Vanished world on Arbor day
Queens birthday weekend in New Zealand (June 4, 2011) will see Arbor day pruning in the Vanished World – grab your saw and come along
Following on from the success of the 2010 arbor freeze at the Mt Stuart reserve this year’s Arbor day pruning in the South will be at the Uxbridge reserve – deep in the heart of the Vanished World [the Waitaki Valley, North Otago].
Back in 1936 the then Governor General of New Zealand (Sir Cecil Day) established the Uxbridge reserve and although plantings occurred no recognisable tree works has been undertaken since then – needless to say, the trees are in need of some TLC.
Uxbridge reserve now forms one of the newer fossils in the Vanished World - the others date back some 170 million years to time when New Zealand was part of Gondwanaland.
Come down and camp at the reserve, do some pruning and visit the Vanished World www.vanishedworld.co.nz, it is well worth the visit with many fascinating fossils and rock formations.
For ore information about the location and camping on site see the NZAA web site for more details www.nzarbor.org.nz for information about pruning and equipment requirements email, Jerry Lynch at jerry.lynch@op.ac.nz , David Glenn on; david.glenn@hortito.org.nz or Mark Roberts at: mark.roberts@thoughtplanters.com