Convenor:
Jess Chalmers
chalmers.permaculture@gmail.com
021 137 2743
Purpose:
To plant fruit trees in public places in South Invercargill that will provide fresh home grown fruit free for the picking. To teach South Alive residents how to grow and care for fruit trees.
What have we done?
- Planted 15 feijoa trees at Aurora College for Arbour day and 5 feijoa trees at Fernworth Primary
- Planted more than 70 fruit trees of various species in 6 public spaces in South Invercargill
- Planted 3 fruit trees at New River Primary School
- Organised a fruit tree grafting workshop for the community where participants learned how to graft, and were able to take home their tree for $5
- Made or obtained mulch for 99% of our orchards
- Maintaining all the trees and orchard areas
- Underplanting trees with fruiting bushes
- Organised and run grafting workshops
- Fundraising barbecues to be almost self supporting for purchase of trees, equipment and vests
Forward Plan
- Pruning workshop annually
- Another fruit tree grafting workshop
Current volunteer opportunities with Fruit & Nuts
Join our Action Team
Chopping up onions for the fundraising BBQ
Help with fundraising BBQ's
Adopt a park where we have trees planted
Checking on health of trees and weeding with help of group
Mow the grass around the edge of an orchard
Help with pruning of the trees Help with feeding of the orchards
Once yearly pruning and seasonally for feeding
Help with weeding of the orchard
Pulling out weeds
Help out at working bees