On Friday 7th November we will be celebrating the Community Nursery Education Centre’s First Birthday. Since opening last November we have had over 900 visitors and I am very happy with the use of the building and facilities.
Come along on Friday and have some birthday cake and bring along some food to share as well as delighting at all the seedlings that are emerging right now.
Spring is an exciting time of year and it’s a great time to get planting. We can help! With advice or plants – come along and see what we’ve got in the nursery.
We are also planning some great workshops for next year including a beginners art workshop with New Zealand renowned artist Jo Ogier – have a look at the following website http://solandergallery.co.nz/node/2392 or Google Jo Ogier and you will see the diversity of her work (Jo specialises in nature subjects). The Education Centre is available for hire for holding workshops, so if you have a workshop in mind (nature, art, music, health) and need a basic indoor space that links to an awesome outside environment – give me a call or email.
Posted: 3 November 2014
After a winter break the Community Nursery is open again, and a springclean is in order! Volunteer Fridays for the next few weeks will concentrate on weeding, but we will also be encouraging people to take away a few plants for their projects to create space in the nursery for new stock. You can give some time in exchange for plants or purchase plants at $5 each - proceeds to the Community Nursery Education Centre.
At present there are lots of broadleaf, manuka, cabbage trees, Coprosma, Carex, Fuchsia, Pittosporums ready for planting. Seedlings are sprouting from seed sown in autumn and cuttings sending out roots, all ready to be potted up soon.
Take time out to go exploring - spring is a great time to see some magnificent native flowers like kowhai, native clematis and fuchsia - all being enjoyed by native birds.
see you soon
Chris
Posted: 9 October 2014
Monday 14th July Kindergartens South Nature Discovery Seminar was held in the Education Centre. It was an inspiring day where all the Kindy’s doing nature discovery programmes reported back on their successes and challenges. The seminar was followed by a walk around the Rances facilities and tracks and after lunch we all went to see the Myross Bush section that Kindy South have bought for the purpose of nature discover. It is visionary and we wish them every success and look forward to working together with children enjoying and learning from nature.
Posted: 16 July 2014
Community Nursery Closed for Winter
We will be reopening on Friday 3rd October 2014. In the meantime winter is a great time for reflecting and planning what you will do in the coming season. See you in springtime!
Posted: 16 July 2014
Community Nursery activities in July 2014
After collection of seeds in February to June early July saw us seed cleaning and then seed sowing all the locally collected seeds for next season. Have a look on the website for instruction on how to grow seed and cuttings.
4 and 11 July - Cuttings workshops have been held – propagating plants that we didn’t manage to get seeds off and creating next seasons stock for the nursery
Posted: 16 July 2014
