Many of the city's neighbourhood parks are cared for with the help of the local community. Find out how you can get involved.
Help us make Lancaster Park beautiful! Join Park Rangers to cover this iconic park with native plants like sedge, rush and flax.
Make sure you wear lots of warm layers, a hat and a raincoat.
Sturdy footwear like boots or gumboots are a must and we recommend bringing recommend sunscreen, water and a snack.
You might also like to bring your own work/gardening gloves along.
All tools will be provided.
This event will go ahead rain or shine.
For more information, please contact Community Ranger Karen Smith on Parks.Volunteers@ccc.govt.nz.
Join volunteers for a planting morning in Westmorland East Valley Reserve.
There are 800 native plants supplied by Christchurch City Council and Trees for Canterbury so we need lots of help. The planting sites are on a slope this year but we always welcome families and encourage sturdy shoes. The planting will happen rain hail or shine.
Please bring a spade, gloves, a water bottle and sturdy footwear.
Find out more on the Westmorland Ecology Facebook page.(external link)
Join the Pūharakekenui Styx Living Laboratory Trust field team to plant in Englefield Reserve.
Dress for the weather with lots of layers and make sure to wear close-toed shoes or boots.
Tools and gloves are provided but feel free to bring your own if you prefer.
Contact courtney@thestyx.nz for more information.
The Laura Kent Reserve Workgroup meet on the first Saturday of every month for a couple of hours.
We remove blackberry, poplar seedlings and other unwanted species and are planting native plants historically found in the area.
Please come and join us here with spades, gloves and a sense of humour:
Head to the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network for more information or register your interest by emailing dugaldwil@gmail.com.
Join Park Rangers, Ihutai Trust and passionate volunteers at the Thistledown Reserve working bee:
Tasks include planting, pruning, weeding and mulching. Wear gumboots or old sneakers as there are wet and muddy areas on site.
Tasks include weeding, mulching and planting.
Wear sturdy footwear and bring your own morning tea gloves, wheelbarrow and gardening tools.
For more information, friendsoffarnley@gmail.com
Tasks include weed releasing, planting and general tidying up.
Contact Denis McMurtrie on 021 125 1920 for more information.
Drayton Reserve also holds regular working bees, check the Drayton Reserve Volunteers(external link) website or sign up for the newsletter to receive details of upcoming planting days.
During autumn, winter and spring, volunteer work is often focused around planting, weeding and mulching. In summer, work is mainly weeding, watering and litter removal.
Bring sturdy footwear, a bottle of water, snacks and warm clothes. Some gloves and spades are provided but bring your own if you can.