Event

Do you want to feel part of a community? Want to give back in a way that boosts mental health and helps nature? Urban Ark - Manawa Taiao is seeking volunteers who want to contribute to our mission to increase native biodiversity through community action. The event is FREE but to help us get an idea of how many people to expect please register at https://events.humanitix.com/volunteer-welcome-session

This two-hour session is an intro to our work and our community. You will:

• Discover what Urban Ark is all about and where we are active: essentialy the central Auckland isthmus
• Learn how to safely set and check rat and possum traps (optional if that’s not your thing)
• Become familar with key pest plants (weeds) and find out why they are a problem
• Hear how we go about controlling weeds
• Find out about planting native speices, both pioneer plantings and enrichment plantings
• Learn how and where you can help
• Share tea and biscuits while chatting to Urban Ark staff and other volunteer
• See the impact of weeding, planting and trapping on a small patch of urban ngahere