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PAGE 12 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>July</strong> 5 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Greening up the Garden City<br />
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Eugenie<br />
Sage writes<br />
about the<br />
importance<br />
of planting<br />
projects<br />
and getting<br />
involved<br />
What are your favourite<br />
local trees? The big norfolk<br />
pines near Sumner Beach, the<br />
magnificent oak trees in the<br />
Heathcote Domain, or a native<br />
tree in your or a neighbour’s<br />
garden?<br />
Trees protect the land by<br />
holding together banks and<br />
cliffs, reducing soil erosion,<br />
soaking up rain and reducing<br />
stormwater runoff. They<br />
provide us with oxygen, filter<br />
and absorb pollution, and<br />
provide summer shade.<br />
Trees make our<br />
neighbourhoods more pleasant<br />
and big trees which provide a<br />
reference point, help create a<br />
sense of place.<br />
There are regular planting<br />
days to help the Port Hills<br />
recover from the fires. As the<br />
Garden City, Christchurch<br />
could also be leading the<br />
country with urban planting in<br />
our central city and suburbs.<br />
Auckland city council<br />
DEVASTATING: Replanting the Port Hills after February’s<br />
fire is one visionary project to green our city.<br />
recently launched its ambitious<br />
Million Trees’ initiative to<br />
plant over one million trees<br />
over the next three years. It<br />
aims to offset climate pollution<br />
and protect stream health and<br />
water quality with streambank<br />
planting.<br />
There are several visionary<br />
projects to green our city by<br />
planting trees and food crops<br />
on former residential red<br />
zone and other earthquake<br />
damaged land.<br />
The Avon-Otakaro Network<br />
has a wonderful vision of<br />
re-establishing the original<br />
kahikatea forest which once<br />
grew in wet soils close to<br />
the river, to create an ecosanctuary<br />
close to Travis<br />
Wetland.<br />
The Urban Forest Project<br />
is re-generating an unused<br />
former school field off Ferry<br />
Rd.<br />
The plan is to plant<br />
thousands of native trees to<br />
encourage native birds and<br />
wildlife, and stabilise the land<br />
to mitigate against future<br />
flooding. The area will be<br />
accessible to the public, in a<br />
similar way to the Riccarton<br />
Bush reserve, with sealed<br />
pathways and boardwalks.<br />
The Food Resilience<br />
Network proposes edible<br />
gardens to be planted on redzoned<br />
land to improve access<br />
to local healthy food.<br />
The community driven,<br />
Otākaro Orchard Project,<br />
recently had a win, reaching its<br />
fundraising goal to begin work<br />
on their edible garden city<br />
vision, by turning rubble into<br />
an edible garden to create an<br />
urban food hub.<br />
These are all inspiring<br />
initiatives for greening our<br />
Garden City.<br />
I hope the city council and<br />
Regenerate Christchurch<br />
can continue to encourage<br />
urban planting projects, and<br />
we can perhaps provide a bit<br />
of healthy competition to<br />
Auckland. It’s another reason<br />
why City Care should remain<br />
city council owned – to help<br />
strengthen our Garden City<br />
reputation.<br />
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