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Welcome to Nelson-Tasman Weedbusters
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Local News:
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.
9 Oct, 2007
Dirty Weekends Recommended for Golden Bay Locals
Author:Weedbusters
Locals are being asked to have a ‘dirty weekend in their own back yard’ this October to protect Golden Bay’s special env...
19 Sep, 2007
Golden Bay Weedbusters write...
Author:Weedbusters
Golden Bay is launching itself into weedbusting mode, thanks to some determined individuals and a community that cares a...
11 Mar, 2005
Weed watch at the Nelson Lakes Classic Boat Regatta
Author:Anne Brow, DOC
On the 5th and 6th of March classic boat enthusiasts from across the Nelson/Marlborough region and beyond descended on L...
22 Nov, 2004
Murchison Weed Busting Day
Author:Department of Conservation
Eleven Murchison locals turned out to control weeds in the Riverview Reserve Kahikatea Walk on a showery Saturday (30 Oc...
13 Jul, 2004
FAULKNER BUSH A Wakefield Gem in the Nelson Region
Author:
Faulkner Bush is one of the very few remaining areas of podocarp forest that once covered the Waimea Plains. A younger ...
1 Jun, 2004
Coast Care News
Author:Tasman District Council Newsline #103
We have had two successful years of building coastal dunes at various locations in the District. Pingao has now been pla...
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Contacts:
Sandra Wotherspoon, Department of Conservation:
Email: swotherspoon@doc.govt.nz Lynne Hall, Nelson City Council:
Email: lynne.hall@ncc.govt.nz
Useful Links :
Department of Conservation - Nelson/Marlborough Regional Info
Tasman District Council Pest Control
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