Our plant stand will be open again tomorrow Sunday, beside Eskdale Reserve and roughly opposite the petrol station in Glenfield Rd.
The $3 Kawakawa are quite large now, but we only have a few dozen left.
Carex flagellifera and Carex lambertiana $5 each
And a few bits and pieces…all wild natives grown from local eco sourced seed ( with a few exceptions, from cultivated stock, which we always point out). Seedlings in this bunch Including tōtara, mapou, karamu (Coprosma). We also have a few pots of the tiny mat-forming Carex inversa for fillings cracks and bare spots, and can be walked on or mown.
At last autumn rains have saturated the soil, loosening weeds and opening the soil for planting.
Tomorrow, Sunday 11th May (Mothers’ Day), we will once again hold the North Shore Wilds roadside native plant stand at Gahnia Grove, our restoration site in Eskdale Reserve, (around 230 Glenfield Rd, near the petrol station).
Small Kawakawa from $3 each or 4 for $10, Carex flagellifera from $5, larger kawakawa and Carex $8 and $10, plus Scrambling Fuchsia and a few other bits and pieces.
Also for sale will be our specially printed Gift Cards for a home garden ecology assessment, discovering hidden and unknown native ground covers, grasses and shrubs, identifying the weeds, and suggesting a strategy of natural, low-energy techniques for replacement of weeds by a diverse, healthy native plant community, with specific techniques of manual weed control. for kikuyu, Tradescantia, ginger, privets, weed vines, or whatever you have.
Conditions are now ideal for weeding, so between customers we are likely to be rolling back the kikuyu, or even hidden among the bushes as we discover this year’s new native seedlings as we weed. We keep a fairly close eye onthe stand, but if we don’t see you arrive, just call out or phone 021485994, and we will appear within seconds:)
