There were 5 Sundays this June, which along with some pretty good weather, allowed us to get a lot done.
Today's working bee focused on Te Uma I Mokotia, a track that runs roughly east-west through the center of Manawa Karioi.
Firstly, we realigned some track to make it easier to walk on when the ground is wet. This runs through a small grove of totara. We then planted a few understorey plants such as pate and porokaiwhiri, future canopy trees such as totara, and several each of emergent species, matai and rewarewa.
A few more low-growing shrubs were added around the seat at the north end of Moemoea, and at another viewpoint seat on Te Ahi Kaa.
3 late arrivals boosted our numbers to 12, and enabled us to get some more track improvements and planting done to the top end of Te Uma I Mokotia.
We had a complete reversal of the usual age demographic for a working bee - only 2 people over 50, with nearly everyone else being under 20!
We're looking forward to having a rest during July. See you in August for more planting!
