Park rangers and the community are working together to realise the regeneration plan for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor.
Want to help create a living legacy for our city?
Rangers and the community are planting up the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor and they invite you to join them for planting days.
Print off a calendar of event dates to pin on your fridge! [PDF, 1.7 MB]
Contact: RRZRangers@ccc.govt.nz
Help Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park create a forest at Brooker Reserve by coming along to one of three planting events in 2023:
Contact avonotakaroforestpark@gmail.com
Join students from all over Ōtautahi-Christchurch to plant natives grown by the students themselves from seeds collected at nearby Ōruapaeroa Travis Wetland.
At the Chimera Crescent site, along Atlantis Street, off Travis Road:
Contact ecoactionnt@gmail.com
Join Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park and the Red Zone rangers for a community planting day. We are going to extend the work we completed last season in creating a forest along the high part of the Dudley stream in the former Residential Red Zone.
Meeting point: 104 Banks Ave, Dallington.
In association with Matariki in the Red Zone, we will extend the mini forest at Richmond Community Garden.
Join red zone rangers and locals to fill in the gaps at the '5000 trees that count' project, Deville Place, Waikakariki Horseshoe Lake and to do essential care and maintenance on last year's plants.
This day will include planting, releasing, and mulching - plant-based fun.
Support the long-term health of the Avon-Ōtākaro River with this riverside planting, led by Conservation Volunteers New Zealand.
Check out Conservation Volunteers New Zealand website(external link).
Help Council Rangers, CVNZ and the local community with this new restoration project beside the Ōtākaro Avon River.
Meeting points, bus and parking information to come.
Help Council Rangers, CVNZ and the local community with this new restoration project beside the Ōtākaro Avon River.
For more information on these events, contact rrz.rangers@ccc.govt.nz
This is a critical step in any restoration project - releasing the plants by weeding the long grass around each one and adding mulch. This allows each plant to access the sunlight and water they need to thrive and grow. We are working with Conservation Volunteers New Zealand to support this important work.
Contact:
We will return to release the new natives planted this winter, to ensure the success of this restoration project.
Put the dates in your diary and more information will be posted closer to the time:
Put the dates in your diary and more information will be posted closer to the time:
This is the perfect site for any schools looking to fulfil their community service hours and October to November is a great time to come together and do some Spring maintenance.
We have two dates for community to come help make a difference:
Contact the red zone team if you are interested in bringing your class or group to this site to make a real contribution to the restoration of this culturally significant site - Waikakariki / Horseshoe Lake.
Contact: RRZRangers@ccc.govt.nz
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand are creating a forest in the Dallington Landing area, as part of the Rotary Forests of Peace and Remembrance project. They hold regular maintenance events here.
Date: Stay tuned for the next date
Time: 9.30am
Access: Between Dallington Terrace and Gayhurst Road
Register: Dallington Landing Working Bee - Conservation Volunteers(external link)
Contact: christchurch@cvnz.org.nz
Please wear long sleeves and pants and bring:
Tools are supplied.
For further information contact parks.volunteers@ccc.govt.nz
At 602 hectares, the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor regeneration area is three-and-a-half times larger than Hagley Park.
Although this will be a generational project that’s likely to take between 30 and 50 years to fully develop, we encourage people to visit and connect with the land that once held more than 5,000 homes.
The Green Spine will form the core of the regeneration area. At 11km long, it will follow the Ōtākaro Avon River and feature swathes of restored native habitat, trails, paths, footbridges, community spaces, and riverside landings that provide access to the water and local information about the area.
Over the past few years, Council staff, organisations and volunteers have planted tens of thousands of native trees throughout the Green Spine, as we begin bringing the vision of an ecologically-restored river corridor to life.
Some of the larger ecological planting projects you can get involved in include: