Wednesday evening Tree releasing at Bushy Point, Otatara: Summer/Autumn 2025
Wednesday evening Tree releasing at Bushy Point - Summer/Autumn 2025 Can you help?
EXCEPTIONAL grass growth this year is putting real pressure on many of the young trees (from Tree Planting Day September 2023)
which now urgently need releasing from encroaching grass if they are to survive and prosper. So Otatara Landcare Group is organising tree releasing sessions at
Bushy Point each Wednesday from 15 January, earlier than usual, through February, and possibly extending into March, from 6.30-7.30pm, weather permitting.
Various methods can be used to release the trees and suppress competing grass etc growth, as will be demonstrated at the time.
If you can help, please meet at the lookout seat, accessed from the Bryson Rd entrance to Bushy Point.
Kids can help too, finding and marking the seedlings hidden in the tall grass!
If possible, please bring:
Ø shoes or gumboots suitable for working in long grass
Ø gardening gloves
Ø clothing suitable for the expected weather conditions
Ø a face mask if you are allergic to dust or grass seeds
Ø safety (or other) glasses to protect eyes when weeding amid tall grass
Ø secateurs and/or a small pruning saw for working in bracken/lupins
Ø ideally, a pair of sharp garden shears suitable for cutting grass
Ø something to drink, especially in hot conditions.
Please contact Douglas Black on 022 104 8661 for more information or to find
out where we are working on the night.
(started 15 Jan ongoing through to mid March)
