Jean Malpas Community Nursery
Our Community Nursery is the heart of our operations. Each year our volunteers propagate and grow approximately 10,000 native plants to support reforestation efforts at our planting sites.
Winter Volunteering Hours: Wednesday sessions currently run from 11am – 2pm. Note: The nursery will be closed from Thursday June 30th for a winter break and will reopen on July 30th. Sessions will resume at 11am-2pm until it warms up enough to return to morning sessions.
What to bring: Gardening gloves and your own lunch.
Location: Jean Malpas Community Nursery, Poplar Drive, Kelvin Heights.
Community Planting Days
Each spring and autumn we invite our community to help plant native trees and shrubs at our keystone sites. Since 2015, we have planted over 120,000 natives throughout the Whakatipu Basin. Our sites are thriving examples of successful ecological restoration, providing habitat and food for native birds, insects and invertebrates.
Spring 2025 planting dates:
Saturday 6 September at Whitechapel Reserve from 9am
Saturday 13 September at Slopehill Reserve from 9am
Saturday 20 September at Lake Hayes Pavilion from 9am
Local Business Planting Day at Jardine Park TBC in October.
