Community Planting Day, Slope Hill Reserve

Community Native Tree Planting Day - Slope Hill Reserve


We invite our entire community to join us at this special site on Saturday April 12th, as we continue revegetating this former grazing land with the plants that were once common here.


Together we will add 1000 more plants to this establishing site, which we first adopted in 2019 when we started planting the riparian strips along the stream. It is staggering that there have been close to 40,000 plants planted at this site in that time and it is not hard to envisage how amazing this valley is going to be in the coming years.

Time | Location | What to wear

It’s drop-in style so join us when you can between 9.00 - 12.00.

*Wear sturdy shoes and comfortable outdoor clothing
*Bring a pair of gardening gloves 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
*Map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vp3ncQWP5MwzFxjB9


About the Slope Hill planting site:
*Slope Hill Reserve is part of a 33 hectare DOC recreation reserve, and we are excited to be planting a future forest here!!
The natural habitat is riparian along the stream edge and woodlands on the hill
*We’ve planted 39,571 trees here so far!