Taranaki Regional Council media release
28 May 2009
For immediate release

PLANTS ON THE BRINK WORTH A THINK

The plight of Taranaki’s rare and endangered plants will be the focus of a free public workshop at Hollard Gardens, Kaponga, on Sunday 14 June.

The two-hour session will focus on the most vulnerable of the region’s native plants, the areas where they are under pressure and measures to ease their plight.

At-risk plants in Taranaki are found from the coast (koromiko or Hebe speciosa; Ranunculus recens) to the mountain (Dactylanthus taylori).

Workshop participants will also be shown some of the endangered plants growing at Hollard Gardens, which is owned and managed by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the people of the region.

The workshop will be led by staff from the Council and the Department of Conservation.

“People who are interested in native plants will find this a very worthwhile workshop,” says the Council’s Regional Gardens Manger, Greg Rine. “We’re also encouraging particpants to bring native plants along so we can get an exchange going.”

The workshop will begin at 2pm at the events pavilion at Hollard Gardens, which is just north of Kaponga at 1686 Upper Manaia Road.

It is part of a series of workshops and other free events at the gardens and at Tupare, another Taranaki Regional Council heritage property.

For more information, see www.hollardgardens.info and www.tupare.info.

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