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Each pack has a mix of three native plants attracting native birds and bees
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Courses and events in conservation and sustainable living. A wide range of activities on offer. Join us, contribute, learn and share.
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Donate Today
From planting more natives, to running a youth education programme or running a restoration day, every dollar contributes to a wider community.
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Sponsor our Work
Would you like to contribute towards restoring nature and living lightly on this planet? Then get in touch and see how we can work together.
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What's On
Courses and events in conservation and sustainable living. A wide range of activities on offer. Join us, contribute, learn and share.
Read more
Volunteer
Find out about our wide range of volunteer opportunities for individuals, schools and youth groups, businesses and community groups.
Read more
Donate Today
From planting more natives, to running a youth education programme or running a restoration day, every dollar contributes to a wider community.
Read more
Sponsor our Work
Would you like to contribute towards restoring nature and living lightly on this planet? Then get in touch and see how we can work together.
Read more
Upcoming Events
Balms, Deodorants and Shaving Cream Workshop
03 October 2020
Learn how to make Fresh, Allergy Free and Non-Toxic Balms, Deodorants and Shaving Cream. This is a hands-on class that will leave you feeling very nurtured and satisfied.
Using Organic Essential Oils and other natural ingredients, you will learn to make different balms, including skin healing balms, solid deodorants and Shaving Products. Everyone gets to make their own balm to take home with lots of recipes for making more.
Registrations close on 1 October.
Using Organic Essential Oils and other natural ingredients, you will learn to make different balms, including skin healing balms, solid deodorants and Shaving Products. Everyone gets to make their own balm to take home with lots of recipes for making more.
Registrations close on 1 October.
Eskdale Reserve Restoration Day
03 October 2020
Join our community planting day at Eskdale Reserve, which has been at the heart of our activities since Kaipātiki Project’s inception. Spend some time outdoors to connect with nature and community, while restoring New Zealand forests.
We thank Barfoot & Thompson Glenfield and Milford branches for supporting this event. Their contribution enables us to continue restoring Eskdale Reserve and planting hundreds of plants and trees.
Things to bring:
- Suitable closed-toed footwear: gumboots or boots
- Clothing appropriate for the weather
- Reusable water bottle
- Sun protection
- Garden gloves if you have them (we'll have some as well)
We thank Barfoot & Thompson Glenfield and Milford branches for supporting this event. Their contribution enables us to continue restoring Eskdale Reserve and planting hundreds of plants and trees.
Things to bring:
- Suitable closed-toed footwear: gumboots or boots
- Clothing appropriate for the weather
- Reusable water bottle
- Sun protection
- Garden gloves if you have them (we'll have some as well)
Eco-Art Workshop Drawing and Lithography
10 October 2020
A rare opportunity and a new creative course that helps you get to know the Eskdale Reserve by learning about important trees, making tree rubbings, and turning them into fine art prints to take home.
What you will learn:
- Local ecology
- Practice a new drawing technique, such as frottage
- Introduction to lithography printing
Tactile drawing methods, such as frottage (aka rubbings), can help individuals without art training to physically learn from and engage with the environment through exciting art-making processes. The transfer of drawings to the stone and subsequent printing process will be guided by Auckland Print Studio’s experts in their workshop (based at Unitec), providing a rare opportunity for non-arts trained individuals to engage with an intriguing fine art printing process led by expert printmakers.
The price includes two days of workshop. Below are two streams of workshops and please only register to one 2-day workshop.
What you will learn:
- Local ecology
- Practice a new drawing technique, such as frottage
- Introduction to lithography printing
Tactile drawing methods, such as frottage (aka rubbings), can help individuals without art training to physically learn from and engage with the environment through exciting art-making processes. The transfer of drawings to the stone and subsequent printing process will be guided by Auckland Print Studio’s experts in their workshop (based at Unitec), providing a rare opportunity for non-arts trained individuals to engage with an intriguing fine art printing process led by expert printmakers.
The price includes two days of workshop. Below are two streams of workshops and please only register to one 2-day workshop.
Nature's Revival Blog
Single sex trees or Dioecious in NZ
New Zealand is full of many unique plants & animals. One aspect of our native plant life that attracts attention is the fact that many plants are of a single-sex or dioecious (two houses).
Te Mana o te Taiao featuring Kaipātiki Project
On behalf of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Department of Conservation led the development of Te Mana o te Taiao - Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020. View full document here. We are humbled and proud that some of our work features in the strategy document (page 30).
Teaching Garden
The happiness people experience when we’re gardening is similar to that of biking or walking, a new study has found.
Single sex trees or Dioecious in NZ
New Zealand is full of many unique plants & animals. One aspect of our native plant life that attracts attention is the fact that many plants are of a single-sex or dioecious (two houses).
Te Mana o te Taiao featuring Kaipātiki Project
On behalf of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Department of Conservation led the development of Te Mana o te Taiao - Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020. View full document here. We are humbled and proud that some of our work features in the strategy document (page 30).
Teaching Garden
The happiness people experience when we’re gardening is similar to that of biking or walking, a new study has found.
Our supporters
Kaipātiki Project can only operate because of the generosity of our funders, partners and supporters. THANK YOU!
