#Pollinators Hedgerow Planting #WorkParty in #Metchosin. More #volunteers are needed!

The stellar Claire, who was one of our GWAS CBOs (Chief Birding Officer) this past summer, is completing her Restoration of Natural Systems (RNS) capstone project, and could use some extra hands with a #NativePlanting on Saturday November 22nd at #MetchosinFarm.

Please email to join the work party & let them know if you need carpooling ride too:
[email protected]

#Rewilding #NativePlants #NatureRestoration #biodiversity #ecology #environmental #ClimateAction #CommunityWork #Teamwork #HelpingHands #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #ClimateAction

I love the fact there's so much native forest replanting going on around Aotearoa. I get that you're never going to get 100% survival rates when planting Zone 5 (in permaculture jargon, reserve area that's mostly unmanaged). But...

... I do wonder how much local ecological knowledge is being applied to decisions about what gets planted where, and when.

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#Aotearoa #EcosystemRegeneration #Reforestation #NativePlanting

I'm growing Xerochrysum bracteatum, a local #wildflower. Also known as everlasting due to its ability to be dried for floristry, or paper daisy, after the crispy, papery feel of the petals.

#biodiversity #nativeplanting

This.
Also, *hyperlocal* natives. Here in Australia, garden centres sell 'native' plants that don't grow for thousands of kilometres around! This is no use to the gene pool (in fact damaging when they hybridise with close relatives) and no use for closely associated and highly selective animal species. My 700+ garden plants grow around here.

#biodiversity #NativePlanting #natives #WildlifeGardening #exticintion #ecology #UrbanGardens #WildPlants #BiodiversityCrisis