Māngere Bridge Community Orchard Working Bee

It’s late summer and we will be running a pruning workshop and working bee.

Brian will share his pruning skills with anyone wanting to learn, bring your sharp secateurs, or pruning saws.

Otherwise we will be mulching and having a general tidy up.

Come along and celebrate as we visit our Orchard and growing Food Forest right next door and give the bigger trees some TLC.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Ambury Farm off Wallace Rd, the orchard has been home to a grove of feijoa trees for many years and continues to be cared for and extended by community volunteers to include a wide range of other fruit trees for all to enjoy.

Work often includes the following;

• Collecting sheep poo from sheep yards at farm, filling bags and bringing to orchard
• Filling planter boxes with soil and sheep poo so we can plant peach stones at the right time.
• Mulching and spreading sheep poo around fruit trees
• Clearing kikuyu and weeds – around fruit trees and also around circular bed on food forest side
• Harvesting feijoas and other yummy stuff
• Tidying/thinning harakeke

Friends of the Farm run regular working bees at the orchard, helping you connect with this wonderful resource.

Wear sturdy footwear and gloves are a good idea.

Hope to see you all there.