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January 2012 A Rocha is an international interdenominational Christian nature conservation organization. The local branch A Rocha Manawatu grows native plants for planting locally and meets fortnightly (1.30 - 3.30 p.m) usually at the Plant Propagation Unit behind the Longburn Adventist College, Walkers Road, Longburn. Visitors welcome! To find our more about A Rocha or upcoming activities please contact John Flenley on 06-357-6844. Sunday January 29: Garden life - Wildlife Gardening to make life easier and the rewards sweeter Get more from your garden with less effort, by working with the wildlife around you. Find out how to naturally balance your garden to avoid major problems, so you can reap the fruits of your labour. Here's a multi-learning style environment where you'll be able to immerse yourself in a permaculture environment and find out about natural ways to make life easier for yourself - and the wildlife trying to live around your garden and community.
February All of February! Bikewise bike month and 33 Days of cycling continue This is a great time to get out on a bike! Planned events include Go By Bike days, family fun days, a photo competition and many more events for local cyclists PLUS lots of events related to the New Zealand Cycle Classic, which is being held in the Manawatu for the first time. Far too many events overall to mention here but you can check them all out at 33 Days of Cycling Wednesday February 8: Forest & Bird Rangitikei Branch Night - NZ Spider Orchids! (Marton) Speaker Carlos Lehnebach is Botany Curator at Te Papa
Saturday February 11: Permaculture Home and Garden Tour (Ashhurst)
Come visit homes that demonstrate different aspects of permaculture design. Aspects of the tour will be hands-on, including a chance to try out scything in an orchard integrated with companion planting and a demonstration of how to construct moveable raised garden beds from local materials. Also visit a comfortable and attractive off-grid home and discuss permaculture design plans.
Pre-registration is essential. Tours beginning at 9:00 and at 11:30 are open to a maximum of ten persons on a first-come, first-serve basis. Depending on interest, a group of ten may tour also at 2:00. Visit RECAP for more information and for updates on tour times. The tour is expected to last for approximately 3 hours. Some parts of the tour will require walking on uneven ground, such as a short distance across a flat paddock. The tour visits several homes. A koha of $10 per person is requested. Apply your own sliding scale.
To pre-register, email info@recap.org.nz.This learning opportunity is provided by RECAP : The Society for the Resilience and Engagement of Ashhurst and Pohangina Inc. (not-for-profit). For more information, visit RECAP.
Saturday February 11: Think, Act, Decide - Save the World (Part 2)
PNCC Councillor Chris Teo-Sherrell will speak at the Palmerston North Theosophical Society meeting
A Rocha is an international interdenominational Christian nature conservation organization. The local branch A Rocha Manawatu grows native plants for planting locally and meets fortnightly (1.30 - 3.30 p.m) usually at the Plant Propagation Unit behind the Longburn Adventist College, Walkers Road, Longburn. Visitors welcome! To find our more about A Rocha or upcoming activities please contact John Flenley on 06-357-6844. Tuesday February 14: Forest & Bird Manawatu Public Meeting and speaker
Friday February 17: Forest & Bird Rangitikei Trip to Lake Rotokare (south Taranaki) Lake Rotokare is a community-led project to create a pest-free sanctuary.
Sunday February 19: LOAVES at the Garden Exchange Bring your excess plants and produce to the Garden Exchange at the Ashhurst RSA Market on Cambridge Ave. (across from the Anglican Church) and be one of the first in the region to receive LOAVES complementary currency vouchers. LOAVES will be released in a limited amount, and they will be accepted on the day at a few local businesses to demonstrate local wealth creation from sustainable home gardening. You are also welcome to swap for or to buy plants and produce at the Garden Exchange. The stall will be open from 9:30 until about 12:00. LOAVES and the Garden Exchange are demonstration projects of RECAP. Sunday February 19: Pit Park Working Party Help develop the Featherston St Pit, now formally known as Edwards Pit Park, into a community park that Palmerston North can be proud of. Working parties are held every third Sunday afternoon of the month - starting at 1.30pm and finishing around 3pm with a cup of tea. All welcome! The Pit Park is at the Vogel Street end of Featherston Street, with entry just before Tweed Street. For more information, contact Marise on 354 0062 or Malcolm on 357 5570, visit the Pit Park People on the ENM website or checkout their Facebook page. Weekend February 18-19: Habitat Restoration in the Rangitikei Come for a half a day or the whole weekend to this rare forest remnant situated on a river terrace in the beautiful Kawhatau Valley. Sycamore trees growing in the bush have been the number one challenge but now that the adult sycamore weeds are down, it’s a matter of clearing the remaining seedling weeds and saplings and getting underway with replanting. At this work party we will focus on sycamore removal. Interested? Contact Sally (phone 06 3594326 or 021 256 9641, or email sallylpearce@yahoo.com) by Sunday February 12th to find out more about what’s involved, what to bring and to arrange carpooling and accommodation (if required). Weekend February 25 - 26: Learn Bush Craft Skills and overnight camp with the Kiwi Conservation Club Kids interested in learning Bush Craft skills with Paul Dekker an experienced bushman? The KCC group will be staying Saturday night at the Heritage Lodge in the scenic Oroua River valley of the Ruahine Forest Park. Hut fees are $5. the hut sleeps sixteen, if numbers exceed this some can camp. Full details will be provided on registration.
Wednesday February 29 – Thursday March 1: Landcare in Action: National Landcare & Catchment Management Conference 2012 (Hamilton) Hosted by the NZ Landcare Trust, this conference will “celebrate the work of rural communities from all around New Zealand and provide an opportunity to explore the role that community leadership plays in sustainable land and water management. In addition the conference will examine sustainability in a broader commercial context, investigating how sustainable land management can make good business sense, both to farmers and the wider business community.” Early Bird registration (extended until 31 January 2012) for Community/Landcare Group Reps is $225.00 (GST incl). More info at www.landcare.org.nz Coming up in March Saturday March 3: Farewell to the Birds Say goodbye to the Eastern Bar-tailed Godwits that have spent the summer in Foxton and wish them good luck on their 22,000km journey to the northern hemisphere. Meet at 12.30pm at the Holben Reserve, Foxton Beach, by the Manawatu Estuary. For more info contact Joan Leckie 06 368 1277. Saturday March 3: Seaweek Dune Day Celebrate Seaweek by joining Forest & Bird Rangitikei for a family field trip to explore the dunes of Tangimoana Beach. Walk the dunes and wetlands of this dynamic environment looking for native critters, then help with coastal conservation work after lunch.
Tuesday March 6: Native fish habitat restoration planning meeting The local champions of native fish habitat restoration work in the Tangimoana community are holding a planning meeting to welcome newcomers, review progress, identify new actions and assign roles/tasks. If you are interested in whitebaiting, native fish, healthy waterways, or environmental restoration, please come along.
Weekend March 10-11: Sixtus Lodge Working Bee The Sixtus Lodge Outdoor Education Centre, located 80kms from Palmerston North, offers schools and community groups enjoy comfortable well-equipped self-catering accommodation in peaceful surroundings at the foot of the Ruahine Ranges. Volunteer input, the very generous grants from many organizations, and the proximity to Manawatu towns has enabled Sixtus Lodge to offer a very low-cost “back to nature” experience. To find out more about Sixtus Lodge visit www.sixtuslodge.co.nz Would you like to experience the Sixtus Lodge experience and at the same time contribute to the care of this special venue? The working bee will include the clearing summer growth from around young trees and getting rid of plant pests. Helpers would be really appreciated! (Bring secateurs, hedge clippers, loppers etc if possible). For more information, please contact Midge 357 4877. For more information, please contact Midge 357 4877.
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