Community Planting Day Whitechapel Reserve:
Schedule
Fri, 01 May, 2026 at 11:00 pm to Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 02:30 am
UTC+12:00Location
Whitechapel Rd, Arrow Junction, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand | Queenstown, OT
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On Saturday May 2nd we invite Queenstowners to a community planting day at beautiful Whitechapel Reserve.
The hard work of digging holes will already be done and the job on the day will be to get native plants into their forever homes.
As is tradition, we will have a yummy morning tea part way through the morning provided by the chefs at the Hilton hotel. We'll save the BBQ for the following week to have at our last planting at Lake Hayes rowing club on May 9th.
WRT has been planting at this site since 2015 with 26,000 planted in the past 11 years. Whitechapel Reserve is an important grey shrubland planting site where we plant key species such as coprosma, olearia, corokia and kowhai making it a favoured habitat for birds, lizards and also native moths and butterflies.
What to wear | what to bring | where to park:
It’s drop-in style so join us when you can between 9.00 - 12.00
- Wear sturdy shoes and comfortable outdoor clothing
- Bring a pair of gardening gloves if you have them & a water bottle.
- Parking is right next to the planting site on Whitechapel Road; or travel via the Arrow River Bridges Trail that will land you right at the site.
Map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AGZDBgWnTHW6kPez9
We look forward to seeing you there.
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Where is it happening?
Whitechapel Rd, Arrow Junction, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand, 30 Whitechapel Rd, Arrow Junction, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand, QueenstownEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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