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Local News:
29 Mar, 2010
Operation Pig's Ear at Birdling's Flat
Author:Annelies Pekelharing
Sunday March 28, operation Pig's ear (Cotyledon orbiculata) on the covenant of Max manson in Birdlings Flat.This is a ve...
22 Feb, 2010
Restored wetlands the goal of symposium
Author:Sarah Crump
Floating wetlands on Lake Rotoehu that mimic the water cleansing attributes of the real thing will be just one of the sites attendees can choose to visit this coming March.
30 Oct, 2008
Mucky Month of Weeding
Author:Danielle - Auckland
Spring has sprung and all the weeds that grew so slowly throughout winter came on very fast for us and our Dirty Weekend turned into a downright Mucky Month.
30 Oct, 2008
Clearing and Re-planting a Bank
Author:Beth - Wellington
We spent some time in October tackling a 50sq.mtr bank covered in Tradescantia, hemlock and bindweed.
30 Oct, 2008
Clearing an overgrown garden
Author:Sharlene - Wellington
As the new owners of our recently purchased property, we climbed through the overgrown garden and discovered that there were 3 levels of retaining walls up the hill which we couldn't even see through the horrific wild blackberry!!
30 Oct, 2008
From weeds to potato patch
Author:Sarah
My husband spent loads of time on the weekend clearing out forget-me-knots and chickweed from a patch about 9m squared, ...
30 Oct, 2008
Birthday present of weeding
Author:Deidre - Canterbury
This year we gave a "dirty weekend" to our friend for his birthday.
30 Oct, 2008
Weeding Neighbouring Property too!
Author:Glenda - Auckland
We have worked hard to improve the land we live on and the neighbouring vacant section.
30 Oct, 2008
Huge effort over a whole month
Author:Pauline - Auckland
My neighbour Mike's property, which borders with mine, had never been "looked at " for over 30 years, and many of the original garden plants were now weed problems.
30 Oct, 2008
Section clearing & re-planting continuing
Author:Lance - Hamilton
On our October "Dirty Weekend" list was to get rid of the rest of the aluminium weed and replace it with more hostas and fuchsias.
30 Oct, 2008
Big Garden Clearout
Author:Catherine - Southland
In October, we decided to spend our dirty weekend removing silver birch from the garden. They lined the drive and were beautiful, but created problems for the allergy sufferers in the family.
30 Oct, 2008
Clearing sand dunes
Author:Edith - Bay of Plenty
When we purchased this beach front property in 1979 we all used the very front of our sections,which blend with the sand dunes as our dumping ground for all our garden rubbish. As the years have rolled by we like a lot of other New Zealanders have become aware of the impact on the sand dunes.
30 Oct, 2008
Weeding Grandfather's Garden
Author:Liana
My partner and I spent Labour Weekend weeding my grandfather's backyard along the back fence line.
18 Sep, 2007
Boneseed Busting
Author:Gemma Bradfield, ECan
Introduced from South Africa as a garden plant, boneseed, or salt bush, is now spreading rapidly throughout the country,...
6 Aug, 2007
NZ Boneseed Blitz for Australian Conference
Author:Weedbusters
The effort to remove boneseed from the Godley Head/Port Hills area in Christchurch, near Taylor’s Mistake Beach, will be...
19 Mar, 2007
Christchurch's Wetland Warriors
Author:Weedbusters
In a quiet corner of Travis Wetland in Burwood, Christchurch, the Clarevale Reserve Weedbusters continue their fortnight...
22 Oct, 2005
Lake Alexandrina Conservation Group
Author:Department of Conservation
Lake Alexandrina is a small high country lake found in the Waitaki Basin, 10 kilometres south of Lake Tekapo. The area i...
30 Aug, 2005
Help needed for Boneseed battle
Author:
Christchurch City Council rangers are collaborating with weed-control staff from other agencies to stem the spread of bo...
8 Aug, 2005
Volunteers clear boneseed from Godley Head
Author:Weedbusters
The proposed Awaroa Godley Head Coastal Park development near Christchurch has moved a step closer thanks to a massive u...
10 Feb, 2005
High Country Weedbusting - Ohau Conservation Trust
Author:Hamish Weatherall
Lake Ohau is one of the high country lakes in the upper Waitaki Basin, towards the Alps between Twizel and Omarama and a...
31 Jan, 2005
Five get Passionate in Banks Peninsula
Author:Annelies Pekelharing, Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust
The St Lucas Reserve, sloping down to Little Akaloa Bay, is a magnificent site. We enter the reserve via the little chur...
3 Dec, 2004
The Purple Peril!
Author:Jenny Williams, Environment Canterbury
Gardeners can play an important role in helping stamp out the Purple Peril a potentially serious weed from the country’s...
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Contacts:
Gemma Bradfield, Environment Canterbury:
Email: gemma.bradfield@ecan.govt.nz Helen Braithwaite, Department of Conservation:
Email: hbraithwaite@doc.govt.nz
Useful Links :
Christchurch City Council Canterbury Weed Guide
Christchurch Weeds Guide
Department of Conservation - Canterbury Regional Info
Environment Canterbury's 'How to Kill Stuff' pages
Funding available in Canterbury region
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