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24 May 2000 |
Trees To Go In For The Millennium
About 120 pupils of Yaldhurst Primary School will plant several hundred native trees on 8 June in a Millennium project.
The planting will be in the Yaldhurst Bush and will start at 1.30pm.
It is part of a Turning Point 2000 project, along with the Christchurch City Council’s Parks Unit, to support the "re-invigoration of the indigenous bio-diversity within Christchurch."
About 12,000 native trees will be planted in six blocks – about 2000 at most sites – around the city. The project - Native Trees Please! – is designed to attract a greater abundance and variety of native wildlife, such as birds, reptiles, insects and snails.
The primary aim is to develop a living museum of plant life and associated eco-systems commemorating what existed in Christchurch in earlier times.
Native Trees Please! will involve school children and community groups in the planting and maintenance of the sites.
Further information: Steven Gray, Parks Unit: 941 8256 or 025 821 453.
NB: Planting will be on 8 June at 1.30pm at the Yaldhurst Bush, on the corner of the Old West Coast Road and the West Coast Road.