Lets Get Started

Weekly Wednesdays
We will start off with having mid week working bees every Wednesday 8.45am to 12 starting this Wednesday 6th Oct. Note it in your diaries. We will meet under the walk bridge accessible from beside either 64 St James Drive or 2 Grenache Place off Coleraine Drive. That is where the open day was held.
I have just come back from a visit to the gully with Paul Duffy, HCC. We have 10 x good sized Kahikatea to plant in an Astelia grandis area.
The focus will be on clearing Honey Suckle and cleaning up the area on either side to the foot bridge with the view of some council planting in this area next winter.
Bring: Morning tea, gumboots, gardening gloves, loppers or hedge cutters or garden shears (no slashers please for safety reasons).

Monthly Saturdays
Oct 16th (Morning because of DOC’s 1pm workshop) Nov 20th, Dec 18th. That is the third Saturday in the month. Could I have feedback on your preference for either morning 8.45am to 12 or afternoon 12.45 to 4pm? We will only have one on the day so the highest number responding to morning or afternoon will win! Thanks.

A Banker
We require a person to operate a bank cheque account for the Group (there will be two signatures on all cheques). This is very basic stuff. We have not yet opened an account so what bank we use is negotiable. If you can help please email Rex at gullyrestoration@gmail.com or give him a ring on 854-0973.

Want Stuff
There is a new page (see tag right hand column) listing things that we require for use in the gully restoration project. Mostly it will be things that you may have lying around your home or at your work that may be of no value to you but saves the group using its limited funds (none existing at the moment!) to buy.

DOC Track Building Workshop Saturday 16th 1pm
DOC is running this in Hamilton. This is very timely for our project. It is being held at the gully at the back of Siverdale School. Park either in the school car park or on the road and meet at the far corner of the playing field next to the swimming pool.
If you are going on your own and would like to car pool email Rex at gullyrestoration@gmail.com

Back Yard Biodiversity in Canterbury
Published by Lincoln University with the help of funding
from Brian Mason Scientific and Technical Trust.
This is well worth a read http://tinyurl.com/yzvypsg