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Volunteer Dune Planting Day Whitianga

Volunteer Dune Planting Day Whitianga

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Scheduled
Event Date
July 31, 2023
End Date
July 31, 2023
Buffalo Beach Esplanade
Buffalo Beach Road, Whitianga
Age
All ages

Event information may be subject to change. Please confirm details with event organisers.

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Dune planting day Buffalo Beach Whitianga
You are invited to join the dune restoration project team from Coastcare Waikato to take part as a volunteer to plant the dunes Buffalo Beach in Whitianga. 

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Join the the Thames Coromandel District Council and local volunteers to help plant the dunes with low growing plant species. 

Where
The dune systems at Buffalo Beach, Esplanade. Join MBAS in this planting!
 
You're invited to help plant native ecosourced dune plants with local school pupils and the Coastcare-Waikato programme.
 
Thames-Coromandel District Council has 2800 native dunes plants including sand-binding pīngao and kōwhangatara/spinifex to plant into a section of dunes that were scoured by Cyclone Gabrielle in February. A majority of these plants have been grown locally by Mercury Bay Environmental Trust.
 
We will be hold multiple planting stages between 9am and 3pm through out the day. The first Planting will have a safety briefing at approx. 9am.

Please wear covered sturdy foot wear, bring drinking water, sunhats/wet weather gear and gloves if you have them. 
 
Feel free to bring your favorite spade or use one of ours.

What to bring
  • You, your friends, kids and family!
  • Garden gloves if you have them
  • Spade 
  • Closed shoes
  • Water bottles for hydration
  • Sunblock.
Buffalo Beach Sand Dunes
Our sand dunes and the grasses and shrubs that hold them together are critical components of our beach defence system and ecology.  The plants trap and deposit sand, thereby stabilizing the dunes, which form a natural protective barrier against the forces of wind and wave.  In addition the dunes themselves provide an essential habitat and food source for coastal birds.