Here's the list that we planted last Saturday. It was a good turnout, though I couldn't stay for bbq lunch as I had to get to the bookshop. But am so happy we made a start on the revitalising of Riverpark.
We planted all along the boundary of the reserve toward the creek area. The next stage of planting will be more on our side, which David has already been planting with kowhai, kakabeak, manuka and whau. The weather turned out fine for our planting day and we hope that in a few years time our birds will be making their new homes there.
100 Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka
50 Pittosporum crassifolium -Karo
7 Pittosporum eugenioides -Lemonwood or Tarata
5 Vitex lucens - Puriri
5 Alectryon excelsus - Titoki
5 Dysoxylum spectabile - Kohekohe
7 corynocarpus laevigatus -Karaka
5 P. totara -Totara
100 Phormium tenax -Flax
50 Rhopalostylis sapida -Nikau
100 Coprosma robusta -Karamu
20 coprosma repens - Taupata
50 Myrsine australis - Red Matipo
20 Kunzea ericoides -Kanuka
25 Pseudopanax crassifolius - Lancewood or Horoeka
50 Cordyline australis - Cabbage Tree
101 Macropiper excelsum - Kawakawa
700 Total!
700
