Growing Demand for Native Plants in South Otago
South Otago
Branch.
—MARYLYN MCCLINTOCK,
S outh Otago Forest and Bird raises ‘valuable dollars for conservation projects’ with its annual sale of native plants. The sale, held in a car showroom in Balclutha, has gained in popularity over the past 20 years. Such is the demand for healthy, compost-grown plants, continuing throughout the year, that members are having difficulty in keeping up supplies. Seedling plants are gathered in late winter and early spring from roadsides in exotic forests,
potted up and grown on for at least a year. By supplying native plants at very reasonable prices members are gradually helping to educate the public about the landscape value of native flora, with some of the biggest customers being farmers using native species for shelter. Members also enjoy the picnic-like atmosphere of plant gathering, while working together for the benefit of conservation.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 303, 1 February 2002, Page 41
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