Hillcrest Stadium - Transformation From Roots Up - Weekly Wednesday Restoration Group
Hamilton City Council
5 March 2025
09:00 AM
5 March 2025
12:00 PM
Transformation From Roots Up meets on a regular basis to undertake various environmental conservation activities within the park at Hillcrest Stadium to recreate a 'Kahikatea forest'. This includes planting native plants, 'releasing' planted plants, mulching.
The group works with the local community including Kirikiriroa Marae, Knighton Normal School, and other volunteers to plant and establish a mixed podocarp forest/ngahere (kahikatea, matai, rimu, totara etc) as part of the ‘bush corridor’ linking the city to the river. There is also an establishing grove of harakeke/flax from the ‘Rene Orchiston’ collection available for those teaching Maori traditional harakeke weaving.
Head along to help with this project and have a sense of contributing positively to the urban restoration within Hamilton. The group meets most Wednesdays at 10am at the Deer Stalkers Hall Carpark (969 Wairere Drive).