Wat wordt er gepland in "sturm's Gully"?

Al weken zijn mensen van de gemeente bezig met groot onderhoud aan "Sturm's Gully". Sturm's Gully is een stuk bos wat grenst aan onze tuin. De heer Sturm heeft jaren geleden inheemse bomen en struiken gepland en een aantal jaren geleden heeft de gemeente actie ondernomen nadat buurtbewoners hadden geklaagd over de verwaarloosde Gully. Maar de afgelopen weken dus was er meer onderhoud dan normaal. En wij vroegen ons af waar dat voor was. Inmiddels weten wij het. Op vrijdag 5 juni zijn er in de Gully nieuwe bomen gepland, hieronder het verslag uit de plaatselijke krant:

Keen students join tree-planting party

06.06.2009

Roger Moroney Sensible shoes and smart blazers were swapped for gumboots, warm coats and woolly hats as students from Napier Girls' High School joined a large and enthusiastic gathering for an Arbor Day planting on Bluff Hill yesterday. Locals joined the planting party, which also featured members of Greenscene Arboriculture, Napier Mayor Barbara Arnott and Hawke's Bay Regional Councillor Kevin Rose, to place 150 nativetrees across the Sturm's Gully landscape. Greenscene's Wendy Lawrence said the planting was the largest the group had embarked upon, and she said the group was looking to repeat the scale of it next year.

But one thing the willing tree planters did not have to worry about was digging the 150 holes to take the native karaka, kowhai, titoki, wineberry and lace-woods. "We dug those in the days leading up to it," Ms Lawrence said. The students clearly enjoyed the outing, with one describing it as "fun - and something that will last for years to come." The efforts of all those involved would almost certainly also give the local birdlife cause for enjoyment as well. Greenscene's director Rob Nicholls said the trees were picked to encourage native birds such as tui, bellbirds and kereru to the area. The planting coincided with World Environment Day which was being wrapped up today with the last of about 5000 grasses, flaxes and shrubs being planted along the banks of the Kereru Stream in Hastings.