Planting at Henry Shepherd Reserve, West Melton)

Give back to nature and help green Selwyn! - Community Planting Day organized by Selwyn District Council and supported by Riccarton and Lincoln Rotary Clubs.

What to bring: spade, drink bottle, sunhat, gloves, sturdy footwear.

BBQ lunch provided. 

Meet new people and make a difference in your community. We look forward to seeing you!

Here is the full planting list for the day – 610 plants in total.

• 100 carex testacea (orange sedge)
• 60 chinochloa flavicans (miniature toetoe)
• 100 chinochloa rubra (red tussock grass)
• 20 choisya ternata (Mexican orange blossom)
• 40 cordyline australis (NZ cabbage tree)
• 20 coleonema ‘sunset gold’ (golden breath of heaven)
• 40 coprosma acerosa (sand coprosma)
• 40 hebe ‘wiri mist’
• 30 muehlenbeckia astonii (shrubby tororaro)
• 60 nandina pygmaea ‘firepower’
• 40 ozothamnus vauvilliersii

- 60 pittosporum ‘golf ball’