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Waikato Botanical Society evening talks
The third in our series of evening talks Venue : The Links, Fellowship Room, cnr.Te Aroha St. and River Rd. ( there is plenty of easy parking ) Time : 5.30-7.30 p.m. Monday August 20. Catherine Beard: "Mangere Island, Chathams - a restoration story" In March of 2018 I visited Mangere island to assess progress on the Island restoration work, with the purpose of updating the ongoing restoration plan. Mangere Island is located around 800km east of the South Island.…
Find out more »Arnolds Bush (Piarere)
Combined trip with Rotorua Botanical Society. Grade: Easy Arnolds bush is a small kahikatea (3.5 hectares) remnant just off SH29 near Piarere. It has been fenced off and is regenerating nicely. Meet : Piarere Hall (on SH29 -750 metres North East of SH1)
Find out more »Waikato Botanical Society evening talks
The fourth in our series of evening talks Venue : The Links, Fellowship Room, cnr.Te Aroha St. and River Rd. ( there is plenty of easy parking ) Time : 5.30-7.30 p.m. Monday September 17. Antoinette van der Weerden: "Botanical Treasures of the Hamilton Gardens" Please add these dates to your calendar. There will be light refreshments available. A small charge of a gold coin donation will go towards the hire of the venue. All welcome See you there !
Find out more »McLaren Falls Park – Bits and pieces (with Rotorua Botanical Society)
Leaders: Graeme Jane & Gael Donaghy 07 5703123 gtjane@kinect.co.nz. Meet : The carpark Rotorua at 8.30am or McLaren Falls at 9:30am Grade : Easy to moderate. All routes well formed or across pasture with steeper bits stepped. Four forest remnants, each with a different flavour. The first is a small area of forest containing swamp maire (easy); the second a gully walk through remnant lowland podocarp forest (easy to moderate); the third another gully walk through some beech forest to a site containing…
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