Owhango - Riverside Planting Trial

...continuing from the "Pukete" entry...

Once over the Pukete to Flagstaff footbridge you can either continue up the hill to River Rd, or drop back down to the river and pick up the walkway in front of the Allandale rest home. On the river bank directly in front of the rest home is a really good example of what the River Action Focus Team have been up to. There are a number of riverside planting trials along the river and these Harakeke look like the last five years have treated them really well. The RAFT website tells me that there are also plantings at the following sites:

• The Alandale site was planted in 12 May 2002
• Claudelands Bridge site planted 5 May 2002
• Malcolm Street was replanted in October 2003
• Ann Street (St Andrews) November 2000
• Sycamore Place (Pukete) November 2000