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Southland Community Nursery Closed for Winter – July 24

On Friday 12 July we had our winter break-up day at the Nursery. Main jobs included more cuttings, mulching a new native area and weeding the Nursery. The photos below taken this week show the reasons why we close up for winter, beautiful as it is! All seeds have now been sown and we await springtime and the exciting time of seedlings emerging. Thanks to all our volunteers over the season and we look forward to re-connecting in September if not before. We have some seeds left so in springtime, if the demand is there, we will have some hands-on propagation days with some seed giveaways – if you or a group are interested in these, email me and I will arrange them.

A few dates for your calendar – Saturday 24 August, Te Rere Penguin Reserve planting day – bookings to , and on Sunday 15th September, big planting day at Bushy Point Otatara. Also note down the date for the Southland Ecological Restoration Network (SERN) Spring Bus Trip which will visit the Gore area on Saturday 16 November 2024.

Hope you enjoy some wild adventures this winter, if you’re hunkering down with a good book – recommend Feijoa – see photo or come and borrow something from our new Nursery library (remember to log it out!).

Enjoy the rest of winter, spring is on its way (snowdrops are flowering!) and see you Friday 6 September, when the Nursery re-opens

Chris and Brian