Bottle Gourds

We did not get our Nga Puhi gourd seeds to grow.  Doug said this may be because it is too cold in Taranaki but we have manage to get Bottle Gourd seeds to germinate.  We hope to plant them before this school term finishes.  We can still decorate them, carve them or make birdhouses out of them  -  Click on the "Gourds" page above 

Conservation Week

It is Conservation Week so today we visited the Nowell’s Lakes Walkway at Hawera to plant Swan Plants.  These plants will attract the brightly coloured Monarch Butterfly who will lay their eggs on these plants.  The caterpillars that hatch will feed off the Swan Pant to grow to latter turn into a butterfly's.  Doug told us that Wild Flowers have been planted at the Walkway to give the butterfly’s food also as they like the sweet nectar that these Wild Flowers have  -  Click on the "Conservation" page above

  

Horticultural Society Cup

Our Habitat Heroes had a visit from the Hawera Horticultural Society who checked out our garden and said that we could keep the cup for best school garden for another year.  They also gave us packets of seeds and a $20 Bunnings Warehouse Gift Card