of this growing network. “EVs have traditionally been used for the daily ‘run-around’ town.” “By extending the network outside of the CBD to locations such as Pukeiti, we are making it easier to use EVs for weekend leisure or holiday making.” More than 1100 EV chargers have been approved for co-funding through the fund to date, with 700 already
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} Follow Towards Predator-Free Taranaki on Facebook - facebook.com/TowardsPredatorFreeTaranaki(external link) What is Trap.NZ? If you’re trapping at home, register with the online database Trap.NZ, via its website or app. Then record all your catches and also your trap checks (even when nothing has been caught). This makes Trap.NZ a source of valuable data tracking the region’s efforts and identifying gaps. Visit Trap.NZ website(external
As we transition into winter, it's the perfect time to reflect on the activities and changes that took place at Pukeiti over the autumn months. The Vireya Walk saw some important changes and is starting to show its colours. We thinned out certain plantings, to expose the hard landscape features that had been hidden. This has also created new spaces for planting in the future. Our Camellia sasanqua and Rata are in bloom, adding splashes of red, pink and white to the landscape, which made autumn
6,000 rat traps have already been set in the city’s backyards, in addition to those in parks, reserves and walkways. “When we launched heaps of people went out and bought one of our $10 rat trap packs, which was awesome. But over time it’s inevitable people forget about it or lose the motivation to check traps, keep them baited and record results on trap.nz,” Mr Ellis says. “So that’s a big part of the new community liaisons’ role – reigniting enthusiasm among those who have traps, as well as
compliance to 67.4% by 2030, though the Committee was told the Council’s own scientists consider 50-55% is more realistic, based on measured observations. Taranaki’s current swimmability rate is higher than most other North Island dairying regions and our projected gains from existing programmes and investments are the highest of any region in New Zealand, the Committee was told. But the Council is concerned that the swimmability requirements take no account of when people actually swim or the degree of
It was all hands on deck at Tūpare for the monthly working bee in June, where work was done, coffee was drunk and a whole lot of catching up took place. On the first Thursday of every month, gardeners from Pukeiti, Hollard, and Tūpare come together to lend a helping hand. Tūpare was next on the list, where a full day's work went into tidying up the autumn mess, says Tūpare Head Gardener Nick Lelean. “These working bees are a highlight of our month and the timing was perfect for us. Autumn is