Community native planting day - Slopehill Reserve

We invite you to join us for a community planting day on Saturday 13th September, as we continue revegetating this former grazing land with the plants that were once common here.

Slopehill Reserve is a 33 hectare DOC recreation reserve right in the middle of the Whakatipu basin and a catchment area to Lake Hayes where we have planted over 40,000 native plants to date.

Together we will add 1000 more plants to this site - the hard work of digging holes will already be done and the job on the day will be to get native plants into their forever homes.

As is tradition, we will have a delicious morning tea part way through the morning and take some time to catch up and enjoy the view.


Time | Location | What to wear

It’s drop-in style so join us when you can between 9.00 - 12.30.

*Wear sturdy shoes and comfortable outdoor clothing. Gumboots area good call at this site as the areas closest to the stream can be wet.
*Bring a pair of gardening gloves if you have them and a water bottle

*Access is off SPEARGRASS FLAT ROAD ONLY.
*Planting site is on the right hand side of the bike trail, about 1 km along Slope Hill Road .
*Parking: look for WRT flag on the left, or cycle/walk via the Countryside Trail

Note: NO DOGS to this event due to recent pindone drops in the area.

*Map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vp3ncQWP5MwzFxjB9